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In How can I get the Full Cygwin Installation (about 1GB)?, Bibhas's answer gives detail and helpful screenshot for what the Cygwin installer's UI was for years.

That installer behavior has changed; the UI works differently, and I may have figured out how to request a full install be downloaded, but I'm not positive.

What is the preferred way to do a Cygwin full install given the installer's new UI?

Thanks,

--UPDATE--

Per comment, this is a screenshot of what I was getting initially, which was unfamiliar to me.enter image description here

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  • Could you point out the differences and explain where you get stuck? Some illustrative screenshots would help.
    – simlev
    Jun 15, 2017 at 22:59
  • @simlev Thank you; could you review the screenshot? I was slightly baffled compared to what setup had given me before. Jun 16, 2017 at 0:05
  • I take you refer to raindrop's answer and not Bibhas', since it's the only one that includes any screenshots.
    – simlev
    Jun 16, 2017 at 9:29

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I see what you mean, now that you've added the screenshot. Let me highlight this sentence from the referenced answer:

If your 'select packages' screen looks different from mine, just click the 'View' button near the top-right again and again until the text next to view is 'Category', just like mine.

In your version of the installer, there's no View button, so I guess that's where you get stuck. You simply have to select Category from the drop-down next to the View label in the top left.

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