Re: [igraph] Cygwin -> Windows compilation - again.

[Mark McClure]

> > I tried moving around the order of the
> > command line arguments.  Amazingly it worked; the program
> > compiles and runs fine from Cygwin.
> :-o Just for the record, can you please post the order of 
> the arguments that worked in the end?

Sure - see below.  At this point, I am able to compile a program 
that calls the igraph library and runs from the Windows command 
line, assuming that cygwin is installed and that the Windows PATH 
environment variable is set to point to the proper dynamic 
libraries.  I've not been able to link them statically and I can't 
get a program to run on a Windows box without Cygwin installed.


Here's what I've got so far; the file first_igraph.c is exactly the
first example that appears in the igraph tutorial:
http://cneurocvs.rmki.kfki.hu/igraph/doc/html/ch03s01.html

First, compile the program from the Cygwin unix-like prompt.  The
order of the command line arguments appears to be important.  This
didn't work when the source file was listed last.  Also, the 
-mno-cygwin flag is essentially superfluous.  While I have used 
this flag succesfully in a couple of other programs, the igraph 
library ultimately calls Cygwin DLLs.  At any rate, here is the
command:
$ gcc -mno-cygwin first_igraph.c -I/usr/local/include/igraph -L/usr/local/lib -ligraph -o first_igraph

Now, fire up the Windows command prompt by typing 'cmd' into the
'Run...' option of the start menu.  Then change directories to 
the location of the new executable.  Here's mine:
> cd C:\cygwin\home

We can try to execute the program by typing 'first_igraph'.  I
get the following message:
'This application has failed to start because cygigraph-0.dll
was not found. ...'

Now, cygigraph-0.dll is in the /usr/local/lib library, so we
add this to our path using Windows notation:
> path = %PATH%;C:\cygwin\usr\local\lib

Re-executing 'first_igraph', I now get the error message:
'This application has failed to start because cygwin1.dll
was not found. ...'

This is exactly the library that -mno-cygwin is meant to link
to statically.  Again, I've done this succesfully with other 
programs so, presumably, this is coming from cygigraph-0.dll.

Finally, let's add the path to cygwin1.dll:
> path = %PATH%;C:\cygwin\bin

Now, 'first_igraph' will run properly.

Of course, this still leaves me with my essential problem.
How can I create a binary that is distributable to users 
who don't have Cygwin?  I have tried to link statically just
a bit by leaving off -ligraph and including full paths to 
DLLs as if they were source files, but without success so far.

Oh well, we'll see.

Thanks,
Mark McClure