On 13 May 2011 17:14, Mikel Forcada <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Gilles,
>
> Apertium has been compiled on Windows as far as I know, using Cygwin, but I 
> know it is far from being easy.
>
> I am copying your message to the Apertium list, apertium-stuff, just in case 
> anyone can help you. I haven't ever installed Apertium on Windows, so I don't 
> really know.
>
> Apertium does not have a fancy GUI, but it does have at least one, 
> apertium-tolk, in Linux.
>

tolk will not run on Windows. apertium-viewer might.

> GOSH!!! After several hours of installation, apertium and cygwin did not 
> install ZIP / UNZIP !!!!
>

How did you install Apertium/Cygwin? Manually, or using the installer?
(If you used the installer, it's a bug; otherwise it's not).


> $ apertium -f docx fr-es $(cygpath c:\\apertium\\figaro.docx) $(cygpath 
> c:\\ape
>
> rtium\\figaro-es.docx)
>
> /usr/local/bin/apertium: line 36: warning: setlocale: LC_CTYPE: cannot change 
> lo
>
> cale (C.utf8          )
>
> unzip:  cannot find either /cygdrive/c/apertium/figaro.docx or 
> /cygdrive/c/apert
>
> ium/figaro.docx.zip.

> WHAT THE HELL is it now????

I think that error message is relatively clear - unzip can't find the
file you've specified. Have you tried copying the file, using another
file, or doing anything else with it?

A basic test would be:
ls $(cygpath c:\\apertium\\figaro.docx)

if ls tells you the file does not exist, then there's at least a
starting point for finding the source of the error.

> GOSH !!! what a mess !!!
>
> Apertium has never been tested on windows !!!
>
> Or what ???

It has been tested, but only by technically minded people. We're quite
aware that it's far from usable for the average Windows user. A
windows GUI has been developed that hides the details, but we're
waiting for the source to be released formally before we can recommend
it.

> Don’t never ever tell me anything about Apertium anymore, please!

I'd be concerned if someone told you that 'Apertium works on Windows',
without a list of caveats.

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