On 02/01/2014 20:02, Elizabeth Kellner wrote: > Hi, I have a new windows 7 machine, but I have a mac and unix > background. I'm having trouble getting mingw to a useful state. My > goal is to be able to build multiplatform packages, such as ffmpeg, from > source on my own machine. > > I downloaded the built binaries for windows64 (a build from rubenvb was > recommended), but there's no shell. I'm not sure how I can run a > configure with what I have so far. I have a couple questions from here: > > Do I need some other library? Or should I try to build the shell using > the compiler provided (seems like a real chore)? > > If I install cygwin, will that shell work with mingw? Do the two > libraries conflict with each other? I wish to avoid creating any > dependency on cygwin for the build targets, and so mingw seems cleaner. >
Cygwin also provides a mingw64 compiler, that when used have no dependency on Cygwin1.dll (which is what you're trying to avoid). So when you configure, you'll have to provide the configure script the fact that you're cross compiling. > Thanks, and sorry if these questions are answered in a wiki or faq; I > looked but couldn't find any answers. > > Elizabeth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
