Compile for Windows®

[hendrikbez]

Good day.

Did any one get to convert it to windows, I am truckling to get it to work, and I really want to lay this in windows. Any help on this will be great

[dougmencken]

hi there :)
do you have any progress with cygwin ? #54

[hendrikbez]

No, I am stuck with it, did read info on this, but do not get it to work

[dougmencken]

ah well maybe it’s worth trying MinGW https://nuwen.net/mingw.html then?

Notes on building the MinGW/Cygwin version of Allegro

[hendrikbez]

Wil try it

[dougmencken]

About the build for Windows I’m getting and getting asked quite often...

In fact, no one did that before (except for Jorge with his unaltered version). The last thing I tried was MSYS2 https://www.msys2.org/ which really looks like Arch Linux console for Windows®, but it fails inside the Allegro library, very likely the same way it failed #54 on cygwin

And as Jorge wrote me,

Hendrik contacted me as soon as he saw the new website. He asked me to explain how to compile the game on Windows. I told him that compiling it on Windows is a pain in the ass because of all the dependencies that have to be installed. However, I promised him that I would write him a guide about how to do it. Another task I have for my vacation.

[hendrikbez]

Hi Douglas How are you doing, Yes Jorge did send it to me, but I am busy with excel forms, and when done, I will try it. If you want I can send it to you, so you can see, and just make changes for your files. Greetings Hendrik *Jesus Christ is Lord* *Not a swear word*

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On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 at 16:43, Douglas Mencken ***@***.***> wrote: About the build for Windows I’m getting and getting asked quite often... In fact, no one did that before (except for Jorge with his unaltered version). The last thing I tried was MSYS2 https://www.msys2.org/ which really looks like Arch Linux console for Windows®, but it fails inside the Allegro library, very likely the same way it failed on cygwin. And as Jorge wrote me, Hendrik contacted me as soon as he saw the new website. He asked me to explain how to compile the game on Windows. I told him that compiling it on Windows is a pain in the ass because of all the dependencies that have to be installed. However, I promised him that I would write him a guide about how to do it. Another task I have for my vacation. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#62 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AL2YHOULO3TADWVAJTRFOITY7JRX7AVCNFSM6AAAAABDMCSVROVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43SRDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHM4TEMZYGE3DA> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[dougmencken]

Sure, I’m eager to l👀k at it
(although pretty far from any computing stuff larger than my smartphone at the moment)

[hendrikbez]

Here it is 1. Download MSYS2 installer from https://www.msys2.org/ 2. Install MSYS2 accepting the default options. 3. Run MSYS2. A UNIX-like terminal will be displayed. Something like this: ***@***.*** UCRT64 ~ $ Now it's time to install the tools and third-party libraries that are needed for building the game. From the MSYS2 terminal, write: $ pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc $ pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libc++ $ pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libvorbis $ pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libogg $ pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-libpng $ pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-boost $ pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-cmake $ pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-make $ pacman -S msys/make Download Allegro 4.4.3 using the following link and put the file into your MSYS2 home folder, i.e. C:\msys64\home\hendrik https://github.com/liballeg/allegro5/releases/download/4.4.3.1/allegro-4.4.3.1.tar.gz Compile the library: $ tar zxvf allegro-4.4.3.1.tar.gz $ cd allegro-4.4.3.1/ $ mkdir build $ cd build/ $ cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" .. $ mingw32-make $ mingw32-make install It's necessary to change a library name because the game looks for liballeg, not liballeg44. Then: $ cd /ucrt64/lib $ ln -s liballeg44.dll.a liballeg.dll.a $ cd Download Head over Heels source code using this link: https://hoh.helmantika.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/headoverheels-1.0.2-mingw64.tar.bz2 Put it into your MSYS home folder. This version is not public. As I said above, it's a patched version I had to create in order to work with MSYS2 (64-bit MinGW tool-chain). Compile the game: $ tar jxvf headoverheels-1.0.2.tar.bz2 $ cd headoverheels-1.0.2/ $ ./configure $ mingw32-make $ mingw32-make install Run the game: $ headoverheels *Jesus Christ is Lord* *Not a swear word*

