From: Nicolas B. <ni...@ma...> - 2003-07-23 08:07:35
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Hello, I've found a need and some time to work with msys again. I've setup mingw and msys in c:/mingw, and c:/msys respectively. A couple of questions though: I am now trying to use some packages from http://telia.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gnuwin32/ I wonder as if there's a convention to installing these packages? Looking at some the "package_foo-config" scripts, most prefix "/c/progra~1/package_foo"... Indicating to me that tehey are to be under "c:/program files" but this would make path, compiler and linker flags very long/unique I am currently installing them under c:/gnulibs and chaniging the xx-config scripts..., with the thought that I can always upgrade my mingw/msys without really affecting the packages.. Is this correct? Is it preferable to install these under /mingw....?Put the under /usr/local/lib...??? Essentially, how does one use the gnuwin32 packages.... regards, nicolas boretos |
From: Earnie B. <ear...@ya...> - 2003-07-23 11:58:46
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Nicolas Boretos wrote: > > Is this correct? Is it preferable to install these under /mingw....?Put > the under /usr/local/lib...??? > I would tend to put these packages in /usr/local. > Essentially, how does one use the gnuwin32 packages.... > I don't know. If I can't build it, then I don't use it. Well, except if I need to bootstrap. Earnie. |
From: Greg C. <chi...@mi...> - 2003-07-23 12:35:17
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Earnie Boyd wrote: > > Nicolas Boretos wrote: > > > > Is this correct? Is it preferable to install these under /mingw....?Put > > the under /usr/local/lib...??? > > > > I would tend to put these packages in /usr/local. Yes, that would be the expected location; but OTOH their sourceforge site says that some need to be put in particular directories. They have a mailing list of their own, which is probably the best place to follow up. |