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Where does Msys put user specific data? #30
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What is your current |
I am having the same problem with a pretty fresh install of minGHC 7.8.4. I tried removing all |
I haven't got to the bottom of the problem running Don't know if my problem is the same as the one that @deech was having but if you're still struggling this might let you get on for now? |
The Msys we ship with MinGHC wasn't really intended for running directly, only to provide support tools for |
That will fix the problem with launching the .bat file, though after posting my last comment I ran into another problem which seemed to be space-related, so I ended up uninstalling MinGHC and reinstalling it into C:\ (not Program Files), and that made most of the problems go away. I'm still having some issues -- somehow, somewhere in the LibClang or LLVM build (that's what I'm trying to build at the moment) it's prepending an msys-y path to make to give something like I know it's a bit dramatic and not-windowsy, but would you be averse to setting the default path for MinGHC to |
The general issue is finding somewhere the user has permissions to write to. I think these might also only be issues if you want to use MSYS as a real MSYS, not just for |
Yeah, I hadn't run into any of these issues just running the switcher and then running cabal in a llvm and clang on their own are notoriously awkward to build in MinGW, so that coupled with the fact that they're being triggered from within For now, at least, It Works On My Computer with MinGHC in |
FWIW I've never run into any such problems, but I've always had the On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 5:45 AM, Daniel P. Wright notifications@github.com
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I've raised the possibility of installing to the user's directory instead of "Program Files" in #43, which I believe would address this issue. |
We now advise people use Stack instead, MinGHC is no longer supported. I think |
I was messing with the PATH setting and now my Msys won't launch saying:
Windows cannot find file:'C:\Program'
. I'd like to delete my .bashrc or whatever is causing that start over.I even tried un-installing via
uninstall.exe
Any help is appreciated.
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