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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 14:29, 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