[SDL] Re: SDL Install/Build problem with MingW & MSys

[Atrix Wolfe]

i use msys and mingw and have _NO_ problems w/ it.  i can use configure,
make, shell scripts, everything and it works great (:


----- Original Message -----
From: "Calvin Spealman" <calvin at ironfroggy.com>
To: <sdl at libsdl.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 5:49 AM
Subject: [SDL] Re: SDL Install/Build problem with MingW & MSys


> I think you would have better luck with cygwin, which uses MingW, but
> also includes a more complete UNIX set of tools which help a lot.
>
> TomR wrote:
> > Hi all!
> > Big-time newb here, so please bear with me.
> >
> > I'm having no luck getting SDL to install/build on my system.
> > Info:
> > WindowsXP Home
> > MingW32  2.0.0.3 (from Latest Releases at
> > http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml )
> > MSys  1.0.8 (from Latest Releases at
http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml )
> > SDL  1.2.5a (Win32 Development Library SDL-devel-1.2.5a-mingw32.tar.gz
from
> > http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php )
> >
> >
> > What I did:
> > I installed MingW32 to c:\mingw
> > I installed MSys to c:\msys
> > --Msys install routine apparently found MingW, as my /etc/fstab already
has
> > "c:/mingw mingw" set up.
> > I unzipped the SDL archive to /home/[username]/SDL
> > After getting an error, I found
http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/gcc.html
> > I used the "Native win32 for MingW build environment, BUT...
> > --Since I already had MingW installed and mounted and in my Win32 PATH,
Step
> > 3 seemed unnecessary
> > --Step 4 - There is _no_ /mingw/bin/make.exe - just the
mingw32-make.exe -
> > so I can't do this step
> > --Step 5 - Having already unzipped SDL-devel-1.2.5a-mingw32.tar.gz to
> > /home/[username]/SDL, I tried running
> > ---- "./configure && make && make install" as directed with the
following
> > output and error (dashes added)
> > --------$ ./configure && make && make install
> > --------loading site script /etc/config.site
> > --------loading cache ./config.cache
> > --------checking host system type... i686-pc-mingw32
> > --------checking target system type... i686-pc-mingw32
> > --------checking for a BSD compatible install... /bin/install -c
> > --------checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> > --------checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> > --------checking for working aclocal... missing
> > --------checking for working autoconf... missing
> > --------checking for working automake... missing
> > --------checking for working autoheader... missing
> > --------checking for working makeinfo... found
> > --------checking for gcc... gcc
> > --------checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> > --------checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler...
no
> > --------checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> > --------checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> > --------checking for working const... yes
> > --------checking for sdl-config... no
> > --------checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.3... no
> > --------*** The sdl-config script installed by SDL could not be found
> > --------*** If SDL was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
> > --------*** your path, or set the SDL_CONFIG environment variable to the
> > --------*** full path to sdl-config.
> > --------configure: error: *** SDL version 1.2.3 not found!
> >
> >
> > Now, I'm sure I've just made a really silly newb mistake...
> > ... if I could just get someone to point out what that is, I'd be
eternally
> > greatful.
> > Hopefully I've included enough details, but if not, I'll be happy to
include
> > any other details you might need.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> > TomR
>
>
>
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