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Opa: Nodejs not found

I get the following message while trying to ./configure opa_v2980 using Cygwin in Windows XP 32-bit:

Checking for nodejs... Not found

I've already successfully installed nodejs in Cygwin using the following steps outlined by Schalk Neethling:

  1. Installed git, python, g++, openssl and make packages
  2. Cloned nodejs
  3. Built it
  4. Tested the installation. When I first tried to test the node installation, I got the following message:

"bash: node: command not found"

so I added the following path to where nodejs is installed and the test worked: 

export PATH=$PATH:~/github/nodejs

However, Im wondering whether the path has anything to do with this Nodejs not found error I am now getting?

Solution

  • The source repository cannot be easily compiled with windows yet (the situation will probably change soon). We used to have a cygwin port and we have an up to date msys port but it is not public yet. It required some amount of work to achieve these ports, so I can say that your chance are very poor to succeed, even if the nodejs backend simplifies things now.

    If you don't need to modify the compiler, you should use the binary package (yes I know it is 64bit only).

    My advice: either wait and ask on the mailing list (so you can get friends) for the windows msys port OR invest time to get a 64bit machine (true or emulated via KQEMU)