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Environment variables

Windows environment variables

Typical choices are:

• YARP_ROOT = C:/yarp
• YARP_DIR = C:/yarp/build
• ICUB_ROOT = C:/icub-main
• ICUB_DIR = C:/icub-main/build

YARP

Installing yarp in Windows

Note: all environment variables should have '/' and NOT '\' (except in the PATH enviroment variable). The directories do not need to be the same as the ones presented here, just be sure to alter the environment variables correctly.

1. Download ACE and GSL from http://eris.liralab.it/iCub/downloads/packages/windows/msvc8/ ; unzip them to a directory of your choice and remember it.
2. If you want GUIs, download GTKMM from http://live.gnome.org/gtkmm/MSWindows and use the installer.
3. Create the environment variables ACE_ROOT, GTK_BASEPATH, GTKMM_BASEPATH, GSL_DIR as follows:
   • ACE_ROOT is ACE dir (e.g., C:/ace_wrappers).
   • GTK_BASEPATH and GTKMM_BASEPATH is GTKMM dir (C:/gtkmm).
   • GSL_DIR is GSL dir (C:/gsl-1.8).
4. Add this to the PATH environment variable: %ACE_ROOT%/lib (important: make sure you put it at the beginning of the PATH environment variable, to avoid conflicts with other existing ACE versions on the system)
5. Make sure that YARP_ROOT and YARP_DIR are correctly set.
6. Add this to the PATH enviroment variable: %YARP_DIR%/bin/Release (and/or Debug). Note: these directories will be created later
7. Use CMake to build the YARP SLN files. Point the source code to the yarp dir, and build to the yarp/build dir (which will be created now).
8. In CMake, check the flags CREATE_DEVICE_LIBRARY_MODULES, CREATE_LIB_MATH and, optionally, CREATE_GUIS (don't uncheck anything!).
9. Click: Configure, Configure, Generate.
10. Go to YARP_DIR and open YARP.sln with Visual Studio
11. Go to Build->Batch Build
12. Check ALL_BUILD (Release and/or Debug) and Build!