You can build CoCoALib
and CoCoA-5
on a Microsoft Windows
computer by using Cygwin
, a free package which provides a
Linux-like environment (see http://www.cygwin.com/
).
Once you have installed Cygwin, start its terminal emulator, and then follow the usual instructions for compiling CoCoA.
WARNING: installing Cygwin can take quite some time
Download the script setup.exe
from the Cygwin website.
Start the script and choose install from internet.
Using that script select the following extension packages:
If you want to build the CoCoA-5
GUI, you must obtain also
these extension packages for Cygwin
We cannot really help you, as we have almost no experience ourselves. Try searching on the internet...