Changes between Version 31 and Version 32 of Building/Preparation/Windows

Timestamp:

12/17/12 01:39:18 (6 months ago)

Author:

simonpj

Comment:

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Building/Preparation/Windows

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 and follow the download instructions for the '''mingw-get-inst''' installer. This is an easy to use installer for installing both MinGW and MSYS.   Make sure when you run the installer that you '''select to install g++, MSYS and the MSYS Dev Kit'''.
 
-3. '''Set your `PATH`'''. We recommend doing this by creating a file `.profile` in your home directory (by default `c:/MinGW/msys/1.0/home/<username>`). The contents of your `.profile` should be something like this:
+3. '''Set your `PATH`'''. You need to include at least
+ * `c:/MinGW/bin` (contains `autoconf` etc)
+ * `c:/MinGW/msys/1.0/bin` (contains `bash` etc)
+ * `c:/git/bin` (or wherever you installed git)
+ * `c:/Python27` (or wherever you installed Python)
+ * `c:/dev/llvm/bin` (or wherever you installed LLVM, if you got it)
+
+We recommend doing this by creating a file `.profile` in your home directory (by default `c:/MinGW/msys/1.0/home/<username>`). The contents of your `.profile` should be something like this:
 
 {{{
-# Add Git and Python to path
-export PATH=${PATH}:"/c/Program Files (x86)/Git/bin":/c/Python27
+# Add Python to path
+export PATH=${PATH}:/c/Python27
 
-# If you also grabbed LLVM
-export PATH=${PATH}:/c/dev/llvm/bin
+...etc..etc...
 }}}
 
-Modify the above according to where you installed Git and Python. The Haskell platform installer should have already done the work needed to make GHC available on the path.
+The Haskell platform installer should have already done the work needed to make GHC available on the path.
+
+If you use a shell within Emacs, make sure your `SHELL` environment variable points to the `bash` in `c:/MinGW/msys/1.0/bin`. 
 
 4. '''Launch the shell''' by starting the 'MinGW Shell' which should be in your start menu.