INSTALL-MicrosoftWindows

© 2013 John Abbott and Anna M. Bigatti
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CoCoALib Documentation Index

Guidelines for installing CoCoA on a Microsoft Windows computer

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.

Installing Cygwin

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

In Case of Trouble

We cannot really help you, as we have almost no experience ourselves. Try searching on the internet...