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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
This page describes how to build a customized windows installer. The installer is built on a windows machine using the [http://www.cygwin.com Cygwin] linux like environment for windows. | This page describes how to build a customized windows installer. The installer is built on a windows machine using the [http://www.cygwin.com Cygwin] linux like environment for windows. It is ''highly recommended'' that you build the installer in the default installation directory which is | ||
C:\Program Files\ihris-suite | |||
so you should un-install the ihris-suite if you have installed on the computer that wish to build the installer on and remove this directory. | |||
==Installing Cygwin== | ==Installing Cygwin== | ||
Revision as of 13:29, 16 December 2008
Overview
This page describes how to build a customized windows installer. The installer is built on a windows machine using the Cygwin linux like environment for windows. It is highly recommended that you build the installer in the default installation directory which is
C:\Program Files\ihris-suite
so you should un-install the ihris-suite if you have installed on the computer that wish to build the installer on and remove this directory.
Installing Cygwin
In order to build a windows installer, you must have a cygwin installed on your computer. To do this, download and run setup.exe. You can find detailed instructions here. You will need to install the following packages
- wget
- make
- tar
- unzip
