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5 - Setting up the System
Cygwin is very easy to set up, as is the Franklin SDK. One very important note: follow the instructions EXACTLY. They are well written, and if you don't vary from them, you should have no problems. Of course, this is Linux, so pay attention to case, check over everything you enter, and then check again before you hit the Enter key.In line with this, there are a couple of gotchas that have hit me from time to time when I follow the install instructions for the SDK. In case I'm not alone, I mention them here:
cp -r /franklin/SDK/samples/* .
The command to copy the sample files looks somewhat like the DOS version (copy *.), so you may be inclined to keep the '*.' together. Don't; there's a space between them, and the Linux result is to copy all files (*) to the current directory (.)
export ARCH=winXX
This is embarrassing - I tried to replace this with my system version (ARCH=win98), but the winXX is literal, and shouldn't be changed. Ah, the joys of a new OS...
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