Windows

2009-08-28T21:05:50Z

Arshahin: /* Cygwin */

<tt>Madagascar</tt> has been run on Microsoft Windows machines under various types of environments:

==Cygwin==

[[Image:cygwin-icon.gif|left|]] <tt>Madagascar</tt> can run under [http://cygwin.com Cygwin], which provides a Unix environment under Windows.

To obtain Cygwin, go to its web page, download and run the installer. This should create a Cygwin program, which when run, creates a POSIX shell window similar-looking to the Windows command window but which behaves in a more Unix-like way.

'''NOTE''': If you are unfamiliar with Unix-like systems, a good place to start is Greg Wilson's [http://www.osl.iu.edu/~lums/swc/www/shell.html Software Carpentry] course.

You will need to install several additional Cygwin components before Madagascar can run. To get these, rerun the installer program (called '''Setup''' and represented by an icon with a black "C" shape enclosing a green arrow).

# Start '''Setup''' program.
# Keep clicking (defaults should work, but please choose a mirror on your own continent) until you see a collapsed list (boxed "+" signs) in a selection box.
# Choose all of the following before downloading.
## Open the '''Devel''' section and select the following:
##* gcc
##* libnetpbm-devel
##: If you want to use the development version of <tt>Madagascar</tt>, also choose
##* subversion
## If you have a favorite unix editor, also choose it under '''Editors''' (novices may wish to work with Notepad for a while). Both <tt>vim</tt> and <tt>emacs</tt> are available.
## Open '''Interpreters''' and select
##* python
## Open '''Libs''' and select
##* sunrpc
##* opengl
## If you intend to use X-window, open '''X11''' and select
##* libX11-devel
##* libXaw-devel
## If you intend to use LaTeX, open '''Publishing''' and select
##* tetex
# Next, click '''Next>'''
#: Your download will proceed.
# When done, click '''Finish'''.

After performing this steps, proceed to a normal Madagascar [[Installation]].

For running X applications such as '''xtpen''', make sure to run '''startx''' first to open an X terminal window.

==Interix==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interix Interix] is the name of the Unix environment for Windows provided by Microsoft through the following software packages:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows_Services_for_UNIX Services For Unix] (SFU), available as a [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=896c9688-601b-44f1-81a4-02878ff11778&DisplayLang=en free download] for the Windows NT family of operating systems up to and including Windows XP Professional ([http://www.reproducibility.org/rsflog/uploads/PS0001.jpg screenshot of m8r running on SFU] from an [http://www.reproducibility.org/rsflog/index.php?/archives/68-RSFMadagascar-on-Windows-using-SFU.html April 2006 entry on the m8r blog]). SFU availability will be discontinued in 2009.
* [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779522.aspx Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications] (SUA), included with Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Vista.

==SSH + X server==
If you can count on a network connection to a full UNIX machine while you run Madagascar, you actually need to install under MS Windows just a SSH client and a X server, and just run the m8r installed on the UNIX machine. Cygwin provides both, but it is big and slow. A faster and more lightweight alternative is [http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/ Xming] as X server and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY PuTTY] as SSH client (remember to check the "Tunnel X11 connections" box when saving the session configuration).

Windows

2009-08-28T20:44:00Z

Arshahin: /* Cygwin */

<tt>Madagascar</tt> has been run on Microsoft Windows machines under various types of environments:

==Cygwin==

[[Image:cygwin-icon.gif|left|]] <tt>Madagascar</tt> can run under [http://cygwin.com Cygwin], which provides a Unix environment under Windows.

To obtain Cygwin, go to its web page, download and run the installer. This should create a Cygwin program, which when run, creates a POSIX shell window similar-looking to the Windows command window but which behaves in a more Unix-like way.

'''NOTE''': If you are unfamiliar with Unix-like systems, a good place to start is Greg Wilson's [http://www.osl.iu.edu/~lums/swc/www/shell.html Software Carpentry] course.

You will need to install several additional Cygwin components before Madagascar can run. To get these, rerun the installer program (called '''Setup''' and represented by an icon with a black "C" shape enclosing a green arrow).

# Start '''Setup''' program.
# Keep clicking (defaults should work, but please choose a mirror on your own continent) until you see a collapsed list (boxed "+" signs) in a selection box.
# Choose all of the following before downloading.
## Open the '''Devel''' section and select the following:
##* gcc
##* libnetpbm-devel
##: If you want to use the development version of <tt>Madagascar</tt>, also choose
##* subversion
## If you have a favorite unix editor, also choose it under '''Editors''' (novices may wish to work with Notepad for a while). Both <tt>vim</tt> and <tt>emacs</tt> are available.
## Open '''Interpreters''' and select
##* python
## Open '''Libs''' and select
##* sunrpc
##* opengl
## If you intend to use X-window, open '''X11''' and select
##* libX11-devel
##* libXaw-devel
# Next, click '''Next>'''
#: Your download will proceed.
# When done, click '''Finish'''.

After performing this steps, proceed to a normal Madagascar [[Installation]].

For running X applications such as '''xtpen''', make sure to run '''startx''' first to open an X terminal window.

==Interix==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interix Interix] is the name of the Unix environment for Windows provided by Microsoft through the following software packages:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows_Services_for_UNIX Services For Unix] (SFU), available as a [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=896c9688-601b-44f1-81a4-02878ff11778&DisplayLang=en free download] for the Windows NT family of operating systems up to and including Windows XP Professional ([http://www.reproducibility.org/rsflog/uploads/PS0001.jpg screenshot of m8r running on SFU] from an [http://www.reproducibility.org/rsflog/index.php?/archives/68-RSFMadagascar-on-Windows-using-SFU.html April 2006 entry on the m8r blog]). SFU availability will be discontinued in 2009.
* [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779522.aspx Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications] (SUA), included with Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Vista.

==SSH + X server==
If you can count on a network connection to a full UNIX machine while you run Madagascar, you actually need to install under MS Windows just a SSH client and a X server, and just run the m8r installed on the UNIX machine. Cygwin provides both, but it is big and slow. A faster and more lightweight alternative is [http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/ Xming] as X server and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY PuTTY] as SSH client (remember to check the "Tunnel X11 connections" box when saving the session configuration).

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