Re: Problem with Cygwin installation: FAQ?

[Brian Gough <bjg at network-theory dot co dot uk>]

Hi,

The Cygwin version of GSL is a third-party package made the GnuWin32
group. I don't know much about it I'm afraid -- I get the same error
as you, and I can't figure it out either.  Sorry I can't offer any
more help than that. I'm cc'ing this message to their mailing list to
see if they can offer any suggestions.

Their distribution does include the similar program "gsl-randist"
which generates random numbers correctly, so it must be possible to
get this to work -- perhaps it just requires some special Windows
compiler option that I'm not familiar with.

regards
Brian Gough



Adam Kleczkowski writes:
 > I am trying to install/compile/run GSL v. 1.0 in the Cygwin environment
 > (most up-to-date version), gcc 2.95.3-5. This has created a series of
 > various problems and I have not been successful so far.
 > 
 > Cygwin is installed in c:\cygwin
 > 
 > GSL libraries, include files etc in c:\cygwin\usr\bin etc, binaries in
 > c:\cygwin\bin
 > 
 > Testing by using example programs from the manual (pages referring to PDF
 > format):
 > 
 > Page 40:        poly.c (finding roots of the polynomial)
 > Page 162:       random.c (testing a random number generator)
 > Page 266:       vanderpol.c (Vanderpol oscilator)
 > 
 > Using the mingw installation.
 > All programs compile well, but:
 > a. poly.c executes with no problem
 > b. random.c and vanderpol.c crash giving the message:
 > 
 >       0 [main] A 86798653 handle_exceptions: Exception:
 > STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
 >    1647 [main] A 86798653 open_stackdumpfile: Dumping stack trace to
 > RANDOM.EXE.stack
 > dump
 > 
 > I compile using simply
 > gcc -o random.exe -c random.c -lgsl -lm
 > 
 > I attach the programs. Any clues? In fact, I want to use random number
 > generators and ODE solver in my project, and these two have not compiled
 > well...
 > Thanks for a response in advance. If there is a reasonable FAQ that covers
 > the Cygwin installation, I would love to know where to find it. I tried to
 > compile GSL from the source under Cygwin (./configure, make, make install)
 > but run into horrific problems.
 > --
 > Adam Kleczkowski
 > Dept. Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
 > e-mail: adam@kleczkowski.net
 > http://mathbio.com/ (work) http://kleczkowski.net/ (private)