gnustartup

[Ala Saket]

I am trying to install gnu using the steps on  http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/Installation_on_Windows#Install_MinGW however when I am in gnu-startup-0.28.0 and want to run ./installgnustep, I keep getting the following messages and error:

configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target

configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target

configure: WARNING: invalid host type: Saket/GNUstep

configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target

configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target

configure: WARNING: invalid host type: Saket/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf

configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --disable-gsnd

checking build system type... Invalid configuration `A.': machine `A.' not recognized

configure: error: /bin/sh /cygdrive/c/mygnu/gnustep/msys/1.0/home/install/gnustep-startup-0.28.0/config.sub A. failed

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There was a problem checking the configuration of you system.

One possible cause is that you do not have a C or Objective-C

compiler on your system

Please see the instructions that came with your operating system

for installing the GNU GCC compiler and installing a developer

system for compiling programs

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cp: cannot stat `setupvars': No such file or directory

If you don't understand something or think a test is in error,

please email bug-g...@gnu.org and send the /cygdrive/c/mygnu/gnustep/msys/1.0/home/install/gnustep-startup-0.28.0/build/logs.tar.gz file

The path i'm in is /c/mygnu/gnustep/msys/1.0/home/install/gnustep-startup-0.28.0/

my computer or user name is : Ala A. Saket (which i think might be the problem)

I tried installing from a msys shell as well as a cygwin shell but i'm getting the same message.

I ran ./configure and didn't get any error messages (that i could see at least).

What do i need to do?

I have already tried installing using the system, core & dev .exe installers, and setup make, base, gui and back,  but when i tried compiling fraction.m i got the error that foundation/NSobject is not a valid file or directory, which apparently is a problem a lot of people have when trying to run GNUstep on windows.

Thanks!

Ala

[Germán A. Arias]

On Windows is better install each package separately. Make, Base, GUI
and Back. Startup is for gnu/linux users.


El Thu, 17 May 2012 13:08:04 +0300
Ala Saket <alas...@gmail.com> escribió:

[Ala Saket]

As i mentioned in my original email when i install (setup,core,dev) and then install  (make, base, gui, back) by running (./configure, make, make install) it installs fine, but when i run gcc for a file i get (Foundation/NSObject not a valid file or directory).  Should i be adding flags when i install the (make,base,etc...) or have a particular path where i put the folders and run the ./configure for?  I have tried those steps several times but am not getting any results.

How come the other method i tried through MiniGW doesn't work well for windows when the steps describe how install for windows?

Anyhow i've been trying to get the environment to work to compile objective c but am not getting anywhere.

Best Regards,

Ala

[Adam Fedor]

You should read a tutorial on writing Makefiles for GNUstep:

http://www.gnustep.it/nicola/Tutorials/WritingMakefiles/index.html

It's much easier than just passing all the flags you need via gcc to find all the frameworks

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[Fred Kiefer]

My guess is that the host name with spaces is causing all your trouble. The best way to test this would be to rename your computer. Not sure whether resetting the HOST environment variable would be enough here.

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