[[TOC]] = msys = * MSYS - '''Minimal SYStem''' - provides Windows ports of a lightweight Unix-like shell environment * Current Version: 1.0.18 * `msys`: http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/release/msys * Initial packaged for GRASS by jef * Maintainer: [wiki:MartinLanda Martin Landa] === Major changes === * 1.0.11-11: added 'zip' package * 1.0.11-12: fix dependencies for 'zip' package * 1.0.18-1: new installation via MinGW installer * 1.0.18-4: added 'unzip' package === Open Tickets === [[TicketQuery(status=new|assigned|reopened&keywords~=msys&order=priority)]] === Closed Tickets === [[TicketQuery(status=closed&keywords~=msys&order=priority)]] == Packaging notes (`msys` and `mingw` package) == === Install MinGW === 1. Download [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/latest/download latest installer]. 2. Choose ''MSYS Base System'' | ''C & C++ Compiler'', ''MSYS Base System'' and ''MinGW Developer Toolkit'' (`mingw` package). 3. Install MinGW (including MSYS) into `C:\MinGW`. 4. Modify `C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\msys.bat` {{{ --- msys.bat 2009-07-11 18:34:35 +0000 +++ apps/msys/msys.bat 2012-02-09 18:03:45 +0000 @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ rem A value similar to C:\msys\1.0\bin is what the "Start in:" field needs rem to represent. +call "%~dp0\..\..\bin\o4w_env.bat" + rem ember value of GOTO: is used to know recursion has happened. if "%1" == "GOTO:" goto %2 }}} 5. Modify `C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\etc\fstab` {{{ --- apps/msys/etc/fstab.sample 2009-07-11 18:34:34 +0000 +++ apps/msys/etc/fstab 2012-02-09 16:11:26 +0000 @@ -13,5 +13,4 @@ -C:\MinGW\ /mingw +@osgeo4w@ /osgeo4w }}} 6. Move `C:\MinGW\msys\1.0` to `C:\MinGW\apps\msys` 7. Remove `C:\MinGW\unins000.*` files 8. Remove `C:\MinGW\apps\msys\bin\pwd.exe` (`mingw` package only) === Download extra packages === 1. Download extra pre-built binaries (''updates may be found [https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=23617 here]'') * '''bc''' from [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/files/bc/1.06-2/bc-1.06-2-bin.zip/download here] (`msys` package only) * '''libintl-bin''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/libintl-0.14.4-bin.zip here] * '''libiconv-bin''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/libiconv-1.9.2-1-bin.zip here] * '''readline-bin''' from [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/files/readline/5.0-1/readline-5.0-1-bin.zip/download here] * '''regex-bin''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/regex-2.7-bin.zip here] * '''zip-bin+dep''' from [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/files/zip/ here] (`msys` package only) * '''unzip-bin''' from [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/files/unzip/ here] (`msys` package only) 2. Unpack into `c:\MinGW\apps\msys` === Etc scripts === 1. Create `C:\MinGW\etc\ini` and save `msys.bat` into this directory {{{ PATH %PATH%;%OSGEO4W_ROOT%\apps\msys\bin if not defined HOME set HOME=%USERPROFILE% }}} 2. Create `C:\MinGW\etc\postinstall` and save `msys.bat` into this directory {{{ mkdir "%OSGEO4W_STARTMENU%" xxmklink "%OSGEO4W_STARTMENU%\MSYS.lnk" "%OSGEO4W_ROOT%\apps\msys\msys.bat" " " \ "Minimal SYStem" 7 "%OSGEO4W_ROOT%\apps\msys\msys.ico" xxmklink "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop\MSYS.lnk" "%OSGEO4W_ROOT%\apps\msys\msys.bat" " " \ "Minimal SYStem" 7 "%OSGEO4W_ROOT%\apps\msys\msys.ico" textreplace -std -t apps/msys/etc/fstab }}}