There is a subtle error in the Makefile, I just made a fix: https://github.com/jnonis/pd-plaits/pull/4. After that, I could compile it successfully with Msys2 in a MinGW64 Shell.
Christof Gesendet: Freitag, 12. Juli 2019 um 11:07 Uhr Von: "Scott R. Looney" <scottrloo...@gmail.com> An: pd-list <pd-list@lists.iem.at> Betreff: Re: [PD] - need some assistance compiling an external for Windows On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 1:46 AM IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoel...@iem.at[mailto:zmoel...@iem.at]> wrote:On 7/12/19 9:15 AM, Scott R. Looney wrote: > any tips on where to copy the folder so that the path is clearly given? i'm > not 100% sure but i'm reasonably certain all my errors so far are path > related. i think this is all wrong. you don't have to copy anything anywhere. you shouldn't even think about doing that (where did you get the idea from?) i *think* that you are just running "make" in the wrong directory. you should run it in the "pd-plaits-master" directory (which contains files like "plts~.cpp")¹ i am absolutely running make in the correct directory. i installed the whole msys2/mingw64 toolchain, i opened the shell for mingw64, and navigated to my copy of the repo, which i downloaded as a zip, uncompressed and moved into what i believed to be a convenient location under the msys64/home/(username) directory once you have installed the proper toolchain (make, compiler,...) the *only* thing you might have to adjust is the location of your Pd-installation Pd 64 bit is installed in its usual spot. nothing unusual there. ~~~ 1. download pd-plaits and unzip it 2. open the MinGW32-shell (for building a 32bit external) resp the MinGW64-shell (for building a 64bit external) 3. change into the pd-plaits directory $ cd pd-plaits-master 4. run make $ make ~~~ this will create a "plts~.dll" for you (the name's the same for both 32bit and 64bit externals; if you want both, you should rename the 64bit external to "plts~.m_amd64") yup i have done all of this (the 64 Bit route) and i'm still not getting anywhere. i understand i am a newbie to compiling but i really have tried to follow all the directions correctly. all i can guess is that somehow it's not looking for files in the active directory. the fact that Lucas couldn't compile it either is i think significant and speaks towards a non-standard compiling configuration on the repo. there's an Xcode project file so perhaps he tried pd-lib-builder and then gave up and switched to Xcode to compile it. i will say i ran all of this on my Mac using mingw64/gcc and 'make all' with the Makefile.pdlibbuilder and it created a whole mess of object (.o) files but also created the .pd_darwin file correctly. i think i'll take Lucas's advice and compile something that should work smoothly in order to verify that the method i've been following is sound. best, scott_______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list[https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list] _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
