On 04/07/2010 01:09 PM, Tim wrote:
> I'm a new FLTK user trying to build FLTK 1.1.10 using MinGW on a
> Windows XP machine.
>
> I believe I've followed the directions for building with MinGW as
> called out in the documentation:
>
> BUILDING FLTK UNDER MICROSOFT WINDOWS
> ...
> "The final method is to use a GNU-based development tool with the
> files in the "makefiles" directory. To build using one of these
> tools simply copy the appropriate makinclude and config files to
> the main directory and do a make"
>
> I copied:
>
> config.mingw to config
> Makefile.mingw to Makefile
> makinclude.mingw to makeinclude
>
> and then type make at the comamnd line.
>
> I get an error that reads:
>
> "-f was unexpected at this time.
>   make: *** [makinclude] Error 255"
>
> I do not believe by MinGW installation is at fault (but could be
> wrong.) I've used it to build several command line applications
> without any problems.
>
> Thanks for pointing out my (most likely) simple error.
>
> Tim
>

Personally I've had good luck with MinGW/MSys and ./configure; make

The MinGW make is known as a poor choice.  The MSys make is much better.

Mike
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