1. SystemC Tutorial - Installation on Windows

This guide walks through installing SystemC 2.3 libraries on Windows using Cygwin.

Prerequisites

• Cygwin installed on your system
• Required Cygwin packages: Make, Qt, GNU g++, gdb

Installation Steps

1. Download SystemC 2.3 from Accellera.org or the GitHub repository
2. Extract the files to a folder (e.g., systemc-2.3)
3. Open Cygwin terminal and navigate to the systemc-2.3 folder

Build Commands

# Create and enter build directory
mkdir objdir
cd objdir

# Configure (make executable if needed)
chmod 777 ../configure
../configure

# Build with pthreads support
make pthreads_debug
make pthreads

Once these steps complete successfully, SystemC libraries are installed on your Windows system.

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