Re: Is there a Windows version of SableVM?

On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 12:57, Andy Madigan wrote:
> plz help, checked out of subversion, but I still don't know how to get
> libffi, how do I build the dll? Where are the headers in sid?

We should probably move the thread to sablevm-devel as it's getting
more development-related.

Below you have the best list of steps I could create that should help
you getting SableVM working with Cygwin.

1. You need to install shared libraries (cyg*.dll files) for all
needed libraries (like popt).  For the libraries which have no cyg*.dlls
in Cygwin distribution - you need to compile them.  Last time we did
that the only such lib was libffi.

2. To compile libffi you need to get source for gcc, which includes
"libffi" directory.  I recall that if you fetch rather recent source
(like gcc-3.4) you should be able to configure && make && make install
it without any hacks (just remember to pass --enable-shared to
configure).

For older versions you'll find the instructions at
	http://sablevm.org/wiki/LibFFI

(On this web page there are also some informations how to deal with
libraries installed in non-standard directories)

3. Compile SableVM passing '--enable-debugging-features' and
 '--disable-errors-on-warnings' to configure.  Remember to set
environmental variables to point to libs/headers in non-standard
locations, if needed.

4. Once SableVM is compiled and installed - get sablevm-classpath,
pass --disable-gtk-peer to configure (I remember we slightly modified
one of the Makefiles, can't remember what we changed though, but if
you show us the error message, we'll figure it out).

5. Run it! (the simplest test is 'sablevm -Y aaaaa' - if you get
"Class Not Found" instead of "cannot to create vm" - it's very good.

Note: remember to pass the same --prefix to configure script in both
sablevm and sablevm-classpath.

Hope this helps,

				Grzegorz B. Prokopski