Rebuilding the Development Tree

This is a complete log of building the development environment from scratch. Lots of third-party packages need to be installed and included in the installer tree.

Note

Do not use these instructions. You don’t need to follow these instructions to start building a package. This is only needed when you need to recreate the whole tree from scratch. It is mostly useful as a reference when one wants to update a package or two with newer versions.

git (a Distributed Version Control System (DVCS))

Homepage:http://git-scm.com/
Version:1.7.10.4 (Standalone)
Download:http://git-scm.com/downloads
Direct Link (win):
 http://git-scm.com/download/win
Direct Link (mac):
 http://git-scm.com/download/mac

Installation steps:

  1. Download and run the installer

GitHub Client

Homepage:http://www.github.com/
Download (win):http://windows.github.com/
Download (mac):http://mac.github.com/

HiSPARC Software Checkout

Direct Link:https://github.com/HiSPARC/station-software.git
Command Line:git clone git@github.com:HiSPARC/station-software.git
GitHub For Windows link:
 github-windows://openRepo/https://github.com/HiSPARC/station-software
GitHub For Mac link:
 github-mac://openRepo/https://github.com/HiSPARC/station-software

Steps:

  1. What would you like to do?: Get project source from elsewhere -> Checkout
  2. Branch source: sftp://<user>@login.nikhef.nl/project/hisparc/bzr/windows-development/trunk/
  3. Local directory where the working tree will be created: Use a directory of your choice. Suggestion: My Documents/HiSPARC/trunk
  4. Click OK. You will be asked for your login.nikhef.nl account password several times.
  5. Copy \persistent\configuration\startup_settings_example.bat to \persistent\configuration\startup_settings.bat and edit to your personal taste
  6. You can now run \hisparc_cmd.bat if you want to start a command terminal with a HiSPARC detector pc environment

Notepad++ (a Source Code Editor) (Optional)

Homepage:http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
Version:6.1.3 (Installer)
Download:http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/
Direct Link:http://download.tuxfamily.org/notepadplus/6.1.3/npp.6.1.3.Installer.exe

Installation steps:

  1. Download and run the installer
  2. All defaults are ok
  3. Navigate to a Python source file and double-click on it.
  4. Windows cannot open this file: Select the program from a list
  5. Choose the program you want to use to open the file: Select Notepad++ and click Open. If Notepad++ is not in the list, click Browse
    1. Navigate to Notepad++/notepad++ and click Open
    2. Select Notepad++ and click Open

LabVIEW Run-Time Engine

Homepage:http://www.ni.com/
Version:8.2.1 (Standard download)
Download:http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/550/lang/en
Direct Link:http://lumen.ni.com/nicif/US/GB_NIDU/content.xhtml?du=http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/550/lang/en_NL
Homepage:http://www.ni.com/
Version:8.6.1 (Standard download)
Download:http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/1244/lang/en
Direct Link:http://lumen.ni.com/nicif/US/GB_NIDU/content.xhtml?du=http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/1244/lang/en_NL

Installation steps:

  1. Complete the registration procedure or log in
  2. Download and run the executable (which is a WinZip Self-Extractor)
  3. WinZip Self-Extractor: Uncheck When done unzipping open ``.\setup.exe`` and click Unzip
  4. When finished unzipping, click Close
  5. Copy c:\National Instruments Downloads\LabVIEW 8.2.1\Runtime Engine to \admin
  6. Rename the \admin\Runtime Engine folder to \admin\niruntimeinstaller
  7. Copy \admin\niruntimeinstaller\Bin\silent_install.txt to \admin\niruntimeinstaller and rename to hisparcspec.ini
  8. Edit hisparcspec.ini and enter user information (serial number)

MySQL Community Server (a Database Server)

Homepage:http://www.mysql.com/
Version:5.1.53 (x86, 32-bit, ZIP Archive, noinstall)
Download:http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/
Direct Link:http://www.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/mysql-noinstall-5.1.53-win32.zip/from/http://mirror.leaseweb.com/mysql/

Installation steps:

  1. Unzip to \user and rename the mysql-5.1.53-win32 folder to mysql

  2. Copy \user\mysql\my-medium.ini to \user\mysql\my.ini

  3. Edit the my.ini file:
    1. Section [mysqld]: add basedir="/user/mysql/"

    2. Section [mysqld]: add datadir=/persistent/data/mysql/"

    3. Section [mysqld]: remove comments from following lines:

      innodb_buffer_pool_size
      innodb_additional_mem_pool_size
      innodb_log_file_size=10M
      innodb_log_buffer_size
      innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit
      innodb_lock_wait_timeout
      
