Ver-2004-06-27

How to install Cygwin (Draft)

KEK Namito, Hirayama

1. Access to 
http://cygwin.com/
and click "Install or Update now!". Then setup.exe is down loaded.

2.Execute setup.exe
2.1 Choose installation type---Select "default" (i.e. install from internet).
2.2 Root directory - default is c:\cygwin. Change it if necessary.
Install for - Select "default" (i.e. all users). 
Default text file type - Select "DOS"
2.3 Local package directory - Directory for saving "Installation file". 
Default is a directory where setup.exe are. 
2.4 Select connection type - Direct Connection
2.5 From where cygwin is downloaded - mirrors.rcn.net (mirrors.umbc.edu) etc
2.6 Select Packages - 
<Need to be added>
i) Click "Devel" and display its contens list. Click "gcc-g77" icon in the list
and change its status from "skip" to Version nember.
The current version of g77 is 3.3.1-3.
ii) "time" in "Util"
<Add if necessary>
"vim (vi)", "emacs" in "Editors" etc.

2.7 Create Icon - Desktop and start menu 

3.g77 test
 Open Cygwin windows by clicking Cygwin icon in desktop.
Home directory is created by this operation.
By typing in
g77 mytest1.f
a.exe is created
  (Create fortran program named "mytest1.f" beforehand. 
An example of contens of mytest1.f is as follows.)

C      mytest1.f
       a=1.0
       write(6,*)a
       stop
       end

 Execute a.exe to see 1.0 on screen.

4. Change PATH
If a.exe can not be executed, enter 
./a.exe
If this can be executed, add a line of 
PATH=.:${PATH}
in .bash_profile and open Cygwin window again.
a.exe should be executed this time.

5. Version of Cygwin
In cygwin window, enter "uname" to obtain a version of cygwin.
Most of the time, 
CYGWIN_NT-5.1
is displayed as the version. If other version is displayed, 
change strings "CYGWIN_NT-5.1" of egs5.0/get_machine to displaed version. 
egs5.0/get_machine is extracted from tar file when you install egs5 system.