Cygwin

Synopsys

This guide describes the download and installation process of Cygwin, a collection of GNU and Open Source tools, needed to build ERIKA Enterprise v3 applications.

Download

• Launch your favourite web browser and go to Cygwin website as shown in the following figure:

Figure 1: Cygwin website.

• Click on setup-x86.exe to download the Cygwin 32-bit installation program or click on setup-x86_64.exe to download the Cygwin 64-bit installation program according to the type of your Windows OS installation.

Installation

• Double-Click on Cygwin installation program you downloaded in the previuos steps:
  • setup-x86.exe for 32-bit.
  • setup-x86_64.exe for 64-bit.

• The Cygwin installation program starts as shown in the following figure:

Figure 2: Cygwin Installation Program.

• Click on Next (Avanti in Italian Language) button to choose a download source as shown in the following figure:

Figure 3: Cygwin Download Sources.

• Make sure that the Install from Internet download source is selected and that your internet connection is full working and then click on Next (Avanti in Italian Language) button to choose the installation directory as shown in the following figure:

Figure 4: Cygwin Installation Directory.

• Browse the Root Directory where to install Cygwin and then click on Next (Avanti in Italian Language) button to select the local package directory as shown in the following figure:

Figure 5: Cygwin Local Package Directory.

• Browse the Local Package Directory where to download the Cygwin packages and then click on Next (Avanti in Italian Language) button to select the connection type as shown in the following figure:

Figure 6: Cygwin Select Connection Type.

• Select the type of your internet connection and then click on Next (Avanti in Italian Language) button to choose the download site as shown in the following figure:

Figure 7: Cygwin Download Site.

• Choose a Cygwin download site near to you and then click on Next (Avanti in Italian Language) button to select additional Cygwin packages from the distribution as shown in the following figure:

Figure 8: Cygwin Select Packages.

• Select Full in the View scroll-down menu and then type make in the Search text-box.
• Scroll-down the list of additional Cygwin packages to locate the make: The GNU version of the 'make' utility and click on the Skip column to add the make utility to Cygwin distribution as shown in the following figure:

Figure 9: Cygwin GNU make utility.

• As Optional Step you can add Doxygen package to the Cygwin distribution (required to generate the ERIKA Enterprise v3 documentation) or you can install the stand-alone version of Doxygen as described in the guide
  • Select Full in the View scroll-down menu and then type doxygen in the Search text-box.
  • Scroll-down the list of additional Cygwin packages to locate the doxygen: A documentation system for C++, C, Java, Objective-C, IDL(Corba and Microsoft flavours)... and click on the Skip column to add the Doxygen utility to Cygwin distribution as shown in the following figure:

Figure 10: Cygwin Doxygen utility.

• When you finished to add additional packages to Cygwin distribution click on Next (Avanti in Italian Language) button to resolve the distribution dependencies as shown in the following figure:

Figure 11: Cygwin Resolving Dependencies.

Additional Notes

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