Go directly to step 10, MoShell Installation, if you have already installed and
configured Cygwin previously.
1. Download the file http://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe and store it under
C:\users\youruser\cygwin_setup\, then execute it from that folder with the context
menu "Run as administrator".
If that does not work then try to start a DOS command window as Administrator and
execute the setup-x86_64.exe file
from the DOS window.
2. Choose "Install from internet", then click Next.
3. Root Directory C:\cygwin64 (It is not recommended to choose a different
directory, especially if it contains spaces).
4. Choose a Download Site. For instance cygwin.mirror.constant.com is known to work
well but probably others work fine too.
5. In the "Select Packages" View menu, choose "Category", then add the following
packages:
• under Archive select zip and unzip
• under Database, select postgresql
• under Graphics, select gnuplot-base
• under Libs, select libglib2.0_0, libssp0, zlib, libxml2
• under Net select curl, inetutils, openssh, openssl, net-snmp-utils (5.7.3), net-
snmp-libs (5.7.3)
• under Perl select perl, perl-XML-Simple, and perl-IO-Tty
• under Python select python39, python39-pexpect, python39-requests
• under Text select jq
6. Click Next, install will start. Wait for installation to complete.
7. Copy the file moshell/examples/cygwin_install/cygwin_install.txt to C:/cygwin64
(also available from
http://newtran01.au.ao.ericsson.se/moshell/cygwin_install.txt). .
. Click on Start –> Run.
In the "Run" window, type: cmd , then press <enter>.
A DOS window opens. At the DOS prompt, execute the following commands:
cd c:\
cd cygwin64
bin\perl.exe cygwin_install.txt
This will create the following files: c:/cygwin64/etc/profile,
c:/cygwin64/cygwin64.bat,
c:/cygwin64/home/youruserid/.bashrc, c:/cygwin64/home/youruserid/.minttyrc,
c:/cygwin64/home/youruserid/.inputrc.
If those files already exist, they are automatically moved to the folder
c:/cygwin64/tmp/installbackup.
9. Open a new cygwin terminal window. The window should be black with white text
and the prompt should like this: [~]$
If not, then go through all the steps again and make sure you haven’t missed out
anything.
If you had a 32-bit cygwin installation earlier, note that your
c:/cygwin/home/youruser folder can be copied over to
c:/cygwin64/home/
More info about Cygwin installation issues can be found at:
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq0.html
Uninstall instructions for cygwin can be found at
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all
10. Moshell installation. Follows these steps if you already have a working Cygwin
environment.
• Copy the moshell installation package moshellxxx.zip to your home directory
c:/cygwin64/home/youruserid
• Open the cygwin shell and run:
unzip -o moshellxxx.zip
bash moshell_install
When prompted to enter the directory where you want to install moshell, it is
recommended to specify your HOME directory
( ~).
If you have executed moshell_install from your home directory then you can press
the enter key and the current
directory is selected.
If a previous moshell installation already exists, it is recommended to install in
the same directory as the old one. This way,
all your custom files (jar/xml files, site files, etc.) get copied across to the
new revision and the old revision gets moved to a
different location so you can still access it if needed.
When prompted to enter the path to Java, just type java .
11. Running moshell for the first time
If you have set the PATH variable correctly in your ~/.bashrc file, you should be
able to run moshell from any directory. E.g:
moshell <ip-address>
