Re: Windows Octave compilation

[John D]

Message: 3
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 17:51:59 +0200
From: Philip Nienhuis <address@hidden>
To: Jan Tom??ek <address@hidden>
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: Windows Octave compilation
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Jan Tom??ek wrote:
> Hello,
> as far as I know you are compiling octave for windows. I'm now trying 
> to do so as well. I'm trying to build default branch for windows 7 
> using mingw to be precise.
>
> I'm trying the mxe version (was recommended to me as easy option).
> building like this:
> /mingw-get install autoconf bash msys-flex gcc gcc-c++ /
> /   gcc-fortran gettext msys-m4 msys-make msys-sed /
> /   libiconv msys-openssl msys-patch msys-perl msys-libarchive /
> /   msys-unzip msys-wget bsdcpio mingw-libgnurx msys-regex/
> /autoconf/
> /./configure --enable-system-gcc --enable-native-build / /source 
> tools/set_mxe_env.sh / /make/ / / It works (a bit), but I'm constantly 
> facing huge number of errors (missing libs, missing dirs). I was 
> always able to solve that, but it already took me about a week and I'm 
> still not finish.
> Is there something I have done wrong? Is there a better approach to 
> get octave working under windows ?

So you are trying to build natively (= under Windows)?

I'm cross-building on Linux, that is *way* easier and especially faster.
My last attempt to make a native build must be over 6-7 months or more ago
and it failed, so I cannot help you. But there are people on this ML who
have more experience with native mxe-octave builds.

Philip

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I did compile Octave a few days ago with the native mingw and pushed a few
changed to mxe-octave to support the build, however, as Philip said - it is
far easier to cross compile it.

My configure was:  $ ./configure --disable-system-fontconfig
--disable-stable --enable-native-build

For packages I had at least autoconf bash msys-bison msys-flex gcc gcc-c++
gcc-fortran gettext msys-m4 msys-make msys-sed libiconv msys-openssl
msys-patch msys-perl msys-libarchive msys-unzip msys-wget msys-bsdtar

You will also need python for windows installed, and the path set for it,
and after running configure in the mxe-octave folder,  run 'source
tools/set-mxe-env.sh'