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It presumes nothing except a working Windows machine (2000, XP) with internet access. Therefore, you may only need to use parts of this installation guide if you have some of the external dependencies already installed.

Preliminaries

Cygwin

The Cygwin Linux emulation package is a prerequisite for building on Windows.

1. Download www.cygwin.com/setup.exe from www.cygwin.com.
2. Double-click on it and click Next.
3. Select Install from Internet and click Next.
4. Enter your preferred Root Directory and click Next.
5. Enter your preferred Local Package Directory, which can be the same as the Root Directory, and then click Next.
6. Select Direct Connection, if it is not already, click Next.
7. Select a site from the Available Download Sites. Servers inside your country will probably be fastest. I use ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu.
8. Click Next.
9. In the Cygwin Setup - Select Packages window, you need to make sure that the following tools are selected by clicking in the corresponding box under the New column until you see a version number.
   1. Required packages.
      • Devel -> cvs
      • Devel -> gcc-core
      • Devel -> gcc-g++
      • Devel -> make
      • Base -> gzip
      • Base -> tar
   2. Tool for downloading package tarballs and zip files.
      • Web -> wget
10. Click Next after you have selected the packages.
11. Cygwin will now automatically download and install all the selected packages. It might take awhile, so now is the time to go get some coffee.
12. If desired, select Create icon on Desktop or Add icon to Start Menu, and click Finish.

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