get Windows build working again

[wetmink]

I haven't been able to build Redhand using Windows.

I have downloaded MSys2 as suggested and I ran the script build.sh. As you can see in the output I included below, it fails to run the commands pip, meson, and ninja, after successfully downloading and installing most of what it needs.

Here is my output when I try to build:
output1.txt

• OS: Windows 10 Home
• Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363
• MSys2 runtime version 3.1.7-2

[noah1510]

could you install pip, meson, and ninja using choco or any other method that installs it on the system and try running the script again?

[noah1510]

As soon as meson is fully configured only a c++ compiler, meson, ninja and pip are needed as dependencies as the rest should be downloaded and compiled if they are not installed.
At the moment this is not the case for vips and glm (although glm will be added very soon).

[wetmink]

Thanks. I seem to be having a problem getting pkg-config to work on Windows. Any help would be appreciated. My output is attached.

output2.txt

[wetmink]

I got pkg-config configured correctly, but I'm having other problems building. I'll work on it more tomorrow.

[noah1510]

you can use choco to install pkg-configlite.

[noah1510]

glm is now part of the meson subprojects so it is no longer needed.

[wetmink]

The problem that I now get while running the build script is:

Run-time dependency gl found: NO (tried pkgconfig and system)

meson.build:15:0: ERROR: Dependency "gl" not found, tried pkgconfig and system

Do I need to download OpenGL libraries for my system, or...?

Thanks!

[wetmink]

I tried installing glm packages for mingw, but I still get the same error.

[noah1510]

Usually the opengl system libraries get installed together with the driver.
Try executing pacboy -S --noconfirm mesa:x in mingw and see if installing mesa satisfies the opengl dependency.

Installing glm is no longer needed since meson downloads if it is not installed on the system.

[wetmink]

I installed mesa using pacboy as you suggested, but the build still gives the same result.