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1. Download the Cygwin setup program.
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 and 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. If OpenGL visualization is being used, these should also be installed.
      • X11 -> ALL
      • Graphics -> OpenGL
   3. 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.

If you need additional information on this installation process, Norman Graf has more detailed Cygwin installation instructions.

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If you receive an error message about a missing DLL cygxerces-c26.dll, then make sure that the PATH is setup correctly and Xerces-C++ was properly installed.

To run with OpenGL visualization, an X-server needs to be running on your machine.

This command will start the Cygwin X-server.

startxwin.sh

Final Setup Script

The final version of setup.sh should be similar to this.

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