Re: Can't figure out how to build from source on Windows

Got this now:

C:/git-repos/chicken-core $  make boot-chicken
"make" PLATFORM=mingw PREFIX=/nowhere CONFIG= CHICKEN=C:/git-repos/chicken-core/boot/chicken-6.0.0pre1/../snapshot/share/chicken PROGRAM_SUFFIX=-boot-stage1 STATICBUILD=1 C_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_OPTIONS="-Os" BUILDING_CHICKEN_BOOT=1 confclean
make[1]: Entering directory 'C:/git-repos/chicken-core'
rm -f chicken-config.h chicken-defaults.h chicken-install.rc chicken-uninstall.rc
touch config.make
make[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/git-repos/chicken-core'
"make" PLATFORM=mingw PREFIX=/nowhere CONFIG= CHICKEN=C:/git-repos/chicken-core/boot/chicken-6.0.0pre1/../snapshot/share/chicken PROGRAM_SUFFIX=-boot-stage1 STATICBUILD=1 C_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_OPTIONS="-Os" BUILDING_CHICKEN_BOOT=1 chicken-boot-stage1.exe
make[1]: Entering directory 'C:/git-repos/chicken-core'
C:/git-repos/chicken-core/boot/chicken-6.0.0pre1/../snapshot/share/chicken  library.scm -optimize-level 2 -include-path . -include-path ./ -inline -ignore-repository -feature chicken-bootstrap -no-warnings  -explicit-use -no-trace -output-file library.c \
-no-module-registration \
-emit-import-library chicken.bitwise \
-emit-import-library chicken.bytevector \
-emit-import-library chicken.fixnum \
-emit-import-library chicken.flonum \
-emit-import-library chicken.gc \
-emit-import-library chicken.keyword \
-emit-import-library chicken.platform \
-emit-import-library chicken.plist \
-emit-import-library chicken.io \
-emit-import-library chicken.process-context
process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, C:/git-repos/chicken-core/boot/chicken-6.0.0pre1/../snapshot/share/chicken library.scm -optimize-level 2 -include-path . -include-path ./ -inline -ignore-repository -feature chicken-bootstrap -no-warnings -explicit-use -no-trace -output-file library.c -no-module-registration -emit-import-library chicken.bitwise -emit-import-library chicken.bytevector -emit-import-library chicken.fixnum -emit-import-library chicken.flonum -emit-import-library chicken.gc -emit-import-library chicken.keyword -emit-import-library chicken.platform -emit-import-library chicken.plist -emit-import-library chicken.io -emit-import-library chicken.process-context, ...) failed.
make (e=5): Access is denied.
make[1]: *** [rules.make:810: library.c] Error 5
make[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/git-repos/chicken-core'
make: *** [rules.make:1041: boot-chicken] Error 2
C:/git-repos/chicken-core $ sudo make boot-chicken
Sudo is disabled on this machine. To enable it, go to the Developer Settings page in the Settings app
sh: C:/Windows/system32/sudo.exe: Access is denied. Error 0x80070005
C:/git-repos/chicken-core $

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Srayan Jana
Computer Game Science
University of California, Irvine

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From: Felix Winkelmann <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 2:48 PM
To: Srayan Jana <[email protected]>; chicken-users <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Can't figure out how to build from source on Windows

On Tue Oct 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM CEST, Felix Winkelmann via Chicken-users wrote:
>
> Ok, so building the bootstrap chicken succeeded, but then fails (again) in configure.
>
> What is the output of "uname" on your system?

Sorry, I'm on the wrong tack there. Apparently the bootstrap script
doesn't work too well on Windows...

Just run

  ./configure --chicken C:/git-repos/chicken-core/boot/chicken-6.0.0pre1/../snapshot/share/chicken \
    --prefix C:<where-it-should-go>

manually, and then

  make boot-chicken

This will produce a chicken-boot (hopefully) that you can then use to
build the final version, like this:

  ./configure --chicken ./chicken-boot --prefix ...
  make
  make install

If that should work out, I will provide a dev snaphot that you can build
directly from. But it would still be interesting to see if the steps
given above work.


cheers,
felix