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     * Install [Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/) and run `xcode-select --install` from a command line
   * Windows (Cygwin):
     * Install [Git for Windows](https://git-scm.com/downloads)
-    * Install [Cygwin](https://cygwin.com/install.html) - install default packages + `make`, `wget`
+    * Install [Cygwin](https://cygwin.com/install.html) - choose default packages + `make`, `wget`, `apache2` (needed for updated mime type list)
     * Optionally, install [apt-cyg](https://github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg) for managing your Cygwin packages
     * Edit `~/.bashrc`:<br/>
       Put Git for Windows before Cygwin in PATH, otherwise `npm install` may [fail to fetch git repositories](https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/7456)<br/><pre>