TPP:Windows Cygwin Installation

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Revision as of 21:26, 24 October 2006

You must be logged on as an Administrator to install these tools.
Download the setup.exe installation program from this link http://tools.proteomecenter.org/software/cygwin/setup.exe
Follow default installation by clicking "Next" at each installation step, until the installation is completed
Reboot the computer

1. Select to "Install from the Internet"	2. The default installation will install cygwin to c:\cygwin. Keep the other options set to default "RECOMMENDED" settings.	3. Select a directory where you want to download the temporary installation files. If unsure the "Desktop" is a good default.	4. Choose "Direct Connection" to the Internet.
5. Select "http://tools.proteomecenter.org" as the Download Site.	6. All default installation packages should be installed along with any automatically selected dependencies.

Open Control Panel → System → Advanced → Environment Variables and verify that the following System variables are set:

Open Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Services and verify that the following Services are present:

 Image:cygsetup6.png|6. All default installation packages should be installed<br/>along with any automatically selected dependencies.
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+==== Installation Troubleshooting ====
+* Open '''Control Panel &rarr; System &rarr; Advanced &rarr; Environment Variables''' and verify that the following '''System variables''' are set:
+:; WEBSERVER_ROOT:Set to "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\"
+:; WEBSERVER_URL:Set to "<nowiki>http://localhost:1441/</nowiki>"
+:; COMETLINKSFILE:Set to "C:\Inetpub\tpp-bin\cometlinks.def"
+:; PATH:Begins with "C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin;C:\cygwin\bin;"
+* Open '''Control Panel &rarr; Administrative Tools &rarr; Services''' and verify that the following ''Services'' are present:
+:; cygserver:Start-up type set to ''Automatic''
+:; cygapache2_start:Start-up type set to ''Automatic''
+:; cygapache2_stop:Start-up type set to ''Manual''