PC instructions are given first, followed by instructions for the Mac.

Part 1 - Installing the EAS230 programming environment on a Windows PC (Mac instructions below)

It is recommended that you create a RESTORE POINT, in case you have to undo the changes. Do this under

Control Panel / System / System Protection / “Create restore point right now for drives that have system protection turned on”

Step 1: Download and Install JGrasp for editing programs – http://jgrasp.org

Step 2: Download and Install the JAVA programming environment (needed to run JGrasp). You’ll need the JDK (“Java Development Kit”).

from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Click “Download” (above) and you’ll see more selections….

You’ll need the Windows x86 version for 32-bit computers, or the x64 version for 64-bit computers.

(Note: if you have an “older” PC, your computer is probably 32-bit. Look for the special ** notes below)

Step 3: Download and Install the C++ programming environment from the class web site:   mingw-get-setup.exe

(** Note: if you have an “older” PC, your computer is probably 32-bit. The compiler for 32-bit is here: http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~mikeb/full.exe )

This actually installs the installer, which you then run to install the C++ compiler.

On the next screen, take the defaults and continue

Now, select the basic, gcc-bin, gcc-dev, g++ bin, and g++ dev installations (see 5 items below):

Then, APPLY CHANGES (this takes a long time to finish)

The C++ program is called g++ (or sometimes gcc). After installing g++, you’ll need to locate where the bin folder was created for the g++ installation. It was created in the following path:

;C:\MinGW\bin;

(** Note: if you have an “older” PC, your computer is probably 32-bit, and your path will be: ;C:\cygnus\cygwin-b20\H-i586-cygwin32\bin; )

You now should add it to the PATH environment variable. You do that by following:

   Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables

At this point you can see the PATH variable in the System Variables box (the bottom, NOT the User Variables part).

Add the g++ path into the end of the PATH variable VALUE (not the name). You add it to the end of the existing value separated by a semicolon (';'). WARNING:  Make sure that you do not lose the original value. You are just appending more to the end separated by a semicolon.

Part 2 - Installing the EAS230 Programming Environment on a Mac.

Step 1: Download and Install XCode from Apple.  You will need to create an Apple ID (and for older XCode versions, a Developer ID), but those are benign. 

Start here: https://developer.apple.com/support/xcode/

Download location: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835?mt=12&v0=WWW-NAUS-ITUHOME-NEWAPPLICATIONS&ign-mpt=uo=2

For Mac, here is an older (but adequate) version of XCode, free and able to run on OS versions prior to Snow Leopard: XCode 3

In XCode, you must download and install the command-line tools. Under the XCode pull down menu, select

XCode - Preferences, and then the Downloads tab.

Install the Command Line tools

An alternate means of getting a C++ compiler on the Mac, without XCode: 

• OS X 10.7 Lion: GCC-10.7.pkg
• OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: GCC-10.6.pkg

Step 2 – Download and install JGrasp for the Mac from http://jgrasp.org

Step 3:  enjoy