Compiling issue under Win8.1

[alitan]

It seems like it is not working for me under Windows 8.1
I downloaded ofMinGW and git cloned OpenFrameworks.
I run the .bat file for proper env settings. Than i go to "openFrameworks / libs / OpenFrameworksCompiled / Project /" and run make to compile.

I get this error >>

HOST_OS=MINGW32_NT-6.2
HOST_ARCH=i686
checking pkg-config libraries: zlib openssl glew
/bin/sh: /mingw32/bin/pkg-config: No such file or directory
makefileCommon/config.shared.mk:276: *** couldn't find some pkg-config packages,
did you run the latest install_dependencies.sh?. Stop.

It seems like some stuff missing.

[bakercp]

Which version of openFrameworks are you trying to compile? This is untested with 0.9.0, but last tested with 0.8.4 ...

[alitan]

Yes, i was trying to compile 0.9.0.
i just downloaded 0.8.4 (stable branch) but with that one there is no make file for win_cb.
So when i try to compile i got this >>
makefileCommon/config.shared.mk:81: *** This makefile does not support your operating system. Stop.

[bakercp]

Hm. I'm not sure ... we are using it with ofSketch on windows ... and I can't recall if we added a custom make file for that. Perhaps you could download the latest windows release of ofSketch and try the distro of ofMinGw that is included in that download? Alternatively I believe there has been some work to get MSYS2 working with 0.9.0 on windows -- but I haven't tested it yet. Might be good to ask if there is a setup guide on the openFrameworks forum.

[alitan]

Thank you very much Chris. I will give ofSketch a try.