Nutcracker needs an Apache server and a MySql database running on your winodws (XP, 7) machine.
There are two choices for getting these, WAMP or XAMPP. I have used both.
Here are the steps to install Nutcracker on your local Windows 7 or Windows XP box
1) Download
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Login2) Take all defaults for installation
3) Start Wamp. Click on the Pink W icon.
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start Xampp and click Start for the Apache and Mysql applications.
4) Test Wamp or Xampp by setting your browser to You are not allowed to view links.
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Apache server uses port 80. If you have Skype or microsoft HTTP/2.0 they also use port 80.
Here is a web page that describes how to fix this conflict. You are not allowed to view links.
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5) You now need to get a copy of the current Nutcracker code tree. Go to
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Login and download the zip file. This file is updated daily with the latest Nutcracker code tree and with the latest export from meighan.net/nutcracker database
Unzip this file into c:\wamp\www\nutcracker if using WAMP
or
unzip it into c:\xampp\htdocs\nutcracker if you are using XAMPP
This zip file also now contains gnuplot so you dont need to install it separately.
6) Add gnuplot into Windows PATH environment variable.
I found a much better tool to do this and i have included the tool in the nutcracker zip file
WAMP:
Run c:\wamp\www\nutcracker\gnuplot\bin\PathEditor.exe as administrator
Add c:\wamp\www\nutcracker\gnuplot\bin
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XAMPP:
Run c:\xampp\htdocs\nutcracker\gnuplot\bin\PathEditor.exe as administrator
Add c:\xampp\htdocs\nutcracker\gnuplot\bin
7) When you get Localhost working, install the database.
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This command will do the following
a) Drop all the tables from your existing nutcracker database
b) create the nutcracker database if it is missing
c) create the nutcracker user: nc_user
d) execute nutcracker/sql/nutcrackertables.sql to create all nutcracker tables
e) execute nutcracker/sql/nutcrackerdata.sql to create 50,000 rows of data
MaterDaddy wrote this script for me, Thanks!!
Your local nutcracker should be ready
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For future code releases, you just do step (5) above. Just unzip the file on top of your local nutcracker directory. This step is only a few seconds. In the future, we will make a button to download and install the zip file for you. This prob wont happen this season as we work on the real guts of Nutcracker
a) Projects , soon a single button that generates and entire 3 minute song and creates the sequencer file for you
b) Single strand effects (eaves, windows, arches). Model generator released yesteday, effects coming this week
c) Local Install, released yesterday
d) Horizontal matrix. It is Next up after single strand effects
e) 20 open bugs/enhancements