Re: Compiling CVS version on Windows fails

[Marko B. <mar...@sp...>]

Am Sa 03.09.2005 17:59 schrieb Hans-Bernhard Broeker
<br...@ph...>:

> Marko Brandes wrote:
> > I grabbed the CVS version of gnuplot and tried to compile it on
> > Windows
> > 2000/XP using MS Visual C++. Using "nmake.exe -f .configmakefile.nt"
> > gives an error saying version.obj could not be created.
> 
> That 'nmake' invocation was done from the wrong place, as evidenced by
> the wrong number of '.' leading the path of makefile.nt. You're
> supposed to
> 
> 	cd whereevergnuplotsrc
> 
> and then either
> 
> 	nmake -f ..configmakefile.nt
> 
> or
> 
> 	copy ..configmakefile.nt .
> 	REM --- possibly edit the copy now, then:
> 	nmake -f makefile.nt
> 
> I'm pretty sure it says so in the README and/or INSTALL files, too.
> 

You are right, it does say so in the INSTALL file.

I don't know why, but I skipped the line 'Change into the "src"
subdirectory'. That's the reason I have chosen the wrong path. My fault.

Thanks for your kind help.

Marko.