On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 10:26 AM, C K Kashyap <ckkash...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Matt, > I can volunteer some cycles - I really would like to be able to use > chicken on windows. > Regards, > Kashyap > Thanks Kashyap! I'll contact you off-list. If you wish you can start by browsing the info and scripts/Makefile etc. at https://www.kiatoa.com/fossils/chicken-iup > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 9:16 AM, Matt Welland <mattrwell...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I'd love to bring the chicken-iup installer up to date but I don't have >> the time to do it on my own. If anyone has the bandwidth and interest to >> help please let me know. I think the installer is far and above the easiest >> way to get going on Windows. >> >> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Oleg Kolosov <bazur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> > On 08 Jul 2016, at 00:48, C K Kashyap <ckkash...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > Hi all, >>> > >>> > I am very new to Chicken. I've been able to get started with it on my >>> mac using homebrew. I am not sure about how to get started on windows >>> though. >>> > >>> > What's a good way to install chicken on windows? The binary installer >>> links shown on the web page seems dated. >>> > >>> > Can I build chicken using VC? >>> > >>> > Is this the right place to download mingw64 - >>> http://mingw-w64.org/doku.php/start >>> > I could not find a download link. >>> > >>> > I'd appreciate your help very much. >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > Kashyap >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Chicken-users mailing list >>> > Chicken-users@nongnu.org >>> > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> The simplest way is to install pre-packaged CHICKEN, see >>> https://wiki.call-cc.org/platforms#microsoft-windows- >>> >>> I guess the available binary packages are dated because in 4.10 CHICKEN >>> changed ABI and build requires bootstrapping which is a pain and nobody >>> bothered because Windows is not popular here. >>> >>> No, you can't build it using VC either. A build system requires GNU make >>> and code has some GCC'isms and UNIX'isms. Core can be fixed with a few >>> relatively trivial patches but supporting utilities (chicken-install and >>> friends) can not, so you wont be able to install eggs. I had the patches in >>> my CMake based CHICKEN fork but abandoned it due to lack of public interest. >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, Oleg >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chicken-users mailing list >>> Chicken-users@nongnu.org >>> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users >>> >> >> >
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