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Janet B. Anderson 579d974d9e Initial version.
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Compiling EPICS on cygwin32 (Windows95/NT)
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Right now this port of EPICS to cygwin32 it is possible to
* compile all of EPICS base except c++ files using Cygnus' beta18
release of the GNU-win32 tools.
To build EPICS on Win95 or NT using cygwin32, we need
EPICS base distribution, R3.12.0.beta9 or later, available
from http://aps.anl.gov/...
Cygnus's latest gnu-win32 distribution, available from
http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/ (release b18 or later)
WindRiver Systems Tornado ( for the vxWorks header files and the
vxWorks and vxWorks.sym files) (version 1.1 or later)
Perl,version 5.003 or later, available from
http://www.perl.org/CPAN/ports/win32/
Optional items
CVS, version 1.9 or later, available from
http:/www.cyclic.com
vim ( Vi IMproved), version 4.5 or later, available from
http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/
BUILD INSTRUCTIONS
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1) Install the gnu-win32 binary release
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Download the whole release to get the developemnt tools
Run cdk.exe and follow the install instructions.
Install the release into c:\usr\local instead of the
default directory (<systemdrive>:\gnuwin32\b18)
(The following steps assume that the install location is
c:\usr\local)
Don't forget to create a \tmp dir and setup the \bin dir.
(Create a \temp dir if you install cvs.)
mkdir \tmp
mkdir \temp
mkdir \bin
cd \bin
copy \usr\local\H-i386-cygwin32\bin\bash.exe sh.exe
2) Install the perl distribution
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3) Install the epics base distribution
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mkdir <epicsBaseReleaseDir>
chdir <epicsBaseReleaseDir>
cp <dirname>\<basereleasename>.Tar.gz .
gunzip -d <basereleasename>.Tar.gz
tar xvf <basereleasename>.Tar
4) Set environment variables and path
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cd <epicsBaseReleaseDir>
cygwin32.bat
7) Build epics base
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cd <epicsBaseReleaseDir>
make
8) Create an EPICS application area
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mkdir <epicsappdir>
cd <epicsappdir>
<epicsBaseReleaseDir>\bin\cygwin32\makeBaseApp <epicsBaseReleaseDir>