OK, I figured it out.
In your instructions, instead of 'set' it should say 'export' before the
variable name.
Thanks for putting this package together.
- Lyle
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Lyle Kopnicky <li...@qseep.net> wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,
>
> This build is not working for me, I'm afraid. It does a bunch of good
> stuff, like:
>
> parsing: src/eiffel/wxc_defs.e
> parsing: src/eiffel/wx_defs.e
> parsing: src/eiffel/stc.e
> generating: src/haskell/Graphics/UI/WXCore/WxcDefs.hs
> generated 2439 constant definitions
> ok.
>
> But then it dies with:
>
> Please use the --prefix flag (as in wx-config --prefix=C:\wxWidgets)
> or set the environment variable WXWIN (as in WXWIN=C:\wxWidgets)
> to specify where is your installation of wxWidgets.
> setup.exe: readProcess: wx-config "--libs" "--cppflags" (exit 1): failed
> cabal.exe: Error: some packages failed to install:
> wx-0.12.1.2 depends on wxcore-0.12.1.2 which failed to install.
> wxcore-0.12.1.2 failed during the configure step. The exception was:
> exit: ExitFailure 1
>
> Well, I had set the WXWIN variable to /c/wxWidgets-2.8.10, so I don't know
> why it would act like I hadn't. I also tried using the --prefix flag. I also
> tried using a Windows-style path of C:\wxWidgets-2.8.10. None of this got
> any different result.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Lyle
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Jeremy O'Donoghue <
> jeremy.odonog...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> On behalf of the wxHaskell maintainers, I am very pleased to announce
>> the release of wxHaskell 0.12.1.2.
>>
>> The key feature of this release is that it is now possible to install
>> wxHaskell entirely using cabal on all targets (with a minor proviso on
>> Windows). The credit for this achievement is almost all down to new
>> contributor Brian Lewis, who has worked very hard to make this work
>> 'just right', and given me (at least) an object lesson in how to use
>> Cabal.
>>
>> The small proviso for Windows machines is that wxWidgets should be
>> built using MSys - none of the other compilers supported by wxWidgets
>> is currently working, but we consider this a small price to pay for
>> the convenience of getting a GUI straight from cabal.
>>
>> For Unix machines which have wxWidgets 2.8.x installed, you should now
>> be able to install wxHaskell with a simple:
>>
>> cabal install wx
>>
>> For Windows machines, there are a few prerequisites:
>>
>> 1) You will need the Windows port of wx-config in your path. This can
>> be downloaded from http://wxconfig.googlepages.com/
>> 2) You will need to compile wxWidgets using MSys. We have tested
>> against MinGW 5.1.6 with g++ compiler, MinGW Make, MSYS-1.0.11,
>> wxMSW-2.8.10, which are the latest versions, and can be downloaded
>> from their respective websites. I used a completely clean install of
>> the latest Haskell Platform to validate the procedure.
>>
>> Please note: all commands to be entered in an MSys shell.
>>
>> cd /c/path/to/wxWidgets-2.8.10/build/msw
>> mingw32-make -f makefile.gcc BUILD=release MONOLITHIC=1 SHARED=1 UNICODE=1
>>
>> set PATH=$PATH:/c/path/to/wx-config
>> set WXWIN=/c/path/to/wxWidgets-2.8.10
>> set WXCFG=gcc_dll/mswu
>> cabal install wx
>>
>> I will be updating the wxHaskell wiki to reflect these changes over
>> the next day or so.
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Jeremy O'Donoghue on behalf of the wxHaskell maintainers.
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>
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