Re: [Bug-gnupod] gnupod on Windows XP/7, install/configure/make issues

[H. Langos]

Hi Brian,

I havn't used cygwin in quite a while and I've never used it with
GNUpod but I'll try to help anyway. :-)


On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 02:07:57PM -0500, Brian Stewart wrote:
> 
> address@hidden /cygdrive/d/apps/gnupod/gnupod-0.99.8
> $ ./configure

Try
./configure --prefix=/cygdrive/e/someplace
instead.

That should help.

...
> 
> Settings:
> ---------
> 
> Release         : 0.99.8
> Perl Version    : 5.8.9
> Prefix          : /usr/local
> Perl INC        : E:/Perl/site/lib
> Encoders        : (mpeg4/no ffmpeg with aac support found) (disabled
> faac: Binary not found) (disabled lame: Binary not found) wav
> Decoders        : (disabled timidity: Binary not found) (disabled
> flac: Binary not found) (disabled oggdec: Binary not found)
> Artwork Support : Yes
> 
> -> use 'make install' to install GNUpod
> -> use 'info GNUpod' to read the documentation after you installed GNUpod
> -> use 'make uninstall' to remove GNUpod from /usr/local
> 
> But when i run make install, it pukes based on some kind of pathing
> issue --- assuming Win32 translation error of some sort.

Well, it tries to install into /usr/local/... while in cygwin you seem to
have to use something like /cygdrive/<driveletter>/<path>

So if you wanted it to install into C:\Programms\foo you'd have to use 
something like /cygdrive/c/Programms/foo

In general unix systems don't use drive letters. Different "drives" all are
mapped (or "mounted" in unix-speak) into one directory tree that starts 
with it's root "/". So while your home directory in /home/brian may be on
the first hard drive and a cdrom may be mounted under /media/cdrom they
are both accessible in the same directory tree.

The other big difference is that unix systems usually don't separate 
program from program by installing them into different directories
like windows does. E.g. There is C:\Program Files\foobar2000 and 
C:\Program Files\winamp. In those directories the programs, their .ini
files, their data files and their log files lie.

While in a unix system programs go to /usr/bin , configuration files go
to /etc, and log files go to /var/log. And so on...

These are just the most basic differences. There's much more that cygwin 
tries to mend and reconcile.

If you want gnupod scripts to be executable from the cygwin shell, you'll 
have to find out where cygwin will look for executables.

Try entering "echo $PATH" in the shell and it should give you a
":"-separated list of directories and an idea what your prefix for
./configure should be set to.

> Could not write //usr/local/bin/gnupod_addsong.pl: No such file or directory
> Installing GNUpod 0.99.8 using gnupod_install 0.25
>  > src/gnupod_addsong.pl --> //usr/local/bin/gnupod_addsong.pl
> make: *** [install] Error 2
> 
> Would love to get this running, any guidance from someone with cygwin
> experience would be great.   I attempted several hacks on the make
> routine to get past it but no go.

Let's see what "echo $PATH" spits out and I guess we can get it to work. 

> At the moment, I am running the .pl gnupod commands directly from
> ActiveState Perl (outside of the *NIX cygwin) environment. Using the
> gnupodrc control file has been a life-saver in my hammering. I've
> managed to make it suck in my itunesDB from the ipod and rewrite it
> back out, all without hosing my ipod.

Good to hear that :-)

cheers
-henrik