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[dougmencken]

Thanks. Here's what's changed in headoverheels-1.0.2-mingw64.tar.bz2

diff --git a/src/Ism.cpp b/src/Ism.cpp
--- a/src/Ism.cpp
+++ b/src/Ism.cpp
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ std::string homePath()
 
       if(!file_exists(HomePath.c_str(), FA_DIREC, 0))
       {
-         mkdir(HomePath.c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH);
-         mkdir((HomePath + "savegame/").c_str(), S_IRWXU | S_IRGRP | S_IXGRP | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH);
+         mkdir(HomePath.c_str());
+         mkdir((HomePath + "savegame/").c_str());
          copyFile(sharePath() + "configuration.xsd", HomePath + "configuration.xsd");
          copyFile(sharePath() + "configuration.xml", HomePath + "configuration.xml");
          copyFile(sharePath() + "savegame/savegame.xsd", HomePath + "savegame/savegame.xsd");
diff --git a/src/SoundManager.cpp b/src/SoundManager.cpp
--- a/src/SoundManager.cpp
+++ b/src/SoundManager.cpp
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ SoundManager::SoundManager()
    install_timer();
 
    int soundSystems[] = { DIGI_AUTODETECT,
-                          DIGI_ALSA,
-                          DIGI_OSS,
-                          DIGI_ESD,
-                          DIGI_ARTS,
-                          DIGI_JACK,
                           DIGI_NONE };
    int result{-1};
    int index{};
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -5,18 +5,9 @@
 #include "GuiManager.hpp"
 
 int main()
-{
-#ifdef __WIN32
-  timeBeginPeriod(1);
-#endif
-  
+{ 
   srand(time(0));
   gui::GuiManager::getInstance()->start();
-
-#ifdef __WIN32
-  timeEndPeriod(1);
-#endif
-
   return 0;
 }
 END_OF_MAIN()
diff --git a/Read Me mingw64 version b/Read Me mingw64 version
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Read Me mingw64 version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+It's a patched version I had to create in order to work with MSYS2 (64-bit MinGW tool-chain) ~Jorge
\ No newline at end of file

As soon as I'll possess a Windows machine, I will try to build again

[dougmencken]

guess what it is

[dougmencken]

$ /games/bin/headoverheels.exe
SharePath is "/games/share/headoverheels/"
Head over Heels
the free and open source remake (in C++)
version 1.4dev

whereIsGame is "/games/bin/headoverheels"
FullPathToGame is "/games/bin/headoverheels"
readPreferences( /games/share/headoverheels/preferences.xml )
can’t read game’s preferences from "/games/share/headoverheels/preferences.xml"
can’t read the list of sounds from "sounds.xml"
using language "en_US"
parsing "/games/share/headoverheels/text/en_US.xml"
looping Ogg C:\msys64\games\share\headoverheels\music\MainTheme.ogg
making new screen for action " N3gui14CreateMainMenuE "
refreshing the background for user interface slides
file "/games/share/headoverheels/letters.utf8" lists 336 letters
reading the credits from "/games/share/headoverheels/text/credits.xml"
can't read XML file "/games/share/headoverheels/text/credits.xml"
playing Ogg C:\msys64\games\share\headoverheels\music\HeadOverHeels.ogg
making new screen for action " N3gui19CreatePlanetsScreenE "
GameMap::beginNewGame( "blacktooth1head.xml", "blacktooth23heels.xml" )
can’t load file "/games/share/headoverheels/map/map.xml" with the map of the game
room "blacktooth1head.xml" doesn’t exist
room "blacktooth23heels.xml" doesn’t exist
play new game
playing Ogg C:\msys64\games\share\headoverheels\music\begin.ogg
^C

