The SLIC detector simulation package requires the setup of 7 different pieces of software. This guide is intended as a step-by-step walkthrough of installing all these packages from scratch in the Windows Cygwin environment.
It presumes nothing except a working Windows machine with internet access.
Cygwin
- Download www.cygwin.com/setup.exe from the www.cygwin.com.
- Double-click on it.
- Click Next.
- Select Install from Internet.
- Click Next.
- Enter your preferred Root Directory.
- Click Next.
- Enter your preferred Local Package Directory, which can be the same as the Root Directory.
- Click Next.
- Select Direct Connection if it is not already.
- Click Next.
- Select a site from the Available Download Sites. Servers inside your country will probably be fastest. I use ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu.