[Tioga-users] Tioga on Windows ?

[Vincent Fourmond]

  Hello Axel !

Axel Etzold wrote:
> I am using Tioga for some weeks now on a Linux architecture
> and like it so much I'd also want to use it in Windows (both
> XP and Vista).

  Great !

> Is it possible to compile the source code on Windows too ?

  It should be, though the lack of documentation comes from the lack of
tries... I got it compiled and running on Cygwin (Linux Emulation Layer
for Windows), but I never tried directly.

> If so, what approach should be used, e.g. using Mingw, to do that ?

  I guess that would be the way to go. I don't know much about Ruby for
Windows, but here are a few things you must have:

  * a compiler (mingw should be fine)
  * a Unix-like make (maybe mingw comes with one, I really don't know).
  * a working zlib (place it somewhere where the compiler will find it
and its include files)
  * ruby development files (that should include a file called
rbconfig.rb plus many header files)

  Then, try to run ruby extconf.rb in the split/ directory, and make.

  If that fails (likely, I'd say), here's some hints (though only
guesswork):

  * edit the rbconfig.rb file to have the CC variable point to your C
compiler
  * try to play with CFLAGS and LDFLAGS in the same file as well.

  Whenever you get trouble, send it here, we might be able to sort it out.

  And, most importantly, if you succeed, please tell us how ! We'd put
that on the website. In the worst case, you might simply want to try
Cygwin - though I admit it is a rather inelegant solution.

  Good luck and happy hacking...

	Vincent, very interested about a Tioga working on Windows...