[dougmencken]

How I built it for Windows®

I installed Msys64

I used allegro 5 that comes with MSys (without compiling Allegro manually)

Then I changed in /ucrt64/include/allegro5/platform/almngw32.h
include <direct.h> to <unistd.h>

After several attempts, the configure line became

CPPFLAGS="-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600" ./configure --prefix=/games --with-allegro5 --with-libpng-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-ogg-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-tinyxml2-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-allegro-prefix=/ucrt64

where _XOPEN_SOURCE=600 ( see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5378778/what-does-d-xopen-source-do-mean ) fixes
implicit declaration of function '_spawnv'; did you mean 'spawnv'?
which comes from libtool

[dougmencken]

my history o’ pacman

$ history | grep pacman
    6  pacman -S --needed base-devel msys2-devel
   10  pacman -S git
   11  pacman -S binutils make cmake autoconf automake libtool
   12  pacman -S gdb
   17  pacman -Ss pkg-config
   18  pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-pkg-config
   21  pacman -S allegro
   22  pacman -Ss allegro
   23  pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-allegro
   26  pacman -Ss tinyxml
   27  pacman -Ss tinyxml2
   28  pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-tinyxml2
   30  pacman -Ss zlib-dev
   31  pacman -S zlib-devel
   33  pacman -Ss libpng-dev
   42  pacman -S libpng
   43  pacman -Ss libpng
  136  pacman -Q
  161  pacman -Ss allegro
  376  history | grep pacman

[hendrikbez]

You got it to work. Great, did you write down how you did it, if so can you send it for me. *Jesus Christ is Lord* *Not a swear word*

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On Sun, 28 Apr 2024 at 22:07, Douglas Mencken ***@***.***> wrote: $ /games/bin/headoverheels.exe SharePath is "/games/share/headoverheels/" Head over Heels the free and open source remake (in C++) version 1.4dev whereIsGame is "/games/bin/headoverheels" FullPathToGame is "/games/bin/headoverheels" readPreferences( /games/share/headoverheels/preferences.xml ) can’t read game’s preferences from "/games/share/headoverheels/preferences.xml" can’t read the list of sounds from "sounds.xml" using language "en_US" parsing "/games/share/headoverheels/text/en_US.xml" looping Ogg C:\msys64\games\share\headoverheels\music\MainTheme.ogg making new screen for action " N3gui14CreateMainMenuE " refreshing the background for user interface slides file "/games/share/headoverheels/letters.utf8" lists 336 letters reading the credits from "/games/share/headoverheels/text/credits.xml" can't read XML file "/games/share/headoverheels/text/credits.xml" playing Ogg C:\msys64\games\share\headoverheels\music\HeadOverHeels.ogg making new screen for action " N3gui19CreatePlanetsScreenE " GameMap::beginNewGame( "blacktooth1head.xml", "blacktooth23heels.xml" ) can’t load file "/games/share/headoverheels/map/map.xml" with the map of the game room "blacktooth1head.xml" doesn’t exist room "blacktooth23heels.xml" doesn’t exist play new game playing Ogg C:\msys64\games\share\headoverheels\music\begin.ogg ^C — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#62 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AL2YHOXOFVYO2KQJ2XBTZILY7VJHFAVCNFSM6AAAAABDMCSVROVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43SRDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHM4TENJVGQ3TG> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[dougmencken]

I would not say “I got it to work” but it compiles on Windows®, it launches, it draws the menus, it plays music...

But not everything works. The saddest is that playing the game itself doesn’t work. At least because it can’t find the map and the room files

can’t load file "/games/share/headoverheels/map/map.xml" with the map of the game
room "blacktooth1head.xml" doesn’t exist
room "blacktooth23heels.xml" doesn’t exist

I think it’s maybe due to conversion of paths

And the language strings are not loaded too

[dougmencken]

My patch bf9f6fc solves 99% issues with all these paths, I bet 😉

update
in fact, not more than 66% :|

[dougmencken]

now, I will try with my latest patch 76cc6f7

[hendrikbez]

That is good, If you have time can you show me how you did the windows part *Jesus Christ is Lord* *Not a swear word*

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[dougmencken]

it really works now

from the very fresh MSYS2 install, do

pacman -S git

and clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/dougmencken/HeadOverHeels.git headoverheels-git

then get all the stuff for building

pacman -S --noconfirm --needed base-devel msys2-devel
pacman -S --noconfirm binutils make cmake autoconf automake libtool
pacman -S --noconfirm gdb
## pacman -Ss pkg-config
pacman -S --noconfirm mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-pkg-config
## pacman -Ss allegro
pacman -S --noconfirm mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-allegro
## pacman -Ss tinyxml2
pacman -S --noconfirm mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-tinyxml2
pacman -S --noconfirm zlib-devel # is needed before 5ff6ff5a

change the Windows-specific direct.h to the POSIX-specific unistd.h inside the allegro headers

sed -i 's;direct\.h;unistd.h;' /ucrt64/include/allegro5/platform/almngw32.h

and optionally check that it’s done

cat /ucrt64/include/allegro5/platform/almngw32.h | grep unistd\.h

autoreconf creates the configure script from configure.ac and Makefile.in from Makefile.am

autoreconf -i -f

the following fixes
implicit declaration of function '_spawnv'; did you mean 'spawnv'?`
which comes from libtool

sed -i 's/_spawnv/spawnv/' ./libtool
sed -i 's/_spawnv/spawnv/' ./ltmain.sh

export CPPFLAGS="-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600" ; echo $CPPFLAGS

and then the configure script produces Makefile from Makefile.in

./configure --prefix=/hoh \
     --with-allegro5 --with-allegro-prefix=/ucrt64 \
	 --with-libpng-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-ogg-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-tinyxml2-prefix=/ucrt64

now you can make it

make && make install

and run

/hoh/bin/headoverheels.exe

[dougmencken]

the program you invoke there to install software is pacman, the package manager from Arch Linux, it is like apt on Debian/Ubuntu

[hendrikbez]

Is this one line code to enter or two lines

sed -i 's;direct.h;unistd.h;' /ucrt64/include/allegro5/platform/almngw32.h
cat /ucrt64/include/allegro5/platform/almngw32.h | grep unistd.h

When I did extrack all files, I did went to C:\msys64\home\User-Pc\HeadOverHeels-master\HeadOverHeels-master
and run autoreconf -i -f, but it sauaid it can not find m4

User-Pc@Odiez UCRT64 ~/HeadOverHeels-master/HeadOverHeels-master
$ autoreconf -i -f
aclocal-1.16: warning: couldn't open directory 'm4': No such file or directory

[hendrikbez]

Yes I figure out that I must also add Pacman as part of input. Did think it was you computer folder

[dougmencken]

it’s okay that autoreconf doesn’t find the m4 directory, and then just makes it very easily 😏

it you wish to avoid that warning, mkdir m4 before autoreconf will do the job

in my scripts I’m dealing with it too

[hendrikbez]

O found it, ask for dll files, will search for them and add them *Jesus Christ is Lord* *Not a swear word*

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[hendrikbez]

Sorry did see that, but I still cannot run it to start the game.

[dougmencken]

could you please try my package?
https://github.com/dougmencken/HeadOverHeels/releases/download/v1.4dev-3ffeabbe/Foot.and.Mouth.v1.4dev-3ffeabbe.zip

just unpack it anywhere you want, go inside hoh/bin and double-click on headoverheels.exe

[dougmencken]

Aha, just as I thought, you’ve got a MinGW toolchain 😏

Because you’re using the Jorge’s recipe he gave you for his version headoverheels-1.0.2-mingw64.tar.bz2 for the sources from this project

MinGW symptoms (can be tested in configure.ac)

• __CYGWIN__ isn’t defined and no cygwin_conv_path function is provided
• mkdir (_mkdir?) function accepts only the first parameter and is defined in the Windows-specific header direct.h

[hendrikbez]

I did follow Jorge info, but this morning I am following what you show in your message above, now I am getting
User-Pc@Odiez UCRT64 ~/HeadOverHeels-master/HeadOverHeels-master
$ make && make install
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

This is my way I am doing it, is this correct

Download MSYS2 installer from https://www.msys2.org/
Dowmload Head over Heels zip from https://github.com/dougmencken/HeadOverHeels

A. Install MSYS2 accepting the default options.

Run this inputs

pacman -S --noconfirm git

pacman -S --noconfirm --needed base-devel msys2-devel
pacman -S --noconfirm binutils make cmake autoconf automake libtool
pacman -S --noconfirm ccache
pacman -S --noconfirm gdb
pacman -S --noconfirm mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-pkg-config
pacman -S --noconfirm mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-allegro
pacman -S --noconfirm mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-tinyxml2

cd ~/HeadOverHeels-master/HeadOverHeels-master

mkdir m4

autoreconf -i -fCPPFLAGS="-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600" ./configure --prefix=/hoh --with-allegro5 --with-allegro-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-libpng-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-ogg-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-tinyxml2-prefix=/ucrt64

Make this change to line 182 in C:\msys64\home\User-Pc\HeadOverHeels-master\HeadOverHeels-master\source\ospaths.cpp

at top add #include <direct.h>

line 182

if ( ! folderExists( path ) ) {
_mkdir( convertPath( path ).c_str() );
made = folderExists( path );
}

make && make install

/hoh/bin/headoverheels.exe

[dougmencken]

autoreconf -f -i creates the configure script from configure.ac and Makefile† Makefile.in from Makefile.am

† and then the configure script produces Makefile from Makefile.in

[hendrikbez]

I have run autoreconf -i -f ***@***.*** UCRT64 ~/HeadOverHeels-master/HeadOverHeels-master $ autoreconf -i -f libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'. libtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh' libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'. libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4' libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4' libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4' libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4' libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4' configure.ac:13: installing './compile' configure.ac:7: installing './missing' source/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp' No errors, but when running CPPFLAGS="-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600" ./configure --prefix=/hoh --with-allegro5 --with-allegro-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-libpng-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-ogg-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-tinyxml2-prefix=/ucrt64 getting error configure: error: zlib headers are absent, with CPPFLAGS=" -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600" but still cannot run make && make install (must I install cmake for it. *Jesus Christ is Lord* *Not a swear word*

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[dougmencken]

ah, sorry, from my pacman’s history I forgot zlib-devel

pacman -S --noconfirm zlib-devel

I updated my “green” post

and no, cmake is not used while building the sources of this game

update~
actually, the zlib dependency can be dropped ( #69 )

[hendrikbez]

Ok, can now run the make && make install, but get many errors ***@***.*** UCRT64 ~/HeadOverHeels-master/HeadOverHeels-master $ make && make install Making all in source make[1]: Entering directory '/home/User-Pc/HeadOverHeels-master/HeadOverHeels-master/source' CXX headoverheels-main.o In file included from main.cpp:15: WrappersAllegro.hpp:56:2: error: #error I need either Allegro 4 or Allegro 5 56 | #error I need either Allegro 4 or Allegro 5 | ^~~~~ WrappersAllegro.hpp:66:45: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘c’ 66 | AllegroColor ( type_of_allegro_color c ) : color( c ) { } | ~ ^~ | ) WrappersAllegro.hpp:68:18: error: expected type-specifier before ‘type_of_allegro_color’ 68 | operator type_of_allegro_color() const { return color ; } | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WrappersAllegro.hpp:92:9: error: ‘type_of_allegro_color’ does not name a type 92 | type_of_allegro_color color ; | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WrappersAllegro.hpp:121:9: error: ‘AllegroBitmap’ does not name a type 121 | AllegroBitmap* ptr () const { return it ; } // instead of just operator AllegroBitmap*() const { return it ; } | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ WrappersAllegro.hpp:127:32: error: ‘AllegroBitmap’ has not been declared 127 | static Pict* newPict ( AllegroBitmap* b ) { return new Pict( b ) ; } | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~

