COS 126: Windows Software Page

This documents instructs you on how to setup a C programming environment for your Windows 2000 computer. Windows 95, 98, and NT will only be moderately different. The instructions will deal with configuring one of the laptops purchased through SCI, although if you bought your own equipment you should be able to adapt the instructions below. All of the software below is either (i) shipped with your SCI computer, (ii) licensed by Princeton and can be downloaded for free, or (iii) freeware.

• Download and install the LCC-Win32 compiler system from www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32.

  • Follow the prompts, choosing all of the default options, until you reach Select Destination Directory. Choose c:\lcc. It will take a while (3 minutes on my machine) for lcc-win32 to build all of the libraries. Go get a cup of coffee or chat with a classmate in the meantime.

  • Continue following the prompts until LCC-Win32 is installed on your system.

• Next, download and install the LCC-Win32 user manual and technical documentation from the same site. As before, choose all of the default options until you reach Select Destination Directory. Choose c:\lcc. You will need to confirm that you want to install in this directory since it already exists. Continue selecting all of the default options until it is installed.

In this step, you will customize the lcc compiler to use strict ANSI C code, and enable extra warning messages. Novice and veteran programmers will both benefit from using this customized version of lcc, which we'll name lcc126. It will also help ensure that your code matches the assignment requirements. To setup lcc126, do the following:

• Launch Notepad via Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Notepad.

• Type or cut-and-paste the following line into an empty Notepad window:

  lc -a -ansi89 -unused %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

• Save the file to c:\lcc\bin\lcc126.bat

Ghostscript is a program that allows you to view PostScript files using GSView. You will need such a program when we create graphics, starting in Assignment 2.

• Download and install Ghostview and GSView for Windows 95/98/2000/ME from

  http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/get700.htm
  

  Install Ghostview first, then GSView.

Acrobat Reader allows you to view pdf files. Many of the documents on our Web site are in this format. If you bought your computer from SCI, you probably have the Acrobat installed.

• If necessary, download Acrobat from the OIT Web Page or from the Adobe Web Site.

SSH is an FTP client that allows you to transfer files to and from your computer. In addition, it provides telnet capabilities that allow you to login to a remote system such as arizona. On many assignments we provide various sample code and data files which you will probably want to download.

• If you bought an SCI computer, you probably already have it installed. Otherwise, you can download it from from OIT's site.

Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer 97 is a viewer that opens .ppt files. If you have MS Office, you don't need this viewer. Otherwise, we recommended installing the viewer so that you can access some of the in-class demos.

• Download Microsoft Powerpoint Viewer 97 from the Microsoft Powerpoint Download Page.

Depending on your personal choice, you may be required to compile Java applets for your last two assignments. One of the most popular free Java compile/IDE available is Borland's JBuilder.

• You may download Borland JBuilder 5 from the Borland Web Site.