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Nutcracker Local Install

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smeighan:
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
Wampp. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
or
Xampp. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
2) Take all defaults for installation
3) Start Wamp. Click on the Pink W icon.
or
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. Register or Login
if it is working, you will see the WAMP/XAMPP home page.


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. Register or Login
For Wamp; the httpd.conf file is located in c:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.2.22\conf directory


5) You now need to get a copy of the current Nutcracker code tree. Go to
You are not allowed to view links. Register or 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

or

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.
Enter You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in a browser window
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

login in as
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same login and password as you have always used.


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

dpitts:
I installed it went pretty easy. This is my experience.

1) Really really fast when creating effects and it is awesome to generate the files locally (no long downloads).
2) The tool to set Environmental variable was blocked by my Windows 7.
3) I get some warnings and errors on various pages but effects are being generated. This may be a matter of turning off warnings/error notification in the Wamp or PHP servers. I have included a screen shot.

4) This is really cool Sean. Thanks

smeighan:
You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginI installed it went pretty easy. This is my experience.

1) Really really fast when creating effects and it is awesome to generate the files locally (no long downloads).
2) The tool to set Environmental variable was blocked by my Windows 7.
3) I get some warnings and errors on various pages but effects are being generated. This may be a matter of turning off warnings/error notification in the Wamp or PHP servers. I have included a screen shot.

4) This is really cool Sean. Thanks

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(3) errors ...

This is because a local install sets the web page error level to the most sensitive. Any un assigned variable will be marked as an error even though it works. Kurt and I are going through and fixing those errors. They dont effect your animations but are annoying.

Maybe you could run the PathEditor as admin since it will modify the registry

OR
right click computer, go to advances, go to environment setting s and then edit the PATH to include
gnuplot.

gsxrgirl7:
Question, I noticed the install says for windows 7 and XP.  Will there be any issue with windows Vista, this is what I have and I cannot get past the install/download.  When I try to download, I get error messages right off the bat saying my tray has stopped working, only uninstalling it allows my tray to work again.  It seems to download all the files but won't let me do anything beyond that point.  It continues to gives errors regarding the tray when trying to click the pink W.  I am unable to even get a successful download.  Suggestions?

gsxrgirl7:
Is this the port 80 issue?

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