Installing C runtime on Windows

Liza Zimina

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Mar 19, 2015, 4:11:37 AM3/19/15

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Hello!

I’m trying to install the C runtime on Windows. If to follow the instructions in the “INSTALL” file, MSYS would require the Perl package:

/d/MinGW/bin/autoreconf: /d/MinGW/bin/autoreconf-2.68: /bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

Installing all “msys-perl” packages through “mingw-get” would give the same effect.
I tried to install ActivePerl right into “msys/1.0/bin” and put “D:/msys/1.0/bin/perl /perl” into the “fstab” file, but this gives:

/d/MinGW/bin/autoreconf: /d/MinGW/bin/autoreconf-2.68: /bin/perl: bad interpreter: Permission denied

Could somebody help me? Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Liza

Krasimir Angelov

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Mar 19, 2015, 5:34:57 AM3/19/15

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Hi Liza,

It has been ages since I last tried to compile the runtime on Windows. I did it now on a fresh Windows installation and I didn't have a problem with Perl. You certainly don't need ActivePerl. After the installation I just opened the MSYS shell and when I typed "perl" I saw that I have it and it works. Did you test that? Perhaps you didn't install some of the packages mentioned in the INSTALL file or you didn't fix the fstab file. My fstab file just contains:

c:/MinGW /mingw

After that I tried to compile the runtime. There was one problem that I had to fix since one part of the code was using Unix specific API but after that the compilation succeeded. The fix is already in darcs.

Regards,

Krasimir

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Liza Zimina

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Mar 19, 2015, 6:36:46 AM3/19/15

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Hello Krasimir,

No, I don't have Perl, "command not found". How to install it correctly? I have all the packages mentioned in the INSTALL file and fixed the fstab file.

Regards,

Liza

Krasimir Angelov

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Mar 19, 2015, 9:05:15 AM3/19/15

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The question is why you don't have it. I just got it by default without doing anything. On my computer it is located in c:/MinGW/msys/1.0/bin/perl.exe. Do you have the same binary? Maybe you have it but there is something wrong with the current paths.

Liza Zimina

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Mar 20, 2015, 7:59:15 AM3/20/15

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Hello Krasimir,

I found what was wrong, it’s ok now. Sorry for wasting your time and thanks for the fix!

Regards,
Liza

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