From c7ae3ecc73c46ad7444d886fe53b16da28abe80a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: patacongo Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 21:58:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update README git-svn-id: svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/nuttx/code/trunk@3086 42af7a65-404d-4744-a932-0658087f49c3 --- README.txt | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index d87df76ff9..9a9d3f4831 100755 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -10,6 +10,38 @@ README INSTALLATION ^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Installing Cygwin + + NuttX may be installed and built on a Linux system or on a Windows + system if Cygwin is installed. Installing Cygwin on your Windows PC + is simple, but time consuming. See http://www.cygwin.com/ for + installation instructions. Basically you just need to download a + tiny setup.exe program and it does the real, internet installation + for you. + + Some Cygwin installation tips: + + 1. Install at C:\cygwin + + 2. Install EVERYTHING: "Only the minimal base packages from the + Cygwin distribution are installed by default. Clicking on categories + and packages in the setup.exe package installation screen will + provide you with the ability to control what is installed or updated. + Clicking on the "Default" field next to the "All" category will + provide you with the opportunity to install every Cygwin package. + Be advised that this will download and install hundreds of megabytes + to your computer." + + If you use the "default" installation, you will be missing many + of the Cygwin utilities that you will need to build NuttX. The + build will fail in numerous places because of missing packages. + + After installing Cygwin, you will get lots of links for installed + tools and shells. I use the RXVT native shell. It is fast and reliable + and does not require you to run the Cygwin X server (which is neither + fast nor reliable). The rest of these instructions assume that you + are at a bash command line prompt in either Linux or in Cygwin shell. + Download and Unpack: Download and unpack the NuttX tarball. If you are reading this, then @@ -19,7 +51,7 @@ Download and Unpack: match the various instructions in the documentation and some scripts in the source tree. -Install Directories with Spaces in the Path +Installation Directories with Spaces in the Path The nuttx build directory should reside in a path that contains no spaces in any higher level directory name. For example, under @@ -28,7 +60,7 @@ Install Directories with Spaces in the Path the make system tries to build. [Actually, that problem is probably not to difficult to fix. Some - Makefiles probably just need some pathes within double quotes]i + Makefiles probably just need some pathes within double quotes] I work around spaces in the home directory name, by creating a new directory that does not contain any spaces, such as /home/nuttx.