From graphics-request at octave dot org Wed Feb 15 10:05:04 2006 Subject: Re: Octave GUI MinGW first light & need help. From: David Bateman To: Sebastien Loisel Cc: octave maintainers mailing list , octave-graphics Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:59:22 +0100 Sebastien Loisel wrote: > Uh oh, this could get hairy. > > On 2/15/06, *David Bateman* > wrote: > > Ok, here I have a problem. Firstly the install of QT4 stated that it > couldn't find MinGW when it was clearly there. Then I had to copy > > > I had a pre-existing QT4 installation against my pre-existing MinGW in > c:\MinGW, but in principle it should be able to use the one in > c:\MinGW\octave (I'm using MinGW 4.1.0 I think...) > > mingw32-make.exe to make.exe, while msys' installer explicitly stated > that this is a bad idea. Finally I had to take msys' /bin/sh.exe. > Then I > > > What you have to do is use Windows's cmd.exe and set the path > > set PATH=c:\octave\MinGW\bin;%PATH% > > That's what I have in compileenv.bat > > still get an error as sh.exe is looking for the msys dll... What shell > did you use if not msys' one? > > > Don't use msys's shell for compiling for now. > > These problems will be alleviated once I port octave-gui to autotools > from qmake. (The other choice being of porting octave from autotools > to qmake. Autotools wins.) If you can't get it working with the above > instructions, I guess I'll have to hurry up with my port. I'm back in > Linux now, for that purpose, so I can't doublecheck my MinGW. > > Sebastien Loisel > Sorry, this is pretty much what I did. I think it has to do with my minimal mingw install for octave. I'd imagine to get it to work I might have to reproduce you setup with a second mingw version installed just for the build.. I think I'll wait to see what you do... Cheers David -- David Bateman David dot Bateman at motorola dot com Motorola Labs - Paris +33 1 69 35 48 04 (Ph) Parc Les Algorithmes, Commune de St Aubin +33 6 72 01 06 33 (Mob) 91193 Gif-Sur-Yvette FRANCE +33 1 69 35 77 01 (Fax) The information contained in this communication has been classified as: [x] General Business Information [ ] Motorola Internal Use Only [ ] Motorola Confidential Proprietary