You should try and use cygwin. In most cases the following should work:
$ ./configure --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --prefix=/tmp/root CPPFLAGS="-I/tmp/root/include" LDFLAGS="-L/tmp/root/lib" $ make install The above actually cross compile to native win32 in cygwin environment. Alon On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Jim Michaels <jmich...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I always get compile or make errors, usually due to a tool or compiler > feature missing or not passing the tests. > nothing has yet completed a compile to date. > fstab is unconfigured (which I did manually correctly I hope, don't know how > for compiling), > I am just not smart anymore at compiling and configuring *nix stuff I was > in my prime there 20 years ago. I have been on other platforms (dos, > windows, cp/m). > I don't know what automake and autoconf are for or how to use them. > I could not compile postgresql for instance. I wanted to compile with libpq. > and libpq had some problems I wanted to try to fix (they said "please > build"). but the config files were complicated and undocumented enough I > could not configure the thing so it would compile. > and then there are the library dependecies. I *think* you just add those to > INLCUDE and LIB. yes? do I need to add to PATH as well? > there are no MSYS instructions for configuring it with a specific compiler. > or does it have its own? do I have to use the one it comes with? > > I also just discovered that some windows 7 components were not installed > (like the unix support stuff) that (?) may be handy. > http://Jesusnjim.com/programming/just-starting/windows-services-developers-may-want-to-start.html#enable > does that really make any difference? > > I think zlib compiles. but I am not sure which kind of zlib (there are 2 out > there). > > I would have to try to find a project again like libxml. > > I eventually need a commercial gcc compiler with a GUI toolkit. not sure how > much those cost. was looking at cygwin. I don't care for all the tools in it > (some of the names are just plain bad, better names and more descriptive > could have been chosen). > > > > ________________________________ > From: niXman <i.nix...@gmail.com> > To: mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 4:31 AM > Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] status of MSYS? > > 2013/8/9 Jim Michaels: >> it was said that cURL should be easy to build with mingw-w64. I have been >> unable to build anything using MSYS other than using my own batch files as >> a >> build environment. something is just not configured, and there's no >> manual, >> and I am not a full-fledged *nix nut. MSYS just doesn't work. >> >> is it OK to use MSYS? or do I need to use cygwin to build anything >> *nix-like? > What problems have you encountered? > > > -- > Regards, > niXman > ___________________________________________________ > Dual-target(32 & 64-bit) MinGW compilers for 32 and 64-bit Windows: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwbuilds/ > ___________________________________________________ > Another online IDE: http://liveworkspace.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! > It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. > Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. > Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! > It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. > Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. > Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Mingw-w64-public mailing list > Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list Mingw-w64-public@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
