Since I've seen a few recent posts about this experience, I figured I'd share mine:
0a) Install cygwin. I don't understand how any programmer stuck using windows can get by without it 1) Install the Oracle JDK 1a) Add javac to my PATH (I added a symbolic link to javac.exe inside cygwin in a directory that was already in my PATH: ~/bin) 2) Download the lein "install" script as text from the leiningen home page. 3) Copy it over to my cygwin directory 4) Search/replace to replace the HTML entities with the real thing. I think this was a matter of & and > 5) It was already executable, so just run it (naming it lein.sh rather than lein.bat was important). I got errors about certificates and permissions. They mentioned instructions about setting up an environment variable (something about something like `export DOWNLOAD="curl --trusting %1"`...that wasn't it, but it was along the same lines). I believe that it's some weirdness in the account settings (I have other issues along the same lines in totally unrelated packages), but I suppose I could have just installed some horrible virus. Oh, well. 6) Create a new project 7) Change project.clj to use clojure 1.5 8) `lein repl` inside cygwin didn't work correctly. CLASSPATH was all windows-style, which confused cygwin. So basic clojure.core pieces weren't found. 8a) I suspect I could have set up, say, powershell, to make this work. But that's stupid, and I don't have time to waste on it. 9) nrepl-jack-in inside emacs worked fine. 9a) I'm using an init.el from other systems that already have clojure set up. But there isn't anything fancy or special or customized about it. Just standard configuration stuff that I've found on bare-minimal blog posts 10) Add a symlink to lein in ~/bin. I guess that probably looks big and scary. Windows users are used to a pretty GUI that they ignore and click "Next" a lot. I dont have a lot of sympathy. I haven't done anything meaningful here at all. But the bare-bones part of the installation process Just Worked. Thank you *so* much to all the people who have worked so hard to make this as simple as it is! Respectfully, James -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
