Re: [Swarm-Support] Installing Swarm with cygwin

[Otto Cordero]

Thanks for your reply,

Indeed, I don't have much experience in building software in linux, that's
why I have been trying to get this working properly for a week or more...
however, I hope that we agree on the fact that installing Swarm is not
something trivial, specially if one is not interested in the ins and outs of
GNU software.

I tryed to do as mentioned in the FAQ, but when trying to run the java
simulation (javaswarm Simulation, or java simulation), I got a message
saying that the libpng2.dll library can not be found. I got the same message
with some other libraries dll libraries but I copied them from the Swarm
2.1.1 distribution.

Thanks again for your help,

Otto.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul E Johnson" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Swarm-Support] Installing Swarm with cygwin


> Dear Otto
>
> It appears to me you do not have a lot of experience with software and
> building programs.  So I'd say that you should not be trying to build
> swarm at all. You should try to get Cygwin running, then take a copy of
> Swarm-2.2 pretest version 6, untar it, and make the setup changes
> recommended in the FAQ.
>
> I think the only change you need to make is to remove the Cygwin tcl/tk
> package and install the one I annnounced in here yesterday.
>
> For a new user who knows nothing about the ins and outs of building GNU
> software, you are going at it the wrong way.  And the src/needed
> directory in ftp does not have stuff you need, generally it has stuff
> other people needed in the past.
>
> So please consult the FAQ again and see about installing the 2.2 pretest.
>
> OVer the weekend, I will see if I can't build an updated snapshot for
> you against the current cCygwin distro.
>
> pj
>
> Otto Cordero wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am have downloaded cywin and the latest swarm pretest, in order to
> > finally get swarm running in my win-xp machine. I have also followed the
> > instructions of Paul Johnson's FAQ but there seems to be some libraries
> > missing. Exactly those in ftp.... src/needed. I have downloaded almost
> > all this libraries as .tar.gz files, I would like to know if someone can
> > tell me how to install those libraries....
> >
> > Additionally, can I just move the required dlls and exes from Swarm
> > 2.1.1/bin to my Swarm 2.2/bin directory?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Otto.
> >
> > ================================
> >
> > Otto X. Cordero
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> > Ernesto Sabato, Antes del Fin.
>
>
>
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