Tue Jul 25 11:20:54  2000

This directory contains the experimental binary
version of GRASS under WINDOWS/Cygnus.

NOTE: The graphical output is not ported yet.
      -> no graphics yet, friends!!

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1. Get latest GRASS source code
http://www.geog.uni-hannover.de/grass/grass5/source/experimental/

2. To compile and link under the Windows NT/2000 go to
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/download.html
and get the setup.exe.   Download it and run it.
It will prompt you for one of three choices, if you
have never loaded Cygwin software select download
from the internet.   If you have a previous version,
you should know what to do.   Install in C:\Cygwin

Put C:\Cygwin\bin in your PATH.

set MAKE_MODE=unix while you are in the environmental area

3. Download the sunrpc tar.gz file from Corinna Vinschen
  site and install the binary files:
 ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin/porters/Vinschen_Corinna/

4. Download the ncurses tar.gz file from Michael Hirmke's page:
ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin/porters/Hirmke_Michael/

5 Read obout Unix running under Windows here:
    http://cygutils.netpedia.net/V1.1/index.html
    http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/docs.html

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6. To start GRASS compilation proceed like this:

    ./configure
    make
    make install

7.  The current build was made using Cygwin 1.1.2