On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:07 AM, <pd-list-requ...@iem.at> wrote: > > From: IOhannes zm?lnig <zmoel...@iem.at> > Subject: Re: [PD] Troubles running Pd-0.43.1test5 on Windows XP > > On 11/18/2011 04:07 PM, rolf meesters wrote: > > trying to install on XP Pro, > > following the 'new' method from the install.txt. > > however autogen.sh is not in Cygwin. > > hmm, > are you trying to "install" Pd (so you can run it) or are you trying to > "compile" Pd yourself? > > if the former, just download the archive, unzip and run > ...\pd\bin\pd.exe > (when using Pd-extended, you even get a nice installer, that will > eventually create a desktop icon to start Pd) > > that's it! > no cygwin, no nothing. > > > > the "autogen.sh" in some README refers to building Pd from sources. > the source package of Pd (which is usually _not_ the zip-archive > labelled w32, but rather something like "pd-0.49-2.tar.gz") will contain > a script autogen.sh which will generate some files needed for compiling Pd. > compiling Pd on cygwin is non-trivial (it seems, i don't know), at least > nobody i know of is doing it (on a regular basis). > if you want to compile Pd on cygwin, you should have a good > understanding of how cygwin works. > > gfmasdr > IOhannes > > thanks IOhannes, you make me see my blind eye. i read the install.txt and where it only talks about compiling, i concluded that was necessary with this test-version. completely overseeing that the binaries are just there. which in my case is all i want.
rolf
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