Re: gnustartup

[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 <alasaket@gmail.com> escribió:
> 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
> *********************************************************************
> 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
> *********************************************************************
> 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-gnustep@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