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While some of the following packages might not be absolutely required, they are likely to prove useful. I recommend that you install:

• ash
• autoconf
• automake
• bash
• bc
• binutils
• bzip2
• clear
• cygutils
• cygwin
• cygwin-doc
• diff
• fileutils
• findutils
• gcc
• gdb
• gdbm
• gettext
• grep
• groff
• gzip
• inetutils
• less
• make
• man
• mingw-runtime
• ncurses
• openssl
• patch
• pcre
• readline
• sed
• sh-utils
• tar
• termcap
• terminfo
• textutils
• w32api
• which
• zlib