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))¶

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

Installation steps:

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¶

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

Steps:

What would you like to do?: Get project source from elsewhere -> Checkout
Branch source: sftp://<user>@login.nikhef.nl/project/hisparc/bzr/windows-development/trunk/
Local directory where the working tree will be created: Use a directory of your choice. Suggestion: My Documents/HiSPARC/trunk
Click OK. You will be asked for your login.nikhef.nl account password several times.
Copy \persistent\configuration\startup_settings_example.bat to \persistent\configuration\startup_settings.bat and edit to your personal taste
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:

Download and run the installer
All defaults are ok
Navigate to a Python source file and double-click on it.
Windows cannot open this file: Select the program from a list
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:

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

Unzip to \user and rename the mysql-5.1.53-win32 folder to mysql
Copy \user\mysql\my-medium.ini to \user\mysql\my.ini
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.
Create the \persistent\data folder
Move the \user\mysql\data folder to \persistent\data and rename to mysql (you now have a \persistent\data\mysql folder)
Run \hisparc_cmd.bat, navigate to \user\mysql\bin and run mysqld --console and keep this window open (this is the MySQL Server Console)
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;
Run \hisparc_cmd.bat, navigate to \user\mysql\bin and run mysql -u root -p < \buffer.sql and give the root password when prompted
In the MySQL Server Console window, press Control-C to correctly shutdown the server
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:

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:

Download and run the installer
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:

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:

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.
Install the Tools package.

This is needed for installing the FTDI drivers.

FTDI Drivers (Communication with Electronics Box USB Chip)¶

Setup executable:
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
	http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/CDM/CDM20824_Setup.exe

Installation steps:

Unpack the zip file.
Move the CDM20824_WHQL_Certified folder to \admin.
Rename the folder to ftdi_drivers.
Copy C:\WinDDK\7600.16385.1\redist\DIFx\dpinst\EngMui\x86\dpinst.exe to \admin\ftdi_drivers.
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:

Create folder \user\dspmon.
Copy DSPMon_V1-46.exe to \user\dspmon.
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:

Unpack zip file.
Enter NSClient++-0.3.8-Win32 folder.
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:

Run .exe file.
Perform a Full installation.
Copy C:\Program Files\NSIS to \bake.
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:

Open archive.
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:

Open archive.
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:

Open archive.
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:

Open archive.
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:

Open archive.
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:

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:

cd \Python2.7
set PYTHONNOUSERSITE=True
python lib\site.py make sure ENABLE_USER_SITE=False
python -m pip --upgrade
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:

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

Finishing Python Installation¶

Steps:

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

Rebuilding the Development Tree¶

git (a Distributed Version Control System (DVCS))¶

GitHub Client¶

HiSPARC Software Checkout¶

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

LabVIEW Run-Time Engine¶

MySQL Community Server (a Database Server)¶

MySQL ODBC Driver¶

OpenVPN¶

TightVNC¶

Windows Driver Kit (WDK)¶

FTDI Drivers (Communication with Electronics Box USB Chip)¶

GPS Monitor (DSPMON)¶

Nagios: Send Passive Check Results (NSCA Client)¶

Nagios: Client (NSClient++)¶

Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS)¶

NSIS Unzip plugin (Nsisunz)¶

NSIS XtInfoPlugin¶

NSIS Simple Service Plugin (SimpleSC)¶

NSIS Simple Firewall Plugin (SimpleFC)¶

NSIS Access Control Plugin¶

Python¶

Python packages from PyPI¶

Python MySQLdb package¶

Finishing Python Installation¶

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