Click on "Skip" (1st column) until it shows a version number (and a box selected with an X).
* Install GNUmake: Similarly, scroll down and find "make" (on the package column). Click on "Skip" (1st column) until it shows a version number (and a box selected with an X).see image below. * Install gcc=g++: Scroll down and find "gcc-g++" (on the package column). * Expand the window and click on the "View" button on the upper right corner (shown below), until it toggles into "Full" view. feel free to experiment and leave out X11). however, I haven't install Cygwin without X11 so I'm not sure that some modules installed under X11 may be required later. technically you don't need this to run ROMS on Windows. (I needed X11 to run applications on a remote computer. * Install X11: Do the same in the category of X11. * Install Perl: As shown in the figure below, find the Perl Category and click on "Default" until it turns into "Install". IMPORTANT: You will need to tell cygwin to install some modules that are not installed by default. likely "Direct Connection" if you have high speed internet. * Choose a path where to save Cygwin, I chose: C:\Program Files\cygwin * Open the recently downloaded setup.exe file Or simply click here to start the download. * Download: Go to the Cygwin website and download the setup.exe file, by clicking on any of the cygwin-install icons.So, to run ROMS on Windows, first we need to install a Linux emulator for Windows. ROMS runs on a Unix or Linux command-line environment.
While you wait, you can prepare your PC with lots of ancillary software that you will need. After some checking, ROMS crew will give you a username and a password within a day or two. The very first thing to do is to Register. The following recipe will guide you through the steps required to download, compile and run ROMS on Windows XP or Vista. Some parts may be a bit tedious for more advanced users or people with solid Linux knowledge. Hopefully this would help new(er) ROMS users!ĭisclaimer: This post was written for the very beginners. I prefer to start by posting a bit of what I have done so far. However, I decided that my first post on this forum should not be about asking questions. thrilling and exciting, but it gives me back pain (due to hours on Google). For me, the path of learning ROMS has been a bit like off-roading. This post will remain for historical reasons only. The wiki page contains corrections and extra information and can be found at: Please use the version of this tutorial that is in the wiki.