CYGWIN installing help(NOOB)

[caliber III]

okay, I have lots of questions about installing CYGWIN:

1.after selecting the internet page to download the stuff(the part where you have to change "devel"
to "install") I don't understand the "wget" part.

-it says "1.10.2-2" and there are two squares, left one already checked, the right one in blank.

-when you click the numerical codes it changes to "1.10.2-1".

-and when you click it again it changes to "skip".

Which I have to use and which square has to be checked?

2.does the "main.c" thing is a file or a directory?

*from here on are questions about making your first program.

3.when making the program, where exactly do you paste it or write the program?

4.and I really don't understand anything about the "makefile"(which progam I should use and all that stuff).


I would really appreciate some help since I always wanted to make my own applications. I don't know, maybe other people have the same questions as I.

[BadBoy_]

maybe you should learn how to program for PC first
it is a lot easier

[cdesseno]

1.after selecting the internet page to download the stuff(the part where you have to change "devel"
to "install") I don't understand the "wget" part.

You have to select 1.10.2-2, it is the version (you have to select the last one).

2.does the "main.c" thing is a file or a directory?

It's a file.

3.when making the program, where exactly do you paste it or write the program?

In the main.c

4.and I really don't understand anything about the "makefile"(which progam I should use and all that stuff).

The makefile it's another file in the same directory you must create (Makefile). To compile it you have to cd to your project dir and type make.

[caliber III]

Hey, now I get it!Thanks!.............oh, umm, where do you hit the karma+ so I can give you?

[Keikura]

It's the applaud and smite links just below where it states your +/- karma.

[caliber III]

Ok, still having problems. when looking for "./toolchain.sh" it says this:


ERROR: Set $PSPDEV before continuing.
../depends/check-pspdev.sh: Failed.


What exactly do I have to do?

[Keikura]

You have to set the environment variable PSPDEV.

Here is an example of how I set mine on my MacBook Pro...

Code:

export PSPSDK=/usr/local/pspdev/psp/sdk
export PSPDEV=/usr/local/pspdev
export PSPPATH=$PSPDEV/bin:$PSPDEV/psp/bin:$PSPSDK/bin
export PORTPATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin
export PATH=$PORTPATH:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:$PSPPATH

[caliber III]

could I get some step-by-step instructions please?

[Keikura]

I can't remember exactly which one works in Cygwin but this seems the most likely...

Code:

set PSPDEV=C:/cygwin/usr/local/pspdev
set PATH=%PATH%;%PSPDEV%/bin

When you run Cygwin it does it via a file called cygwin.bat, use the shortcut to it in the start menu and go to the folder where it is located, by right-clicking and selecting go to location or something to that effect. Edit it cygwin.bat by adding the above lines to it. Before this line...

Code:

bash --login -i

That should be about it, I'm not sure I got my syntax right for the set PATH... but I'm more used to doing this on Mac OS X/Unix and Linux rather than Windows/Cygwin.

[cruisx]

Ok, still having problems. when looking for "./toolchain.sh" it says this:


ERROR: Set $PSPDEV before continuing.
../depends/check-pspdev.sh: Failed.


What exactly do I have to do?

im getting the same error, and i have no idea what to do.