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''TODO: Go through libraries as well.''
In order to bring your Cygwin environment as close as possible to the UNIX System, you want to install at least the following packages and their dependencies. Note that some of these may be missing from the 64-bit distribution. You can find a full list [http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-64bit-missing here]. Furthermore, not all of these packages are necessarily useful for the purpose of OS development.
 
In order to bring your Cygwin environment as close as possible to the UNIX System, you want to install at least the following packages and, their dependencies, as well as the '''Base''' packages, and to set the <tt>POSIXLY_CORRECT</tt> environment variable. Note that some of these may be missing from the 64-bit distribution.; Youyou can find a full list [http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-64bit-missing here]. Furthermore, not all of these packages are necessarily useful for the purpose of OS development.
 
* base-cygwin
* base-files
* bash (utilities: <tt>alias</tt><ref name=builtin>This is a Bash built-in command. You can find a link to the full list of the Bash built-in commands at the bottom of the page.</ref>, <tt>sh</tt>, <tt>cd</tt><ref name=builtin />, <tt>command</tt><ref name=builtin />, <tt>getopts</tt><ref name=builtin />, <tt>hash</tt><ref name=builtin />, <tt>read</tt><ref name=builtin />, <tt>type</tt><ref name=builtin />, <tt>ulimit</tt><ref name=builtin />, <tt>umask</tt><ref name=builtin />, <tt>unalias</tt><ref name=builtin />)
* bc (utilities: <tt>bc</tt>)
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* libiconv (utilities: <tt>iconv</tt>)
* m4 (utilities: <tt>m4</tt>)
* man-db (utilities: <tt>man</tt>)
* make (utilities: <tt>make</tt>)
* mintty (terminal)
* [http://ncompress.sourceforge.net/ ncompress] (utilities: <tt>compress</tt>, <tt>uncompress</tt>)
* ncurses (utilities: <tt>tabs</tt>, <tt>tput</tt>)
* patch (utilities: <tt>patch</tt>)
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The following utilities cannot be found in any of the packages: <tt>admin</tt>, <tt>asa</tt>, <tt>at</tt>, <tt>batch</tt>, <tt>bg</tt>, <tt>cflow</tt>, <tt>compress</tt>, <tt>cxref</tt>, <tt>delta</tt>, <tt>fc</tt>, <tt>fg</tt>, <tt>get</tt>, <tt>jobs</tt>, <tt>localedef</tt>, <tt>mailx</tt>, <tt>newgrp</tt>, <tt>prs</tt>, <tt>qalter</tt>, <tt>qdel</tt>, <tt>qhold</tt>, <tt>qmove</tt>, <tt>qmsg</tt>, <tt>qreturn</tt>, <tt>qrls</tt>, <tt>qselect</tt>, <tt>qsig</tt>, <tt>qstat</tt>, <tt>qsub</tt>, <tt>rmdel</tt>, <tt>sact</tt>, <tt>sccs</tt>, <tt>uncompress</tt>, <tt>unget</tt>, <tt>uucp</tt>, <tt>uustat</tt>, <tt>uux</tt>, <tt>val</tt>, <tt>wait</tt>, <tt>what</tt>, and <tt>write</tt>.
 
Here are some possible starting points for these utilities:
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* [ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel/lang/fortran Asa] (utilities: <tt>asa</tt>)
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/cflow/ GNU cflow] (utilities: <tt>cflow</tt>)
* [http://ncompress.sourceforge.net/ ncompress] (utilities: <tt>compress</tt>, <tt>uncompress</tt>)
* [http://www.gedanken.org.uk/software/cxref/ Cxref] (utilities: <tt>cxref</tt>)
* [http://mailutils.org/ GNU Mailutils] (utilities: <tt>mailx</tt>)
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