[fluid-dev] Trouble installing fluidsynth on win 10

[Eric Oswald]

I've googled this and asked around on reddit and stackoverflow for days
before writing to you. I can't get fluidsynth to install in windows 10,
seemingly because of errors with the install methods. So these questions
are more about msys and cygwin, but I haven't gotten anywhere asking other
sources.

1) I tried installing and updating msys per the instructions. I did the
first round of updates using pacman and got the instruction to close the
console and open again. WHen I did the 2nd round of updates the console
closed itself after a few minutes. When I tried to open it again I got a
message saying windows couldn't find bash and the console won't open. I
uninstalled and reinstalled 3 times, each time with the same result. I
found someone else who reported the problem on stackoverflow but they never
got a response. I reposted the same question and didn't get a response
either.

2) I installed cygwin and checked every option I could for the libraries
you listed as required. When I tried to run cmake I got an error saying CMake
Error: Could not create named generator MSYS Makefiles

I also tried downloading the native cmake program for windows, but midway
through the cmake process it couldn't complete because there was a problem
with the source files.

Any help would be appreciated. I would love to be able to use fluidsynth
but am at a loss here.

I'm not sure how your mailing list works, but I can be contacted at
***@ericoswald if it doesn't automatically send me replies.

Thank you

[Tom M.]

A general hint: make sure to provide as much information as possible.
Specifically: Provide the *complete* console output of each command
(or at least the ones that fail). Collect them in txt file(s) and
attach them to the mail.

Additionally I need to know:

- What architecture are you operating on? (x86_64)?
- What version of fluidsynth are you trying to build?

CMake Error: Could not create named generator MSYS Makefiles

This error may occur when the wrong cmake is called (e.g. the one of
the MSYS installation). Execute

which -a cmake

in the cygwin shell to verify. Attach it's output if you are unsure.

Also, in addition to the strange behaviour you described in 1), I
suspect your MSYS / CygWin setup is broken. It could be that something
got mixed up. I suggest you uninstall both, MSYS and CygWin, through
the uninstaller. Additionally you should manually clean up all
leftover directories and files of both. Also make sure your system's
%PATH% environment variable does not contain any MSYS or CygWin paths
any more. Also remove the native cmake that way.

After that, decide for either MSYS or CygWin or native cmake, install
it for all users and make sure to add it to the system's PATH
variable. Note that any application built with cygwin is no native
windows build as it will depend on cygwin libraries. However: Unless
you have good reasons to use MSYS or Cygwin, I would recommend that
you give the MinGW method a try.

I also tried downloading the native cmake program for windows, but midway through the cmake process it couldn't complete because there was a problem with the source files.

This is way too vague. Which command(s) did you enter and what errors
occur? See initial hint.

I'm not sure how your mailing list works

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Tom