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I've downloaded Cygwin here( setup-x86_64.exe). I have chosen to install from local directory. Root directory: C:\cygwin64 . Local package directory: C:\Users\hp\Downloads. And there's no packages to install. How do I fix this? mintty.exe does not exist on my bin folder.

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When you choose “Install from Local Directory”, Cygwin will try to pull packages from your cache. In my case, my cache is:

C:\ProgramData

My mirror is:

http://cygwin.mirror.constant.com/

and my packages can be found:

C:\ProgramData\http%3a%2f%2fcygwin.mirror.constant.com%2f\x86_64\release C:\ProgramData\http%3a%2f%2fcygwin.mirror.constant.com%2f\noarch\release

Unless you have stuff there, you will be unable to install anything. Better option is to choose “Install from Internet”. This will download packages if needed.

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thank you it's now working! When I tried the Install from Internet i chose the desktop directory, it should be the downloads directory.

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