We were able to install Lucy on Windows 7 without any problem as I recall. We didn't do anything special to have Lucy be compiled with MS compiler, so I assume it was compiled with GCC. We are using ActiveState Perl btw.
Alain -----Original Message----- From: Sandipan Dandapat [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 8:40 AM To: Nick Wellnhofer Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [lucy-user] Help: Installing Lucy in Windows Hi Nick, Thanks a ton. Let me try based on your suggestions. Thanks and regards, -sandipan On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Nick Wellnhofer <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Sandipan, > > When compiling Lucy, you should generally use the same compiler that > was used to compile your version of Perl. ActivePerl is compiled with > Microsoft's C compiler. So my guess is that your Lucy build doesn't > work correctly because you're using gcc. > > I would suggest that you either use Strawberry Perl with gcc or > ActivePerl with the Microsoft compiler. > > Nick > > > > On 18/12/2012 13:08, Sandipan Dandapat wrote: > >> Hi There, >> >> I am new to Appache Lucy. I am able to install the same in Linux and >> working perfectly. >> However, I wan to use Lucy in my windows PC too ( active perl v5.16.1 >> and gcc v4.5.4 ). While installing Lucy there is no error generated >> in perl Build.PL and perl Build steps. >> However perl Build test generates errors (attach below) and >> subsequently Lucy is not working. Can you please help me to short out >> the errors. I am using the standrad distibution avaiable in CPAN >> (Lucy-0.3.2.tar.gz<http://**search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/** >> id/L/LO/LOGIE/Lucy-0.3.2.tar.**gz<http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors >> /id/L/LO/LOGIE/Lucy-0.3.2.tar.gz> >> >). >> >> Is there any special distribution for Windows Lucy? >> >> Thanks and regards, >> -sandipan >> >> t/214-spec_field.t .................... Dubious, test returned 255 >> (wstat 65280, 0xff00) t/308-simple.t ........................ >> Dubious, test returned 255 (wstat 65280, 0xff00) >> t/607-queryparser_multi_field.**t ....... Dubious, test returned 255 >> (wstat 65280, 0xff00) ... >> t/binding/702-sample.t ................ Index doesn't seem to contain >> any data >> lucy_IxReader_do_open at >> C:\Users\sdandapat\Desktop\**workspace\Lucy-0.3.2 >> \core\Lucy\Index\IndexReader.c line 41 >> at _search.cgi line 58. >> ... >> t/binding/702-sample.t (Wstat: 256 Tests: 1 Failed: 1) >> Failed test: 1 >> Non-zero exit status: 1 >> t/core/051-fs_file_handle.t (Wstat: 9728 Tests: 8 Failed: 2) >> Failed tests: 7-8 >> Non-zero exit status: 38 >> Parse errors: Bad plan. You planned 46 tests but ran 8. >> t/core/103-fs_folder.t (Wstat: 10496 Tests: 3 Failed: 1) >> Failed test: 1 >> >> >
