getting node to work in cygwin
node.js, windows
Solution
It appears that ./configure grabs the OS type and tries to pull in Windows SDK utilities. You can get further if you force the OS type to linux:
./configure --dest-os linux
Unfortunately this gets you part of the way there. `make` starts to work, but fails because cygwin doesn't have a thread barrier implementation:
g++ [...] ../deps/debugger-agent/src/agent.cc
In file included from ../deps/uv/include/uv.h:61:0,
from ../deps/debugger-agent/include/debugger-agent.h:25,
from ../deps/debugger-agent/src/agent.cc:23:
../deps/uv/include/uv-unix.h:152:9: error: "pthread_barrier_t" does not name a type
sniff :(
Problem
I am trying to get node to work in cygwin and I am struggling... Path where cygwin is installed `C:\cygwin64` Path where node is stored (windows install version)`C:\Program Files\nodejs` CYGWIN ``` $ node --version v0.10.28 $ npm --version /cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: line 2: $'\r': command not found /cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: line 4: $'\r': command not found /cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `$'in\r'' 'cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: line 5: `case `uname` in ``` Windows CMD ``` >node --version v0.10.28 >npm --version 1.4.9 ``` I then uninstalled node and I tried to build it in cygwin using the windows method here. But I am having trouble with the `./configure` and `make` parts below. what am i doing wrong? ./configure: ``` $ ./configure ctrpp not found in WinSDK path--using pre-gen files from tools/msvs/genfiles. { 'target_defaults': { 'cflags': [], 'default_configuration': 'Release', 'defines': ['OPENSSL_NO_SSL2=1'], 'include_dirs': [], 'libraries': []}, 'variables': { 'clang': 0, 'gcc_version': 48, 'host_arch': 'x64', 'node_install_npm': 'true', 'node_prefix': '', 'node_shared_cares': 'false', 'node_shared_http_parser': 'false', 'node_shared_libuv': 'false', 'node_shared_openssl': 'false', 'node_shared_v8': 'false', 'node_shared_zlib': 'false', 'node_tag': '', 'node_use_dtrace': 'false', 'node_use_etw': 'true', 'node_use_mdb': 'false', 'node_use_openssl': 'true', 'node_use_perfctr': 'true', 'python': '/usr/bin/python', 'target_arch': 'x64', 'uv_library': 'static_library', 'v8_enable_gdbjit': 0, 'v8_enable_i18n_support': 0, 'v8_no_strict_aliasing': 1, 'v8_optimized_debug': 0, 'v8_random_seed': 0, 'v8_use_snapshot': 'true'}} creating ./config.gypi creating ./config.mk cygwin warning: MS-DOS style path detected: C:\Users\User Name/.gyp Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/c/Users/User Name/.gyp CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning. Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames ``` make: ``` $ make /usr/bin/python tools/gyp_node.py -f make make -C out BUILDTYPE=Release V=1 make[1]: Entering directory '/home/User Name/node/out' Makefile:271: *** mixed implicit and normal rules. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/User Name/node/out' Makefile:45: recipe for target 'node' failed make: *** [node] Error 2 ``` NOTE: I have found similar questions here and here but no soltution not for the lack of trying :(