2:29 a.m.
It has taken me a while to write this up, but there are now
instructions and relevant support files for building gretl from the
git source on MS Windows (using MSYS2 and Mingw64) -- see
http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/pub/gretl/winbuild/ , in particular
gretl-winbuild.pdf.
I made available some "build on Windows" information several years
ago, but it was all very ad hoc and quite quickly subject to
bit-rot. Hopefully this time will be different since the Windows
build uses the same "autotools" approach as the Linux build, and I'm
now using that same approach when cross-building the gretl package
for Windows. So things should stay up to date.
In the current iteration of the doc I haven't attempted to describe
how to create a redistributable gretl package on Windows, but that's
now quite feasible and I plan to document it before too long. In the
meantime I describe making an "own use" build of gretl.
Allin
6:39 p.m.
Am 03.12.2017 um 16:29 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
It has taken me a while to write this up, but there are now
instructions
and relevant support files for building gretl from the git source on MS
Windows (using MSYS2 and Mingw64) -- see
http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/pub/gretl/winbuild/ , in particular
gretl-winbuild.pdf.
Sorry for the lack of response, Allin, this is great news. (OK, we kind
of knew that it was coming, but still.)
I think this could also be something for the Twitter feed, because one
of the strong points of gretl is the cross-platform aspect (compared to
Eviews for example). But maybe only after somebody other than Allin has
tested the build on Windows.
thanks,
sven
10:25 a.m.
I'm a complete ignoramus when it comes to Linux/Unix/etc, so please forgive a
potentially dumb question: What are the advantages of building gretl myself instead of
using the Windows version?
PS
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On Dec 4, 2017, at 2:39 AM, Sven Schreiber <svetosch(a)gmx.net>
wrote:
> Am 03.12.2017 um 16:29 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
> It has taken me a while to write this up, but there are now instructions and relevant
support files for building gretl from the git source on MS Windows (using MSYS2 and
Mingw64) -- see
>
https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/pub/gret...
, in particular
> gretl-winbuild.pdf.
Sorry for the lack of response, Allin, this is great news. (OK, we kind of knew that it
was coming, but still.)
I think this could also be something for the Twitter feed, because one of the strong
points of gretl is the cross-platform aspect (compared to Eviews for example). But maybe
only after somebody other than Allin has tested the build on Windows.
thanks,
sven
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11:22 a.m.
On Mon, 4 Dec 2017, Summers, Peter wrote:
I'm a complete ignoramus when it comes to Linux/Unix/etc, so
please forgive a potentially dumb question: What are the
advantages of building gretl myself instead of using the Windows
version?
Not a dumb question, but I think the answer is this: Suppose you
have an idea for a bug-fix or enhancement, and your preferred
platform is Windows. Then you might want to download the git
sources, make the change you have in mind, recompile and test. Then
if your change works, you submit a patch (or possibly even commit
your change to git directly, if you have the rights to do so).
Up till recently this would not be possible, but now it is.
But for most users of gretl on Windows, you're right; there's no
advantage to building the program yourself if there are up-to-date
snapshots available. It's a bit different if you're a gretl user on
Linux, since the Linux distros only package the official releases,
so if you want a build that's up-to-date with git you have to do it
yourself -- even if you don't intend to make any changes to the
source code.
Allin
11:46 a.m.
On Dec 4, 2017, at 7:22 PM, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu>
wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Dec 2017, Summers, Peter wrote:
>
> I'm a complete ignoramus when it comes to Linux/Unix/etc, so please forgive a
potentially dumb question: What are the advantages of building gretl myself instead of
using the Windows version?
Not a dumb question, but I think the answer is this: Suppose you have an idea for a
bug-fix or enhancement, and your preferred platform is Windows. Then you might want to
download the git sources, make the change you have in mind, recompile and test. Then if
your change works, you submit a patch (or possibly even commit your change to git
directly, if you have the rights to do so).
Thanks Allin, that's very helpful. Just to clarify, such a change or patch would need
to be in the underlying c code, right?
PS
12:05 p.m.
On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Summers, Peter wrote:
> On Dec 4, 2017, at 7:22 PM, Allin Cottrell
<cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 4 Dec 2017, Summers, Peter wrote:
>>
>> I'm a complete ignoramus when it comes to Linux/Unix/etc, so
>> please forgive a potentially dumb question: What are the
>> advantages of building gretl myself instead of using the Windows
>> version?
>
> Not a dumb question, but I think the answer is this: Suppose you
> have an idea for a bug-fix or enhancement, and your preferred
> platform is Windows. Then you might want to download the git
> sources, make the change you have in mind, recompile and test.
> Then if your change works, you submit a patch (or possibly even
> commit your change to git directly, if you have the rights to do
> so).
Thanks Allin, that's very helpful. Just to clarify, such a change
or patch would need to be in the underlying c code, right?
To make it worthwhile to d/l and recompile the sources, yes.
Allin
6:56 p.m.
Am 05.12.2017 um 02:05 schrieb Allin Cottrell:
On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Summers, Peter wrote:
> Thanks Allin, that's very helpful. Just to clarify, such a
change or
> patch would need to be in the underlying c code, right?
To make it worthwhile to d/l and recompile the sources, yes.
Well, apart from such things as translation updates (the .po files)
perhaps. Those are not really in C, but to see the effects you would
need to compile everything, AFAICS.
But probably not very relevant for Peter and other English native speakers.
-sven
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