Doesn't build or run under Windows

[mindplay-dk]

I attempted nimrod c aporia after fetching the current master/head, and it does not build - lots of warnings, then an error message.

C:\workspace\test\aporia>nimrod c aporia c:\nimrod\config\nimrod.cfg(36, 11) Hint: added path: 'C:\Users\Rasmus Schultz\.babel\libs\' [Path] Hint: used config file 'C:\nimrod\config\nimrod.cfg' [Conf] Hint: used config file 'c:\workspace\test\aporia\aporia.nimrod.cfg' [Conf] Hint: system [Processing] Hint: aporia [Processing] Hint: glib2 [Processing] Hint: gtk2 [Processing] Hint: atk [Processing] Hint: pango [Processing] Hint: gdk2pixbuf [Processing] Hint: gdk2 [Processing] Hint: gtksourceview [Processing] Hint: dialogs [Processing] Hint: windows [Processing] Hint: shellapi [Processing] Hint: os [Processing] Hint: strutils [Processing] Hint: parseutils [Processing] Hint: times [Processing] Hint: winlean [Processing] Hint: osproc [Processing] Hint: strtabs [Processing] Hint: hashes [Processing] Hint: streams [Processing] Hint: pegs [Processing] Hint: unicode [Processing] Hint: parseopt [Processing] Hint: asyncio [Processing] Hint: sockets [Processing] Hint: encodings [Processing] Hint: tables [Processing] Hint: math [Processing] Hint: algorithm [Processing] Hint: settings [Processing] Hint: utils [Processing] Hint: aboutdialog [Processing] Hint: customstatusbar [Processing] customstatusbar.nim(92, 11) Hint: 'tid' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed] utils.nim(553, 11) Info: instantiation from here c:\nimrod\lib\pure\pegs.nim(873, 14) Warning: injected 'matches' might be affected by new scoping rules in 0.9.4 [User] Hint: cfg [Processing] Hint: parsecfg [Processing] Hint: lexbase [Processing] Hint: search [Processing] Hint: re [Processing] Hint: pcre [Processing] search.nim(60, 14) Hint: 'brackets' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed] search.nim(120, 13) Hint: 'matches' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed] Hint: suggest [Processing] Hint: processes [Processing] processes.nim(145, 14) Info: instantiation from here c:\nimrod\lib\pure\pegs.nim(873, 14) Warning: injected 'matches' might be affected by new scoping rules in 0.9.4 [User] processes.nim(162, 19) Info: instantiation from here c:\nimrod\lib\pure\pegs.nim(873, 14) Warning: injected 'matches' might be affected by new scoping rules in 0.9.4 [User] processes.nim(339, 12) Info: instantiation from here c:\nimrod\lib\pure\streams.nim(42, 41) Warning: thread analysis incomplete due to unknown call 's.closeImpl(s)' [AnalysisLoophole] processes.nim(343, 12) Warning: thread analysis incomplete due to unknown call 'close(p)' [AnalysisLoophole] processes.nim(349, 17) Info: instantiation from here c:\nimrod\lib\pure\streams.nim(51, 23) Warning: thread analysis incomplete due to unknown call 's.atEndImpl(s)' [AnalysisLoophole] processes.nim(352, 21) Info: instantiation from here c:\nimrod\lib\pure\streams.nim(185, 21) Info: instantiation from here c:\nimrod\lib\pure\streams.nim(123, 14) Info: instantiation from here c:\nimrod\lib\pure\streams.nim(76, 26) Warning: thread analysis incomplete due to unknown call 's.readDataImpl(s, buffer, bufLen)' [AnalysisLoophole] Hint: rst [Processing] Hint: rstast [Processing] c:\nimrod\lib\packages\docutils\rst.nim(853, 20) Hint: 'dkAuthor' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed] c:\nimrod\lib\packages\docutils\rst.nim(1362, 6) Hint: 'rst.$(t: TToken): string' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed] c:\nimrod\lib\packages\docutils\rst.nim(853, 31) Hint: 'dkAuthors' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed] suggest.nim(66, 12) Warning: get_size is deprecated, get_width should be used [User] suggest.nim(277, 13) Hint: 'f' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed] suggest.nim(412, 12) Hint: 'lang' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed] aporia.nim(699, 13) Error: undeclared field: 'set_upper'

I then fetched the last tagged release 0.1.1.0, and while this did built, it does not run - when attempting to run from the shell, it silently exits without any message; when launched under a console, it outputs the following error message:

C:\workspace\test\aporia>aporia.exe could not load: libgtksourceview-2.0-0.dll

As directed in the README, I did install the GTK runtimes, and made sure it's in my path.

I'm running Nimrod version 0.9.2 (2013-05-20).

Curious to see what the IDE looks like - since there are a lot of environmental dependencies, pre-built Windows binaries might be a good idea, as (sadly) you will seldomly find two Windows environments with the exact same configuration...

[fowlmouth]

• You will most certainly want to use the latest Nimrod from the devel branch
• gtksourceview is a separate library from GTK, there is a link to prebuilt binary for windows here: https://github.com/nimrod-code/Aporia#gtksourceview
• Please try babel install aporia#head if aporia still fails on 0.9.3 (nimrod working version)

[AllNamesRTaken]

Denvercoder...
I have also tried many times to get Aporia running on my windows 8 machine. I have tried both compiling and babel. With babel the installation works fine but I get the following error when starting aporia.

could not load: libglib-2.0-0.dll

But I do have that library and have tried copying it into the apoia directory as well as adding its location to path.

Im running the nimrod trunk:
Nimrod Compiler Version 0.9.5 (2014-08-19) [Windows: amd64]

Its really a hurdle to get people interested in Nimrod when the IDE doesnt run.

[dom96]

@AllNamesRTaken Try this link: http://nimrod-lang.org/download/aporia-0.2.0.zip

[jeremyflores]

I'm seeing this glib issue too on OSX--I checked, and libglib-2.0.dylib should be accessible in my $PATH. Is there a download available for that platform?

[dom96]

Unfortunately not, sorry.

[EnoughTea]

Clarification for those still struggling with this issue: only sane option is to build Aporia with x86 version of 'nim.exe'.

When built by x64 'nim.exe', Aporia requires x64 GTK runtime. GTK runtime versions for Windows, both "GtkSharp" and "GTK+ for Windows", are x86 only, at least for now. So even if you add their libraries to $PATH, they won't be linked.

Good news is, there is a x64 fork for GTK+ (https://github.com/tschoonj/GTK-for-Windows-Runtime-Environment-Installer), albeit experimental, and pcre binaries are available for x64 architecture.

Bad news is, with gtksourceview your only option is to build it yourself against said experimental x64 GTK+ fork. Prebuilt x64 binary for Windows (which is linked in Aporia readme) is broken: there is no actual .dll file in any of the x64 gtksourceview packages.

So abandon all hope ye who enter 64-bit Aporia on Windows.

[skunkiferous]

As of now (29-09-2017), there is a x64 libgtksourceview-2.0-0.dll within https://github.com/tschoonj/GTK-for-Windows-Runtime-Environment-Installer Unfortunately, a x64 built Aporia still says it cannot find it, at least in my system. Could this be reopened then?

[dom96]

Aporia isn't really maintained to be honest. You might be better off just using VS Code.