I need to step by step (as easy as possible) to compile Sil on windows

Gothmog · November 10, 2017, 13:22

I've tried numerous times but Cygwin keeps saying No such file or directory.

Pete Mack · November 10, 2017, 13:36

That's not quite enough: which file isn't it finding? You may need to prepend the two cygwin directories to your PATH:
/c/cygwin/bin
/c/cygwin/msys/1.0/bin

Gothmog · November 10, 2017, 13:46

I'll give that a go, I wasn't sure if that would make a difference so I did not bother doing it and the file (off the top of my head was) sil-130-src

clouded · November 10, 2017, 19:37

Just use Makefile.std with cygwin. Edit the file and scroll down a bit to where it talks about if you want to compile X11 or curses, X11 is like the windows binary you probably have, curses would be like playing on angband.live. I've only compiled with curses. To compile for gcu find this part and uncomment it out and add the stuff I have (and comment out the other variations):

Code:

##
## Variation -- "main-gcu.c"
##
CFLAGS = -Wall -O1 -pipe -g -D"USE_GCU" -I/usr/include/ncurses
LIBS = -lncurses

Then run "make -f Makefile.std install" in the src directory, then "cd .." and "./sil" If that doesn't work or if you haven't already make sure you have the ncurses/curses stuff for cygwin. If you want to try compiling X11 then uncomment out the one that only does that, then do those commands.

Pete Mack · November 10, 2017, 20:23

Oh, one more thing: for some variants, you need to prepend the make command with

CYGWIN=YES make -f makefile.win

Or whatever. You may need to make minor edits to the makefile, depending on error messages.

Quirk · November 11, 2017, 01:01

The correct makefile is Makefile.cyg.

It may require some tweaking to work with recent mingw; I suggest you take the one from sil-q, found at https://github.com/sil-quirk/sil-q/b...c/Makefile.cyg, because I had to make those tweaks already.

I note I have gcc linked thusly in cygwin:
gcc -> i686-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe
can't recall if I had to do this manually.

Gothmog · December 24, 2017, 11:10

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Quirk · December 24, 2017, 14:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gothmog

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Ah, the repository structure has changed since I posted that.

Use https://github.com/sil-quirk/sil-q/b...c/Makefile.cyg now.

Gothmog · December 26, 2017, 11:38

what packages will I download from Cygwin?

November 10, 2017, 13:22	#1
Gothmog Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 90	I need to step by step (as easy as possible) to compile Sil on windows I've tried numerous times but Cygwin keeps saying No such file or directory.

November 10, 2017, 19:37	#4
clouded Swordsman Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 267	Just use Makefile.std with cygwin. Edit the file and scroll down a bit to where it talks about if you want to compile X11 or curses, X11 is like the windows binary you probably have, curses would be like playing on angband.live. I've only compiled with curses. To compile for gcu find this part and uncomment it out and add the stuff I have (and comment out the other variations): Code: ## ## Variation -- "main-gcu.c" ## CFLAGS = -Wall -O1 -pipe -g -D"USE_GCU" -I/usr/include/ncurses LIBS = -lncurses Then run "make -f Makefile.std install" in the src directory, then "cd .." and "./sil" If that doesn't work or if you haven't already make sure you have the ncurses/curses stuff for cygwin. If you want to try compiling X11 then uncomment out the one that only does that, then do those commands. Last edited by clouded; November 10, 2017 at 19:53.

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November 10, 2017, 13:36	#2
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,768 Donated: $40	That's not quite enough: which file isn't it finding? You may need to prepend the two cygwin directories to your PATH: /c/cygwin/bin /c/cygwin/msys/1.0/bin

November 10, 2017, 13:46	#3
Gothmog Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 90	I'll give that a go, I wasn't sure if that would make a difference so I did not bother doing it and the file (off the top of my head was) sil-130-src

November 10, 2017, 20:23	#5
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,768 Donated: $40	Oh, one more thing: for some variants, you need to prepend the make command with CYGWIN=YES make -f makefile.win Or whatever. You may need to make minor edits to the makefile, depending on error messages.

November 11, 2017, 01:01	#6
Quirk Swordsman Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 462	The correct makefile is Makefile.cyg. It may require some tweaking to work with recent mingw; I suggest you take the one from sil-q, found at https://github.com/sil-quirk/sil-q/b...c/Makefile.cyg, because I had to make those tweaks already. I note I have gcc linked thusly in cygwin: gcc -> i686-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe can't recall if I had to do this manually.

December 24, 2017, 11:10	#7
Gothmog Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 90	That page is unavailable

December 26, 2017, 11:38	#9
Gothmog Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 90	what packages will I download from Cygwin?

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