[dougmencken]

just

WrappersAllegro.hpp:56:2: error: #error I need either Allegro 4 or Allegro 5

says it all 😀

it can’t locate allegro 5 without changing that header for POSIX unistd.h

sed -i 's;direct\.h;unistd.h;' /ucrt64/include/allegro5/platform/almngw32.h

because this time there’s no direct.h header

[dougmencken]

@hendrikbez does it work now on your side?

[hendrikbez]

I have got nearly to the end, but get this error (did change it, but it still gives it ./.libs/lt-headoverheels.c: In function 'main': ./.libs/lt-headoverheels.c:319:16: warning: implicit declaration of function '_spawnv'; did you mean 'spawnv'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] 319 | rval = (int) _spawnv (_P_WAIT, lt_argv_zero, (const char * const *) newargz); | ^~~~~~~ | spawnv and you must remember that we must make a dir for m4. I did gt it to make hoh dir, but the bin is empty *Jesus Christ is Lord* *Not a swear word*

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[dougmencken]

doesn’t CPPFLAGS="-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600" before ./configure fix the issue with spawnv ?

you can also try to export it first

export CPPFLAGS="-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600" ;
./configure --prefix=/hoh --with-allegro5 --with-allegro-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-libpng-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-ogg-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-tinyxml2-prefix=/ucrt64

[hendrikbez]

No it did not hold on let me do it again *Jesus Christ is Lord* *Not a swear word*

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[hendrikbez]

Still get this error ./.libs/lt-headoverheels.c: In function 'main': ./.libs/lt-headoverheels.c:319:16: warning: implicit declaration of function '_spawnv'; did you mean 'spawnv'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] 319 | rval = (int) _spawnv (_P_WAIT, lt_argv_zero, (const char * const *) newargz); | ^~~~~~~ | spawnv even when I have run this CPPFLAGS="-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600" ./configure --prefix=/hoh \ --with-allegro5 --with-allegro-prefix=/ucrt64 \ --with-libpng-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-ogg-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-tinyxml2-prefix=/ucrt64 collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status strip: './headoverheels.exe': No such file ***@***.*** UCRT64 ~/headoverheels-git $ /hoh/bin/headoverheels.exe -bash: /hoh/bin/headoverheels.exe: No such file or directory No files in Bin *Jesus Christ is Lord* *Not a swear word*

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[dougmencken]

after configure, do make install

just ./configure alone wouldn’t give you anything but makefiles

[hendrikbez]

This is what I did autoreconf -i -f CPPFLAGS="-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600" ./configure --prefix=/hoh \ --with-allegro5 --with-allegro-prefix=/ucrt64 \ --with-libpng-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-ogg-prefix=/ucrt64 --with-tinyxml2-prefix=/ucrt64 make && make install *Jesus Christ is Lord* *Not a swear word*

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[dougmencken]

and doesn’t all that give you the final binary?

really try to either move it after configure, not before

./configure CPPFLAGS="-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600" --prefix=.......

or to export it

export CPPFLAGS="-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600" 

before doing ./configure

when you export, it persists, and can be read/printed, e.g as

echo $CPPFLAGS

[dougmencken]

@hendrikbez please test the new msys2-build.sh script

[hendrikbez]

@dougmencken Thank you it is working, even the sound is working, for the first time I can hear it. Thank you for your patience with me

[dougmencken]

no problem 😉 and thank you for following my researches

now, having a quite easy way to build for Windows®, I hope more people will come to this project