Re: [Gtk2hs-users] Problem installing 0.9.8 on Windows 98

[Duncan C. <dun...@wo...>]

On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 22:24 +1200, Toby Allsopp wrote:
> Duncan Coutts <dun...@wo...> writes:
> 
> >> I figured that it was the case of the "bin" in PATH that was the
> >> problem, but I can't figure out how to get a lowercase "bin" into PATH
> >> in Windows 98.  Is there some trick to it?
> >
> > I'm afraid I don't know.
> 
> I managed to do it using MSYS, i.e.
> 
> $ PATH='C:\GTK\bin;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\GHC\GHC-6.4\BIN' ./gtk2hs-0.9.8.exe

Good thinking.

So it actually works on Windows 98 then? I was never quite sure if it
would! One thing MS are good at is maintaining binary compatability
between Windows versions.

> > I've made the fix in the installer so I'll rebuild it and upload it to
> > our website. I'll tell you where to get it when it's up. I can also
> > upload a zip file but it more tricky to install since you'd need to
> > substitute some values in the package registration files (the install
> > path and the GTK path).
> 
> Thanks for that.  I have managed to install now, but I'm sure the
> fixed installer will make someone else's life easier.

It can now be downloaded from:

http://haskell.org/gtk2hs/gtk2hs-0.9.8_r1.exe

It also included the latest version of the docs as on the website.

Duncan