Installing from source fails on Windows 10

[edsilv]

Installing unvendored deps
# github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3
exec: "gcc": executable file not found in %PATH%
FAILED

related? mattn/go-sqlite3#214

[vyzo]

We use cgo for sqlite and rocksdb, so that means you need gcc and g++ -- and yes, that's the same issue for sqlite.

Unfortunately none of us has any windows computers, so we haven't been able to test there. If you can get it to build we'll be happy to add a section in the README for building on windows.

[edsilv]

tried this: mattn/go-sqlite3#214 (comment)

had to manually select the x64 option.

now getting this:

Installing unvendored deps
Installing gorocksdb; this can take a while!
# github.com/cockroachdb/c-jemalloc
..\..\cockroachdb\c-jemalloc\arena.c:1:9: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '/' token
 internal/src/arena.c
         ^
# github.com/cockroachdb/c-lz4
..\..\cockroachdb\c-lz4\lz4.c:1:9: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before '/' token
 internal/lib/lz4.c
         ^
# github.com/cockroachdb/c-snappy
..\..\cockroachdb\c-snappy\snappy-c.cc:1:1: error: 'internal' does not name a type
 internal/snappy-c.cc
 ^~~~~~~~
FAILED

maybe I should just buy a mac :-)

[vyzo]

this looks like it might be some c++ std version support issue? Maybe it needs a more recent g++ or some std specific option.

@yusefnapora can you take a shot at building on a windows vm?

[yusefnapora]

yeah, I'm trying to get my windows vm into shape now. it's possible that we might need to build rocksdb separately on windows and not use the embed tag. I'll try to sort it out :)

[parkan]

hey @edsilv are you using the latest mingw64?

[edsilv]

@parkan think so... downloaded from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/

[vyzo]

README has been upgraded to provide instructions for running with the linux binaries.

Keeping the issue open, as we eventually have to figure out building from source on windows.

[parkan]

@edsilv closing this, let me know if you're still having trouble