Anyone compiling successfully on windows?

I use the msys environment for some stuff, but it doent have ncurses libraries installed.

installing ncurses in msys is not trivial afaik, at least the standard linux install doesnt work

Thanks,

Michael

I used to compile on Windows. Kinda... Sorta... I was using coLinux running Debian + X + Windows VNC client (when I wanted KDE). With coLinux Debian starts just like regular Windows application.

You can download it here. Their Wiki contains a lot of information on tuning and configuring.

I highly recommend it --- I had no problems whatsoever running it under Windows and it was very fast (almost native speed).

(Last edited by uhop on 5 Jul 2005, 06:38)

have you tried cygwin.com? it works pretty well. (not tested for openwrt) but will try.

Thanks for the replies

Cygwin could work if I had the patience to set up ncurses, and what ever other dependencies that a stripped down linux box has. Also the tool chain is dedicated Cygwin, not standard linux. The binaries from standard linux dont work.

Finally Cygwin has been pretty much replaced by a friendlier version called msys which lets you make true windows programs out of linux code. It is a bit bizare, but it works.

I will look at the debian solution. I have had good success with debian in the past.

thanks,

Michael