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[Ari Heljakka <ari.heljakka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Gustavo,

I run into problems at CMake dependency resolution stage. I made 
complete video docs of the whole process so please take a look.

You'll find my problem (strange dependencies, Python, GSL etc.) at the 
end (around 10:00) of

http://www.dreambroker.fi/w/fe4145813

which is a sequel to the less-exciting

http://www.dreambroker.fi/w/654839475

These videos and their forthcoming sequels may be useful to attach to 
the documentation. I'm sure that seeing how these things are done in 
practise will be useful. Also, for many of these libs, there's a large 
number of alternative downloads, and in fact I am not sure that my 
selection was correct either.

(Of course, they'll be OS-specific)

-A

Gustavo Machado Campagnani Gama wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 18:46 +1200, Joel Pitt wrote:
>
> > OpenCog should run on windows. Some people have worked on porting
> > opencog (I forget who)
>
> I'm the one supposed to keep the system building on all platforms and
> distros. But I'm afraid the Windows & MacOS platforms are not
> high-priority tasks right now so don't be surprised if once in a while
> the build breaks. I try to test every large patch I push on Windows
> first, but I'm not sure if the others do the same.
>
> > > I wonder if the Windows project/makefile is being maintained, or was it just
> > > a temporary experiment? (I didn't complete my attempt at it yet because I
> > > was told I have to install n+1 separate libs first.)
>
> Unfortunately we can't avoid manually installing and configuring the
> dependencies, as -- to the best of my knowledge -- the windows platform
> doesn't provide any mechanisms to handle this. But, as Joel pointed out,
> the README.win32 file provides instructions and links to assist you with
> this.
>
> I was thinking about creating a convenience ZIP file with the libraries
> and headers of the required opencog dependencies (Expat & co, CSockets,
> OpenSSL, CxxTest, Boost, PThreads-win32 and STLPort), but I was afraid
> that there might be some legal implications.
>
> Does anyone know what are the rules concerning the distribution of
> binaries for the most popular OSS licenses (assuming the source code
> hasn't been modified)?
>
> --
> Gustavo


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