Setup Synfig in windows 10 mingw64

osgux · February 23, 2022, 3:09am

Hello!
I got some errors when I tried to run 1-setup-windows-msys2.sh in windows 10

windows variable env

MINGW_PREFIX=C:\msys64\mingw64

$ ./1-setup-windows-msys2.sh
Selected ARCH: mingw-w64-x86_64
Installing development tools
./1-setup-windows-msys2.sh: line 23: pacman: command not found
 ======================= Compiling MLT++ =======================
/tmp ~/Documents/GitHub/synfig
./autobuild/msys2/build_mlt.sh: line 20: wget: command not found
print path variable, /mingw64
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED
(Stripping trailing CRs from patch; use --binary to disable.)
patching file /mingw64/include/libintl.h
Hunk #1 FAILED at 359.
patch: **** Can't reopen file /mingw64/include/libintl.h : No such file or directory

Could you help me, please?

What is the best IDE for start with the development?

BobSynfig · February 23, 2022, 4:30pm

Hi and welcome here
All the docs for development can be found here:
Synfig developers docs documentation
Be sure to follow all the recommended steps and recheck after.
It seems your install ofmingw is broken.

osgux · February 24, 2022, 3:09am

Hello!
I could install all requirements following these instructions.
https://synfig-docs-dev.readthedocs.io/en/latest/building/Preparing%20Environment.html

I tried to open the project with netbeans 12.6 but there aren’t many features for C/C++

BobSynfig · February 25, 2022, 12:26am

From Apache NetBeans 12.0 Features

C/C++

The donation of the NetBeans C and C++ features from Oracle to Apache has been completed in the 11.3 timeframe, though the code has not yet been integrated into Apache NetBeans. This is anticipated to be a large task and may take some time, involving not only license changes and IP clearance in Apache, though also potentially code changes since not everything that was part of these features in Oracle was able to be donated by Oracle to Apache.

Until the code integration is complete, go to the Plugin Manager, enable the NetBeans IDE 8.2 Update Center, which lets you install the NetBeans IDE 8.2 modules providing C and C++ features.

You need to go in Tools/Plugins

In Settings tab, activate the NetBeans 8.2 Plugin Portal
In Installed tab, activate C/C++
In Available Plugins tab, push “Check for Newest” and install “C/C++”

Restart Netbeans and it will be fine

BobSynfig · March 5, 2022, 11:41am

Netbeans 13 has been released yesterday

osgux · March 7, 2022, 3:18am

Thanks a lot!!

I’m working in the configuration of the project with the last version of Netbeans

osgux · March 9, 2022, 2:41am

Hi @BobSynfig

Yesterday I tried to install in Mac OS, I didn’t find any problem with the instructions and setup. everything okay!
but in windows I’ve found some errors about missing libraries, I will check that.
For while I’m going to do the tutorials from Tutorials — Synfig developers docs documentation

mohamed.Adhamc · March 10, 2022, 9:16pm

Yes, I can definitely confirm that. While building it on windows it was a much more error-filled process.

rodolforg · March 10, 2022, 10:59pm

What terminal/console did you use on Windows? Or did you try only via NetBeans?

BobSynfig · March 12, 2022, 10:51pm

I am installing MSYS2 on a Windows 10 computer following the documentation, see here:

github.com/synfig/synfig

Error while building debug verision on windows.

opened 02:44PM - 08 Mar 22 UTC

mohamedAdhamc

I had followed all the steps and had one last thing to do which is run "$ ./2-b…uild-debug.sh " but then i get an error stating "cp: cannot stat '/opt/mlt-7.2.0/*.dll': No such file or directory " looking around at what happened during the installation i have found this stating that the path was changed "/tmp/mlt-7.2.0 /tmp ~/synfig.git Install path: /opt/mlt-7.2.0 Fixed MLT Path: C:/msys64/opt/mlt-7.2.0" I have thought of rerunning "$ ./1-setup-windows-msys2.sh", or changing the path manually but im not at all experienced with that so it might take some time. If anyone experienced a similar thing, help would be greatly appreciated. p.s errors encountered during the process "error: command (/usr/bin/bash /usr/bin/bash -c . /tmp/alpm_23NZGj/.INSTALL; post_install 41.0-1 ) failed to execute correctly" however i think this one is a bit far fetched this is where the issues started i think: /tmp/mlt-7.2.0 /tmp ~/synfig.git Install path: /opt/mlt-7.2.0 Fixed MLT Path: C:/msys64/opt/mlt-7.2.0 /tmp/mlt-7.2.0/build /tmp/mlt-7.2.0 /tmp ~/synfig.git CMake Error: CMake was unable to find a build program corresponding to "Ninja". CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM is not set. You probably need to select a different build tool. CMake Error: CMAKE_C_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage CMake Error: CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! See also "C:/msys64/tmp/mlt-7.2.0/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log". 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED patching file /mingw64/include/libintl.h Hunk #1 FAILED at 359. 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file /mingw64/include/libintl.h.rej 20102@DESKTOP-011T3NV MINGW64 ~/synfig.git $ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake mingw-w64-x86_64-ninja warning: mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake-3.22.3-1 is up to date -- reinstalling resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Packages (2) mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake-3.22.3-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-ninja-1.10.2-3 Total Download Size: 2.47 MiB Total Installed Size: 82.93 MiB Net Upgrade Size: 13.77 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y :: Retrieving packages... mingw-w64-x86_64... 2.5 MiB 1192 KiB/s 00:02 [#####################] 100% (2/2) checking keys in keyring [#####################] 100% (2/2) checking package integrity [#####################] 100% (2/2) loading package files [#####################] 100% (2/2) checking for file conflicts [#####################] 100% (2/2) checking available disk space [#####################] 100% :: Processing package changes... (1/2) reinstalling mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake [#####################] 100% (2/2) installing mingw-w64-x86_64-ninja [#####################] 100% 20102@DESKTOP-011T3NV MINGW64 ~/synfig.git $ ./2-build-debug.sh cp: cannot stat '/opt/mlt-7.2.0/*.dll': No such file or directory

osgux · March 16, 2022, 2:22am

I was using, Git Bash

rodolforg · March 16, 2022, 4:46am

Hm… that’s why you couldn’t run pacman (a packet manager used (or created?) by ArchLinux - something ‘like’ Windows Store. Actually, it’s more like MacOS brew) and wget.

To ease your life building Synfig code on Windows, you should use MSYS2.