Re: Is there a Windows version of SableVM?

Thanks, I'll try tomorrow if I get time, I'll watch on the devel list
if the thread is moved there.
--- "Grzegorz B. Prokopski" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
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