[Gimp-docs] Making my own sandbox

[Kolbjørn Stuestøl]

Thank you, Nickolay

At the moment both the autoconf and the automake are installed and seem to
work. I have to work down the cygwin message list to find other packages.
Getting closer and closer to a solution, I hope.
Looks like I have to prefer packages with GNU in the
name if there are more files with similar names to choose between.
Am still missing some packages, but I'm working on it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nickolay V. Shmyrev" <nshmyrev at yandex.ru>
To: "Kolbjørn Stuestøl" <kol-stue at online.no>
Cc: "forum Gimp" <gimp-docs at lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Gimp-docs] Making my own sandbox

В Срд, 18/10/2006 в 17:20 +0200, Kolbjørn Stuestøl пишет:
>> Hi all of you

>Hi Kolbjørn, you are welcome
Thank you

>>
>> I’m not quite sure of what a sandbox is, but I’m trying to make my
>> own.
>>
>> On my way to Linux I have installed Cygwin (a program simulating
>> Unix/Linux on Windows) on my Windows XP with the gimp-help-2 in the
>> cygwin/bin folder.
>>
>> Running './autogen.sh --without-gimp' in the Cygwin window results in
>> a message telling me that I have to install autoconf and automake 1.6
>>or newer.

>> Since there are lots of autoconf and automake files spread around in
>> different folders it seems to me that the necessary files are on
>> place, but the sh.exe does not know where to find them. So, my
>> question is: If this is right, how to tell sh.exe the right paths? If
>> I’m wrong, what am I to do to? (Some day or other I will be switching
>> to Linux, but in the meantime ….)
>>
>Are you sure you have recent automake installed? What does "automake
>--version" command print to you? Can you look in cygwin package manager,
>is new automake there?
Yes, I found - and installed a GNU version. It works!

>You can find missing packages on http://www.cygwin.com/packages/
>>
>> I am a newcomer to Linux and have no idea of what’s wrong. (I have
>> browsed the cygwin FAQ sites for any help, but found nothing).
>>
>> I also downloaded autogen and autoconf from GNU, but found no way to
>> install them in cygwin. It look likes the only way to make changes in
>> cygwin is to run the setup program using cygwins own downloads.
>>
>No, it's possible to install autoconf and automake from GNU, but it
>requires some experience. I think for you it's better to use cygwin
>package manager.
Agree.

>> I think the solution is more Unix or Linux like and have nothing to do
>> with Windows. Therefore I hope on some help from you, or am I better
>> off trying the cygwin forum?

>Well, cygwin people will help, but we would be happy to give an advise too.
Thanks.
>Some of us are working with cygwin, so it's certainly possible to create
>gimp-help setup with it. Although it's sometimes untrivial task.
Using cygwin was meant as temporary use. If I get it to work it will
perhaps be the one I will be using. Who knows?

Kolbjørn (Norwegian translator)