GSoC - Windows Support - Revision history

Hzwakenberg at 09:27, 28 October 2024

2024-10-28T09:27:32Z

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	== Liberty Eiffel meets Windows ==		== Liberty Eiffel meets Windows ==
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		+	=== New small footprint installation method using Tiny-C ===
		+	Since October 2024, an installation script exists that loosely mimics the 'install.sh' script that is used on Linux based machines. The installation process is documented on a separate page: [[Installing on Windows using the Tiny-C compiler]]
		+	This Windows cmd-script only assumes that you have a Tiny-C compiler installed - no need to download and run external installation packages.
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		+	=== 2016 GSOC effort: ===

	* [https://github.com/petr00/Liberty-Eiffel-Windows Link to repository]		* [https://github.com/petr00/Liberty-Eiffel-Windows Link to repository]

Hzwakenberg: Windows installer on Google Drive no longer available.

2021-12-21T13:48:13Z

Windows installer on Google Drive no longer available.

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	== Liberty Eiffel meets Windows ==		== Liberty Eiffel meets Windows ==

−	* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzWWQWj9idKcNTFrTnFfRmQ1LXM/edit Link to Installer application]
	* [https://github.com/petr00/Liberty-Eiffel-Windows Link to repository]		* [https://github.com/petr00/Liberty-Eiffel-Windows Link to repository]

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	== '''Progress''' ==		== '''Progress''' ==

Hzwakenberg: /* General */

2016-09-30T09:58:33Z

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−	The "T stages" refers to compiling ~~smarteiffel~~'s base code (currently 136 C-files created by the Liberty Eiffel compiler) and create a binary from these, and with that binary the same	+	The "T stages" refers to compiling Liberty Eiffel's base code (currently 136 C-files created by the Liberty Eiffel compiler) and create a binary from these, and with that binary the same
	136 C-files (that represent the core of smarteiffel) get compiled again, and so on for three times. After three such processes, if the resulting applications are binary indentical to the previous compile, the installer proceeds further to the [[http://wiki.liberty-eiffel.org/index.php/GSoC_-_Windows_Support#Progress tools compilation]].		136 C-files (that represent the core of smarteiffel) get compiled again, and so on for three times. After three such processes, if the resulting applications are binary indentical to the previous compile, the installer proceeds further to the [[http://wiki.liberty-eiffel.org/index.php/GSoC_-_Windows_Support#Progress tools compilation]].

Hzwakenberg: /* General */

2016-09-30T09:57:36Z

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−	The "T stages" refers to compiling smarteiffel's base code (currently 136 .c files created by the Liberty Eiffel compiler) and create a binary from ~~those~~, and ~~from~~ that binary the same	+	The "T stages" refers to compiling smarteiffel's base code (currently 136 C-files created by the Liberty Eiffel compiler) and create a binary from these, and with that binary the same
−	136 .c files (that represent the core of smarteiffel), and so on for three times. After three such processes, if the resulting applications are binary indentical the installer proceeds further to the [[http://wiki.liberty-eiffel.org/index.php/GSoC_-_Windows_Support#Progress tools compilation]].	+	136 C-files (that represent the core of smarteiffel) get compiled again, and so on for three times. After three such processes, if the resulting applications are binary indentical to the previous compile, the installer proceeds further to the [[http://wiki.liberty-eiffel.org/index.php/GSoC_-_Windows_Support#Progress tools compilation]].

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Hzwakenberg: /* General */

2016-09-30T09:54:13Z

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−	The "T stages" refers to compiling smarteiffel's base code (136 .c files) and create a binary from those, and from that binary the same	+	The "T stages" refers to compiling smarteiffel's base code (currently 136 .c files created by the Liberty Eiffel compiler) and create a binary from those, and from that binary the same
	136 .c files (that represent the core of smarteiffel), and so on for three times. After three such processes, if the resulting applications are binary indentical the installer proceeds further to the [[http://wiki.liberty-eiffel.org/index.php/GSoC_-_Windows_Support#Progress tools compilation]].		136 .c files (that represent the core of smarteiffel), and so on for three times. After three such processes, if the resulting applications are binary indentical the installer proceeds further to the [[http://wiki.liberty-eiffel.org/index.php/GSoC_-_Windows_Support#Progress tools compilation]].

