Hi Jay El vie, 07-07-2017 a las 18:51 -0400, Jay Versluis escribió: > Hi everybody, > I thought I’d give GNUstep on Windows 10 another go. My goal is to be > able to compile and run GNUstep applications on Windows, originally > written with Xcode on the Mac. Right now it’s just a simple command > line tool that uses only the Foundation framework. No fancy GUI > windows. > > So I’m following the guides on GNUstep.org, where it tells me that > for Windows, I need to download about 6 self-extracting files to get > going. I’ve done that successfully, even though I can’t run Gorm or > Project Center. Fine for now, the Shell is running so that’s a 33% > success. All I want for now is to compile my trusty Hello World code > from the command line and generate a stand-alone Windows app. I’m > still at the "proof of concept” stage. > > However, I guess I need clang and LLVM to compile for Objective-C 2.0 > and ARC. Again, not a problem, I’ve downloaded both those sources > using the MINGW shell and want to build them. The LLVM site says this > can’t be done with gcc of course, and I need cmake. So I’m > downloading that too, and building it using its own bootstrap tool, > I’m getting an error. Sadly the tool does not tell me what’s wrong: > it points me to the log file, which tells me everything went fine. > But when I try to build cmake, naturally I get an error. Sigh. > > Now here are my questions: > > 1.) Does GNUstep even run on Windows 10? Or am I trying the > impossible?
Yes, is possible. > 2.) Those installers… how old are they, and what version Windows have > they been tested with? Those installers sometimes have a problem with the gnustep-backend (required by graphical apps). Try with this installer: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mb4m65spkuf3o0f/GNUstep-1.0.exe?dl=0 > 3.) Am I correct in assuming that all my efforts inside Windows need > to be done inside MINGW? Or does this need to happen on the Windows > command line? This is right. GNUstep requires MinGW. > 4.) Even with all the time I’m pouring into this “tapping in the > dark” experience, will I ever be able to compile a standalone > command-line Windows app? What I mean is, is this actually possible? > Has anyone successfully done it? Yes, is possible. I disribute FisicaLab (https://www.gnu.org/software/f isicalab/) for Windows using the GNUstep installer in the link above. However that installer uses GCC, not Clang. I don't know if is possible build Clang with MinGW. Germán > I’m still hopeful that I can utilise Objective-C for cross platform > development. But if I’m beating a dead horse here, please let me > know. > > All the best, > > > > JAY VERSLUIS > >
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