    4. Especially mind the 10M parameter to innodb_log_file_size, or MySQL will crash on startup.

  4. Create the \persistent\data folder

  5. Move the \user\mysql\data folder to \persistent\data and rename to mysql (you now have a \persistent\data\mysql folder)

  6. Run \hisparc_cmd.bat, navigate to \user\mysql\bin and run mysqld --console and keep this window open (this is the MySQL Server Console)

  7. Run \hisparc_cmd.bat, navigate to \user\mysql\bin and run mysql -u root and do:

    1. DROP USER '';
    2. DROP USER ''@localhost;
    3. SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost = PASSWORD('<rootpassword>');
    4. SET PASSWORD FOR root@127.0.0.1 = PASSWORD('<rootpassword>');
    5. DROP DATABASE test;
    6. QUIT;
  8. Run \hisparc_cmd.bat, navigate to \user\mysql\bin and run mysql -u root -p < \buffer.sql and give the root password when prompted

  9. In the MySQL Server Console window, press Control-C to correctly shutdown the server

  10. In the \persistent\data\mysql folder delete the mysql-bin.* files and any *.pid and *.err files if they exist from previous runs of the server

MySQL ODBC Driver

Homepage:http://www.mysql.com/
Version:5.1.8 (x86, 32-bit, ZIP Archive, noinstall)
Download:http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/
Direct Link:http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/Connector-ODBC/5.1/mysql-connector-odbc-noinstall-5.1.8-win32.zip/from/http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/mysql/

Installation steps:

  1. Unzip to \admin and rename the mysql-connector-odbc-noinstall-5.1.8-win32 folder to odbcconnector

OpenVPN

Homepage:http://openvpn.net/
Version:2.1.4
Download:http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html
Direct Link:http://swupdate.openvpn.net/community/releases/openvpn-2.1.4-install.exe

Installation steps:

  1. Download and run the installer
  2. Copy the C:\Program Files\OpenVPN folder to \admin and rename to openvpn

TightVNC

Homepage:http://www.tightvnc.com/
Version:1.3.10 (Complete set, no installer)
Download:http://www.tightvnc.com/download-old.php
Direct Link:http://www.tightvnc.com/download/1.3.10/tightvnc-1.3.10_x86.zip

Installation steps:

  1. Create a \admin\tightvnc folder and unzip the download to this folder

Note

There is a new major version which would solve a lot of VNC-related problems. It would be very nice to include that in an update. That will be our very first admin update, however…

Windows Driver Kit (WDK)

Homepage:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg487428
Version:7.1.0
Download:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=36a2630f-5d56-43b5-b996-7633f2ec14ff
Direct Link:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=41&SrcFamilyId=36A2630F-5D56-43B5-B996-7633F2EC14FF&SrcDisplayLang=en&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f4%2fA%2f2%2f4A25C7D5-EFBE-4182-B6A9-AE6850409A78%2fGRMWDK_EN_7600_1.ISO

Installation steps:

  1. Microsoft recommends that you download the ISO, burn it, and then insert it in your drive. Alternatively, attach it to a virtual machine, or something similar.
  2. Install the Tools package.

This is needed for installing the FTDI drivers.

FTDI Drivers (Communication with Electronics Box USB Chip)

Homepage:http://www.ftdichip.com/
Version:2.08.24 (CDM, x86 32-bit)
Download:http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
Direct Link:http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/CDM/CDM%202.08.24%20WHQL%20Certified.zip
Setup executable:
 http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/CDM/CDM20824_Setup.exe

Installation steps:

  1. Unpack the zip file.
  2. Move the CDM20824_WHQL_Certified folder to \admin.
  3. Rename the folder to ftdi_drivers.
  4. Copy C:\WinDDK\7600.16385.1\redist\DIFx\dpinst\EngMui\x86\dpinst.exe to \admin\ftdi_drivers.
  5. Copy \admin\ftdi_drivers\i386\ftd2xx.dll to \user\hisparcdaq.

