Re: [Chicken-users] Building on MSYS2

[Peter Bex]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 11:48:00AM -0500, address@hidden wrote:
> I'm attempting to install Chicken 4.10.1 using MINGW64 via MSYS2;
> and I have managed to have a nearly faultless experience. The final
> install step fails with:
> 
> /usr/local/bin/chicken-install -update-db
> 
> Error: (directory) cannot open directory - No such file or
> directory: "/usr/local/lib/chicken/8"
> rules.make:357: recipe for target 'install-bin' failed
> make: [install-bin] Error 1 (ignored)
> 
> 
> However, /usr/local/lib/chicken/8 does exist. My supposition is that
> Chicken is unaware of MSYS' manipulation of the directory structure.
> 
> The build step was:
> 
> make PLATFORM=mingw-msys install
> 
> Any thoughts?

Did you follow the README's notes?

     - When installing under the mingw-msys platform, PREFIX must be an
       absolute path name (i.e. it must include the drive letter) and
       must use forward slashes (no backward slashes).

Cheers,
Peter

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