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windows install instructions #662

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As @feoh got me to test out windows nvim+kickstart in #654
I experimented what would be the easiest way to install all requirements to get kickstart fully working on windows, and here is what I came up with:

  1. install chocolatey https://chocolatey.org/
    easiest is using winget, run in cmd as admin:
winget install --accept-source-agreements chocolatey.chocolatey
  1. install all requirements using choco:
    (exit previous cmd and open a new one so that choco path is set)
    run in cmd as admin:
choco install -y neovim git ripgrep wget fd unzip gzip mingw make
  1. run in cmd as user
git clone https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim.git %userprofile%\AppData\Local\nvim\

nvim

NOTE: in case winget is not already installed, you can get it here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nblggh4nns1
or install chocolatey following the instruction: https://chocolatey.org/install

I tested this with a fresh windows 10 install (in virtualbox) and it works perfectly, it installs everything required so that the tressitter parsers and telescope-fzf-native get built, and it satisfies all the various :checkhealth requirements.

I would have preferred to use just winget for all packages but it does not provide all that are required hence using choco instead.

Should I open a PR to include these instructions in the README?

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