RE: [Bug-gnubg] Compiling 20080624 on Windows XP

[Daniel Frimerman]

And regarding compilng only the console version?

> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:38:54 +0200
> From: address@hidden
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] Compiling 20080624 on Windows XP
> CC: address@hidden
>
> The snapshot is a bit old, it is likely that a newer one will work
> better. At a quick glance:
>
> 1) add gnubgstock to the list of files in Makefile.w32
> 2) remove PKGDATADIR from config.h
>
> Christian.
>
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 5:51 AM, Daniel Frimerman
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've been trying for hours to successfully compile gnubg. Since I had many
> > more errors in the latest snapshot, I've used the snapshot that is the
> > currently released version.
> > I'm quite new to this, so it was a lot to take in... so please forgive my
> > newbieness.
> >
> > I've followed the instructions on
> > http://www.gnubg.org/index.php?itemid=50&catid=1
> > I'm only interested in the console version for now.
> >
> > Here is the first error I get:
> > mingw32-make: *** No rule to make target `../bin/gnubg.png', needed by
> > `all'. Stop.
> > ** Build failed **
> >
> > I tried 2 options, both got me past this error, 1) find the png file and put
> > it in ../bin and 2) remove it from makefile.w32
> >
> > Then this error comes up:
> > In file included from misc3d.c:37:
> > ../util.h:29:1: "PKGDATADIR" redefined
> > In file included from misc3d.c:24:
> > ../config.h:109:1: this is the location of the previous definition
> > mingw32-make[1]: *** [../../bin/obj/board3d/misc3d.o] Error 1
> > mingw32-make: *** [Libraries] Error 2
> > ** Build failed **
> >
> > I've tried removing the definition (#define PKGDATADIR getInstallDir()) from
> > config.h which resulted in many subsequent errors, so I've removed it from
> > utils.h
> >
> > It linked makeweights and makebearoff, and generated the databases....
> > Then this annoying error I couldn't remove, but I gathered it's related to
> > the GUI version, so it might not matter later, but either way, here's the
> > error output:
> >
> > linking
> > ../bin/obj/gtkgame.o: In function `InitGTK':
> > C:/gnu/gnubg/gtkgame.c:3719: undefined reference to `gnubg_stock_init'
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > mingw32-make: *** [../bin/gnubg.exe] Error 1
> > ** Build failed **
> >
> > The function is defined in gnubgstock.h, and I've tried everything, it's
> > like the compiler chooses to completely ignore the declaration (of the
> > function inside the header and the header itself).
> >
> > So I've commented out the function in gtkgame.c
> > And it linked.
> >
> > It ran gnubg.exe, a console popped up with everything seemingly intact.
> > However the GUI looked bruised, with GUI messed up. It generated something
> > and closed immediately after. The EXE icon wasn't right (it was GTK
> > default) and not sure if I should mention this... I couldn't run it from the
> > BIN directory as it required too many libraries which were all in mingw
> > folder...
> > So after copying it to the mingw folder, it kinda froze and had to be
> > killed.
> >
> >
> >
> > To the experts here...(if this even requires an expert since I'm such a
> > newbie), what do I turn on/turn off to just compile the console version as
> > released on the website, which is about 800K? This one is ~8MB, and I don't
> > use it often (the purpose of this is just to test how well will this plays
> > over a remote command prompt/telnet, also want to play with notation). I'd
> > like the gnugb generated to be the console only version such that I just
> > copy it to program files\gnubg\ and run it just like the version that's
> > released.
> >
> > Perhaps I need a new config and/or makefile (and a lot of help?)
> >
> > I appreciate the help
> >
> > Best regards
> >
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