Dear Christopher, Am 23. Juni 2019 23:31:01 MESZ schrieb Christopher Webster <c...@ucar.edu>: >On 6/23/19 9:22 AM, Alan W. Irwin wrote: >> >> There are a lot of different platforms that use the MinGW-w64 >compiler >> so you should probably >> describe the platform where you are attempting to use that compiler >in >> more detail. For example, >> it sounds like you are simply taking a normal Window platform and >> downloading the >> MinGW-w64 compiler for that platform, but what is the exact URL for >> that download? > >As Cristian surmised we use msys2/mingw64; we download from >www.msys2.org (the x86_64 option). Then install the mingw64 toolchain, >and use mingw64 shells: > >pacman -Sy msys2-devel >pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain >pacman -Sy base-devel >pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-check >pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-qt5 >pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-qwt-qt5 >pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-doxygen >pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-boost >pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-git-lfs >pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-gsl >pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-netcdf >pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-curl >pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-postgresql >pacman -Sy nano scons vim git procps > >cmake was installed via: > >pacman -Sy cmake
try to install and use mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake in the mingw64 shell. Additionally, see this answer and the corresponding thread: https://cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2018-January/066869.html Kind regards Benjamin > > >> >> I don't have any recent direct experience myself (I have no access to >> Microsoft Windows and Wine Windows bugs are currently blocking access >> to MSYS2), but PLplot developers I am aquainted with have recently >had >> a lot of success with the [MSYS2 >> platform](https://github.com/msys2/msys2/wiki) which is another >exaple >> of a platform that uses the MinGW-w64 compiler. For that platform >> they have found that "Unix Makefiles" and "MSYS Makefiles" generally >> give good results. They haven't yet tried "MinGW Makefiles" but from >> my ancient (MSYS/Wine where MSYS is the predecessor of MSYS2) >> experience for that generator you have to be sure that sh.exe is not >> on your PATH (e.g., by renaming it) before it will work. (I have >> never quite been sure why that was a requirement, but my guess was >the >> "mingw" make version acts differently if it detects sh.exe.) But >> again from my ancient experience the rest of the Unix tools provided >> by MSYS2 including bash.exe will likely work well with the "MinGW >> Makefiles" generator. >> >> I hope this (ancient direct and recent indirect) practical experience >> with "Unix Makefiles", "MSYS Makefiles", "MinGW Makefiles", and >> MinGW-w64 will be of some help to you. >> >> Alan >> __________________________ >> Alan W. Irwin >> >> Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state >> implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); the Time >> Ephemerides project (timeephem.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting >> software package (plplot.org); the libLASi project >> (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); >> and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). >> __________________________ >> >> Linux-powered Science >> __________________________ > > >-- > >Powered by www.kitware.com > >Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: >http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > >Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For >more information on each offering, please visit: > >CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html >CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html >CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > >Visit other Kitware open-source projects at >http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > >Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: >https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake