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==Installing Cygwin==
==Installing Cygwin==
In order to build a windows installer, you must have a [http://www.cygwin.com cygwin] installed on your computer.  To do this, download and run [http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe setup.exe].  You can find detailed instructions [http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html here].  You will
In order to build a windows installer, you must have a [http://www.cygwin.com cygwin] installed on your computer.  To do this, download and run [http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe setup.exe].  You can find detailed instructions [http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html here].  You will
need to install the following packages
need to install the following packages:
* wget
* wget
* make
* make
* tar
* tar
* unzip
* unzip
You may wish to follow this [http://www.physionet.org/physiotools/cygwin/ tutorial] for installing cygwin, except you should install the following package instead of the one listed in their Step 9.
==Getting the installer files==
Open a cygwin shell

Revision as of 14:32, 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

You may wish to follow this tutorial for installing cygwin, except you should install the following package instead of the one listed in their Step 9.


Getting the installer files

Open a cygwin shell