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@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ THE COQ V8.1 SYSTEM
INSTALLATION.
=============
- See the file INSTALL.win for installation procedure.
+ The Coq package for Windows comes with an auto-installer. It will
+install Coq binaries and libraries under any directory you specify
+(C:\Program Files\Coq is the default path). It also creates shortcuts
+in the Windows menus. Alternatively, you can launch Coq using Coq.bat
+and Coqide.bat in the installation directory (C:\Program Files\Coq by
+default).
COMPILATION.
============
@@ -15,25 +20,34 @@ COMPILATION.
distribution. If you really need to recompile under Windows, here
are some indications:
- 1- Install ocaml version 3.07 or later, Visual C++ (needed
- for the -custom option of ocaml) and MASM (needed if you want
- to produce a native version).
+ 1- Install ocaml for Windows (MinGW port), preferably version 3.09.3.
+ See: http://caml.inria.fr
- 2- Install a complete set of Unix utilities (used by Makefiles).
- See: http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/.
+ 2- Install a shell environment with at least:
+ - a C compiler (gcc),
+ - the GNU make utility
- 3- Under cygwin, type successively
+ The Cygwin environment is well suited for compiling Coq
+ (official packages are made using Cygwin) See:
+ http://www.cygwin.com
+
+ 3- In order to compile Coqide, you will need the LablGTK library
+ See: http://wwwfun.kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp/soft/olabl/lablgtk.html
+
+ You also need to install the GTK libraries for Windows (see the
+ installation instruction for LablGTK)
+
+ 4- In a shell window, type successively
./configure
make world
make install
- make clean
- 4- Though not nescessary, you can find useful:
+ 5- Though not nescessary, you can find useful:
- Windows version of (X)Emacs: it is a powerful environment for
developpers with coloured syntax, modes for compilation and debug,
and many more. It is free. See: http://www.gnu.org/software.
- - Windows cvs client (very useful if you have access to the Coq
+ - Windows subversion client (very useful if you have access to the Coq
archive).
Good luck :-)