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	The NSIS installer does just as mentioned [[http://wiki.liberty-eiffel.org/index.php/GSoC_-_Windows_Support#Progress above]] and has incorporated an uninstaller that uninstalls exactly what the installer created.		The NSIS installer does just as mentioned [[http://wiki.liberty-eiffel.org/index.php/GSoC_-_Windows_Support#Progress above]] and has incorporated an uninstaller that uninstalls exactly what the installer created.
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	== '''Repository structure''' ==		== '''Repository structure''' ==

Petru at 08:03, 23 August 2016

2016-08-23T08:03:28Z

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	I've created a working installer application that replicates all the facilities, but one, that Liberty Eiffel offers in POSIX systems,		I've created a working installer application that replicates all the facilities, but one, that Liberty Eiffel offers in POSIX systems,
−	in Windows Environment. The only facility that I didn't reproduce, '''net cluster''' caused the eiffeltest_server tool to be inoperable.	+	in Windows Environment. The only facility that I didn't reproduce, '''net cluster''', caused the eiffeltest_server tool to be inoperable.

Petru at 08:02, 23 August 2016

2016-08-23T08:02:55Z

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	I've created a working installer application that replicates all the facilities, but one, that Liberty Eiffel offers in POSIX systems,		I've created a working installer application that replicates all the facilities, but one, that Liberty Eiffel offers in POSIX systems,
−	in Windows Environment. The only facility that I didn't reproduce caused the eiffeltest_server tool to be inoperable.	+	in Windows Environment. The only facility that I didn't reproduce, '''net cluster''' caused the eiffeltest_server tool to be inoperable.
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−	This issue comes from the fact that I was not able to port the functions from '''net''' plugin.

Petru at 07:53, 23 August 2016

2016-08-23T07:53:57Z

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	I've created a working installer application that replicates all the facilities, but one, that Liberty Eiffel offers in POSIX systems,		I've created a working installer application that replicates all the facilities, but one, that Liberty Eiffel offers in POSIX systems,
−	in Windows Environment. The only facility that I didn't reproduce caused the ~~following~~ ~~tools : eiffeltest_server~~ ~~and~~ ~~wrappers_generator,~~	+	in Windows Environment. The only facility that I didn't reproduce caused the eiffeltest_server tool to be inoperable.
−	to be unoperable.
	This issue comes from the fact that I was not able to port the functions from '''net''' plugin.		This issue comes from the fact that I was not able to port the functions from '''net''' plugin.

Petru at 07:29, 23 August 2016

2016-08-23T07:29:21Z

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	* [https://github.com/petr00/Liberty-Eiffel-Windows/blob/master/nsis-installer/liberty/install.bat\set_path.cmd set_path.cmd], simple utility used to create the Liberty Eiffel configuration file, called by installer.nsi .		* [https://github.com/petr00/Liberty-Eiffel-Windows/blob/master/nsis-installer/liberty/install.bat\set_path.cmd set_path.cmd], simple utility used to create the Liberty Eiffel configuration file, called by installer.nsi .

−	* [https://github.com/petr00/Liberty-Eiffel-Windows/tree/master/nsis-installer installer.nsi], a nicely wrapped NSIS installer + uninstaller, that follows the best practices : required executionlevel, write/delete registers, function to create/delete environment variable for the binaries created from the compiled Liberty Eiffel tools, has a function that reads the product version of the Liberty Eiffel install application and downloads from it's official website documentation regarding that patch( at the moment the site's structure does not allow that, but the function will be used in the near future, the installers now is only downloading from a plain link), an option for downloading mingw-w64, custom images etc.	+	* [https://github.com/petr00/Liberty-Eiffel-Windows/tree/master/nsis-installer/installer.nsi installer.nsi], a nicely wrapped NSIS installer + uninstaller, that follows the best practices : required executionlevel, write/delete registers, function to create/delete environment variable for the binaries created from the compiled Liberty Eiffel tools, has a function that reads the product version of the Liberty Eiffel install application and downloads from it's official website documentation regarding that patch( at the moment the site's structure does not allow that, but the function will be used in the near future, the installers now is only downloading from a plain link), an option for downloading mingw-w64, custom images etc.


−	* A part of liberty/se_make.bat([https://github.com/LibertyEiffel/Liberty/blob/master/work/se_make.sh ~~inspired from~~ /work/se_make.sh]), no longer needed for this patch, therefore I did not completed all of it.	+	* A part of liberty/[https://github.com/petr00/Liberty-Eiffel-Windows/blob/master/nsis-installer/liberty/se_make.bat se_make.bat](inspired from [https://github.com/LibertyEiffel/Liberty/blob/master/work/se_make.sh /work/se_make.sh]), no longer needed for this patch, therefore I did not completed all of it.

Petru at 07:25, 23 August 2016

2016-08-23T07:25:56Z

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−	The NSIS installer does just as mentioned ~~above in the~~ [[http://wiki.liberty-eiffel.org/index.php/GSoC_-_Windows_Support#Progress ~~Progress section~~]] and has incorporated an uninstaller that uninstalls exactly what the installer created.	+	The NSIS installer does just as mentioned [[http://wiki.liberty-eiffel.org/index.php/GSoC_-_Windows_Support#Progress above]] and has incorporated an uninstaller that uninstalls exactly what the installer created.