

Next, click Next> Your download will proceed.Īfter performing this steps, proceed to a normal Madagascar Installation.įor running X applications such as xtpen, make sure to run startx first to open an X terminal window.For Xwin server installation, open X11 and select.If you intend to use gdpen, open Libs and select.If you intend to use tiffpen, open Libs and select.If you intend to use ppmpen, open Graphics and select.If you intend to use LaTeX, open Publishing and select.For X-window display with oglpen, open X11 and select.If you have a favorite unix editor, choose it under Editors (novices may wish to work with Notepad for a while).If you want to use the development version of Madagascar, also choose one of the following:.Choose the following before downloading.Keep clicking (defaults should work, but you can choose a mirror on your own continent) until you see a collapsed list (boxed "+" signs) in a selection box.


To get these, rerun the installer program (called Setup and represented by an icon with a black "C" shape enclosing a green arrow). You will need to install several additional Cygwin components before Madagascar can run. NOTE: If you are unfamiliar with Unix-like systems, a good place to start is Greg Wilson's Software Carpentry course. This should create a Cygwin program, which when run, creates a POSIX shell window similar-looking to the Windows command window but which behaves in a more Unix-like way. To obtain Cygwin, go to its web page, download and run the installer. Madagascar can run under Cygwin, which provides a Unix environment under Windows.
