[Vm-dev] building Cog

[JJ Stevens]

I alos found this link but it doesn't work either:
http://www.cccp-project.net/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_MSYS-MinGW

On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 9:22 PM, JJ Stevens <jjstvns at gmail.com> wrote:

> The first step: "1    Download and install Msys, with C/C++ compiler
> support:
>
> http://www.mingw.org/wiki/msys"
>
> lists the following in its link:
>
> "
> Installing MSYS
>
> Up to MSYS 1.0.11, all components of MSYS were distributed in one single
> installer you downloaded and ran. While convenient, this made it difficult
> to update individual components. So, all the MSYS components are now
> available as separate downloads managed by mingw-get (currently alpha
> release).
>
> For convenience, you can follow the instructions below to install 1.0.11.
> Previous MSYS versions (up to 1.0.11)
>
> These instructions were based on the Enlightenment Wiki<http://wiki.enlightenment.org/index.php/EFL_Windows_XP>.
> Thanks to Vincent Torri for pointing them out.
>
> The total size of the installation of MSYS/MinGW is around 110 MB. Be sure
> to have enough space on your hard disk.
>
>    - If you haven't already installed MinGW on your system, install MinGW<http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MinGW> in
>    C:\MinGW. It is better to not install it in the same directory than MSYS,
>    though there should be no problem since MSYS 1.0.11. In the installer,
>    choose "Download and install", then "Current" (it will install gcc 4.4.0).
>
>
>    - Install MSYS 1.0.11<http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MSYS-1.0.11.exe>.
>    I usually install it in C:\msys\1.0, but you can use any directory that you
>    prefer.
>
> Check http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/ for more recent
> versions of all these files.
>
>    - Next, the post install process will ask for the directory where MinGW
>    was installed to. Enter "c:/mingw". If you make a mistake, you can change it
>    by editing the "C:\msys\1.0\etc\fstab" file, make sure to use '*LF* line
>    endings. An example fstab may contain:
>
> c:/mingw /mingw
> c:/java /java
>
>
>    - Install MSYS DTK 1.0<http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/msysDTK-1.0.1.exe> in
>    C:\msys\1.0.
>
>
>    - Install MSYS Core 1.0.11<http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS/BaseSystem/msys-1.0.11/msysCORE-1.0.11-bin.tar.gz/download>.
>    It is an archive. Untar it in C:\msys\1.0.
>
>
>    - Set the environment variable HOME to C:\msys\1.0\home
>
> Now you should have a cyan "M" link on the Desktop. When you double-click
> on it, a terminal should be launched."
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 11 July 2011 04:17, JJ Stevens <jjstvns at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 11 July 2011 03:25, John McIntosh <johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Igor, I am reminded that about 8 years back building the Mac VM took
>> >> > about 20 steps. That I found was about 19 steps too long for an
>> >> > "average" user to follow.
>> >> > No disrespect to the folks attempt to build this, but when you have
>> 20
>> >> > steps then there is just too much chance for a human to fail or for
>> >> > the other third parties to
>> >> > throw cold water on you.
>> >> >
>> >> > Unfortunately solving this can take a while, I'm sure I struggled for
>> >> > a month or more refactoring the process into a more simple number of
>> >> > steps.
>> >> > So at each point ask youself what can go wrong, and why do I need to
>> >> > have something manual here? Should there just be a sole command to do
>> >> > it all?
>> >> >
>> >> Look, there are only 4 steps for installing mingw on windows
>> >> (
>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/building-the-vm-from-scratch-using-git-and-cmakevmmaker/
>> )
>> >>
>> >> And JJ Stevens refers to step 5.. so i really don't have any clue what
>> >> he's doing.
>> >>
>> >
>> > I am talking about the 5 sub-steps for installing the first step you
>> list: MSYS
>> > http://www.mingw.org/wiki/msys
>> > jj
>> >
>>
>> but there are only 4 of them:
>>
>> 1    Download and install Msys, with C/C++ compiler support:
>> http://www.mingw.org/wiki/msys
>> 2    Download and install Git: http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/
>> During the installation, I choose the option “run git from from the
>> windows command prompt”. Optional: add git to the PATH variable so
>> that you can see git from msys. To do this, add path to git for msys:
>>    Control panel -> System -> System Properties / Advanced  [
>> Environment Variables ].   There should be already: ‘C:\Program
>> Files\Git\cmd’. Add ‘C:\Program Files\Git\bin’  Notice that the path
>> may not be exactly ‘C:\Program Files\Git\’ but similar…
>>  3   Install CMake: http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html
>> (during installation, in install options , make sure that you choose
>> to add CMake to PATH).
>>  4   To check if everything is installed, open MSYS program (which
>> should look like a UNIX terminal) and try to execute the different
>> commands: git, make and cmake.
>>
>> (actually 3 because 4 is for checking).
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
>>
>
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