GPS Monitor (DSPMON)

Homepage:http://www.trimble.com/timing/resolution-t.aspx
Version:1.46
Download:http://www.trimble.com/timing/resolution-t.aspx?dtID=support
Direct Link:http://trl.trimble.com/dscgi/ds.py/Get/File-366495/DSPMon_V1-46.exe

Installation steps:

  1. Create folder \user\dspmon.
  2. Copy DSPMon_V1-46.exe to \user\dspmon.
  3. Rename file to DSPMon.exe.

Nagios: Send Passive Check Results (NSCA Client)

NSCA has been removed and replaced by NRDP. NRDP has been integrated into the hsmonitor. send_ncsa.exe is no longer required.

Nagios: Client (NSClient++)

Homepage:http://nsclient.org/nscp/
Version:0.3.8
Download:http://nsclient.org/nscp/downloads
Direct Link:http://files.nsclient.org/x-0.3.x/NSClient%2B%2B-0.3.8-Win32.zip

Installation steps:

  1. Unpack zip file.
  2. Enter NSClient++-0.3.8-Win32 folder.
  3. Copy everything, except scripts folder and nsci.ini file, to \admin\nsclientpp.

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS)

Homepage:http://nsis.sourceforge.net/
Version:2.46
Download:http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download
Direct Link:http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/nsis/nsis-2.46-setup.exe?download

Installation steps:

  1. Run .exe file.
  2. Perform a Full installation.
  3. Copy C:\Program Files\NSIS to \bake.
  4. Rename NSIS folder to nsis.

NSIS Unzip plugin (Nsisunz)

Homepage:http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Nsisunz_plug-in
Version:June 22, 2007
Direct Link:http://saivert.com/nsis/nsisunz.7z

Installation steps:

  1. Open archive.
  2. Copy Release/nsisunz.dll to \bake\nsis\Plugins.

NSIS XtInfoPlugin

Homepage:http://nsis.sourceforge.net/XtInfoPlugin_plug-in
Version:1.0.0.2
Direct Link:http://nsis.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/images/1/1d/XtInfoPlugin_v_1.0.0.2.zip

Installation steps:

  1. Open archive.
  2. Copy xtInfoPlugin\xtInfoPlugin.dll to \bake\nsis\Plugins.

NSIS Simple Service Plugin (SimpleSC)

Homepage:http://nsis.sourceforge.net/NSIS_Simple_Service_Plugin
Version:1.29
Direct Link:http://nsis.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/images/e/ed/NSIS_Simple_Service_Plugin_1.29.zip

Installation steps:

  1. Open archive.
  2. Copy SimpleSC.dll to \bake\nsis\Plugins.

NSIS Simple Firewall Plugin (SimpleFC)

Homepage:http://nsis.sourceforge.net/NSIS_Simple_Firewall_Plugin
Version:1.18
Direct Link:http://nsis.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/images/6/67/NSIS_Simple_Firewall_Plugin_1.18.zip

Installation steps:

  1. Open archive.
  2. Copy SimpleFC.dll to \bake\nsis\Plugins.

NSIS Access Control Plugin

Homepage:http://nsis.sourceforge.net/AccessControl_plug-in
Version:January 23, 2008
Direct Link:http://nsis.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/images/4/4a/AccessControl.zip

Installation steps:

  1. Open archive.
  2. Copy AccessControl\Plugins\*.dll to \bake\nsis\Plugins.

Python

Homepage:http://python.org/
Version:2.7.15
Download:http://www.python.org/download/
Direct Link:http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.15/python-2.7.15.msi

Installation steps:

  1. Install Just for me (this makes it easier to redistribute the package).

Python packages from PyPI

The python installation requires the following packages:

  • pywin32
  • wmi
  • requests
  • MySQLdb # installed from wheel below

Installation steps:

  1. cd \Python2.7
  2. set PYTHONNOUSERSITE=True
  3. python lib\site.py make sure ENABLE_USER_SITE=False
  4. python -m pip --upgrade
  5. python -m pip install pywin32 wmi requests

Python MySQLdb package

Homepage:https://github.com/farcepest/MySQLdb1
Version:1.2.5
Download:https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#mysql-python
Direct Link:MySQL_python‑1.2.5‑cp27‑none‑win32.whl

The mysqldb-python package from PyPI requires MSVC 9.0 to install (build). To circumvent, we can download a wheel from Christoph Gohlke’s site.

Installation steps:

  1. Download the wheel. (Direct link blocked by javascript on website)
  2. Install: python -m pip install MySQL_python‑1.2.5‑cp27‑none‑win32.whl
  3. Remove wheel file.

Finishing Python Installation

Steps:

  1. Copy C:\Python27 to \user.
  2. Rename Python27 folder to python.