Hi Patricia, Am 15.02.20 um 20:36 schrieb Patricia Shanahan: > I have learned enough about Git to attempt a new Windows build. I am > building on a Windows 10 system, using the 64-bit Cygwin, and keeping > detailed notes of any problems with the instructions. > > 1. I got very confused between what I should be getting from > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO#General_Build_Requirements > and what from > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO/Step_by_step#Build_with_Cygwin_64-bit > > The "general" had a lot of conditionals. > > I think it could be made easier to use if one could just start from > the step-by-step and have it link to common web pages for anything > that really is common. +1 > > 2. There is no /cygdrive/c/temp. /usr/tmp is a temporary directory. /"(or any other temporary directory of your choice)"/ > > 3. Command "lynx -source > rawgit.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg/master/apt-cyg > apt-cyg" failed > because I had not been told to install lynx.
I have never understood or used these instructions regarding lynx. > > Unclear how much can be omitted in this area if the required packages, > and their dependencies, have already been installed through the Cygwin > setup program, as will be the case if following the instructions. It > is really necessary to provide an alternative? > > 4. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3138 gets > an error page "We're sorry, this download is no longer available." > > At this point, I am officially stuck. As anyone else is, Microsoft has pulled that download long ago. (As you may remember, we wrote about that and I sent you a Dropbox link where you can download it from) Regards, Matthias > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
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