TPP:Windows Cygwin Installation

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Installation

Windows / Cygwin Installation

Setup.exe Installation Program

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

Setup.exe Installation Gallery

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.

Controlling Apache2

  • Starting/Stopping Apache
    • Open Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Services
    • Start the service cygapache2_stop to STOP Apache2 for cygwin
    • Start the service cygapache2_start to START Apache2 for cygwin
    • Please allow up to a minute for each service to do its job, these services finish automatically

Installation Troubleshooting

  • Open Control Panel → System → Advanced → Environment Variables and verify that the following System variables are set:
WEBSERVER_ROOT
Set to "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\"
WEBSERVER_URL
Set to "http://localhost:1441/"
COMETLINKSFILE
Set to "C:\Inetpub\tpp-bin\cometlinks.def"
PATH
Begins with "C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin;C:\cygwin\bin;"
  • Open Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Services and verify that the following Services are present:
cygserver
Startup Type set to Automatic
cygapache2_start
Startup Type set to Automatic
cygapache2_stop
Startup Type set to Manual
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