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====== Installing gEDA/gaf on Windows - the Cygwin way ======

This guide describes one way to build gEDA/gaf (gschem and friends) on
the Windows operating system. It uses Cygwin as the layer between
Windows and the *nix world (ie gcc, make, bash etc...).


===== Instructions =====

**1. Download and run setup.exe from cygwin website:**
http://www.cygwin.com.

In the package selection dialog, select the following packages:

(Hint: press the "view" button once to arrange the list in
alphabetical order)

  atk-devel
  crypt
  file
  gcc
  gtk2-x11-devel
  guile-devel
  libgmp-devel
  libtool1.5
  make
  pango-devel
  patchutils
  pcre-devel
  pcre-doc
  pkg-config
  xorg-x11-devel
  xorg-x11-fscl
  xterm

**2. Append these lines to your .bash_profile:**

  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/geda/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  export PATH=$HOME/geda/bin:$PATH
  export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$HOME/geda/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH

Update your environment:
  $ source .bash_profile

**3. Go to the [[http://www.geda.seul.org/sources.html|gEDA sources download page]].**

From the gEDA/gaf group, download **only** the packages which have a date
as its version. The necessary dependencies were already
installed in step 1. However, if you haven't installed or built the libstroke package, be sure to add
<code>
--disable-stroke
</code>
to the opts= line. Add the following options to the opts= line in the Makefile
<code>
--disable-update-mime-database --disable-update-desktop-database --disable-nls
</code>

**4. Go to the download directory and type:**
  $ make open
  $ make install
  ( ...patience... )

**5. Now, to properly view the documentation from the help menu of gschem:**

Locate the executables of your browser and PDF reader and create links
from /usr/bin. Examples:
  $ ln -s "c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" /usr/bin/iexplore
  $ ln -s "c:\Program Files\Firefox\firefox.exe" /usr/bin/firefox
  $ ln -s "c:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" /usr/bin/acroread

Try:
  $ iexplore
  ( Microsoft Internet Explorer appears )
  $ firefox
  ( Firefox appears - if installed )
  $ acroread
  ( Adobe Acrobat Reader appears )
  $ gschemdoc -m
  ( gEDA documentation appears )

**6. Finally, start the X server:**
  $ startx

Have fun!