Installing Linux Library on Windows Using Mingw - linux

I am attempting to install GTKExtra on windows. The package comes in a Tar.Gz and contains a Configure file. So its necessary to install the package using MinGw because the package is designed to be installed on Linux.
I have installed MinGW and MSYS. I have made sure that C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\etc\fstab contains the line C:\MinGW /mingw (plus an empty line below it).
My Problem: I still cant get windows run the Configure file. When I type in ./Configure into CMD I get the error '.' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
The steps I am taking are:
Open cmd.exe
Navigate to the folder that contains the configure file using cd C:/...
Type in ./configure (as per the instructions found in INSTALL. But this causes the error I described above
How can I run the configure file on windows? What have I done wrong?

You have to run the command in unix command prompt. For starting unix command prompt execute "msys.bat" in msys installation.

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Hi I have QtInstalled with the official qt installer (I haven't used the package with the name "qtcreator").
I need to run QtCreator from terminal but I can't locate the executable.
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.
Probably you can find the executable in opt directory the location will be as this /opt/Qt/Tools/QtCreator/bin and you can run it through terminal as ./qtcreator
Latest QtCreator should by default be installed in
${HOME}/Qt/Tools/QtCreator/bin/
And you have two start-up options, the executable qtcreator or the shell script qtcreator.sh
To run the executable, type
~/Qt/Tools/QtCreator/bin/qtcreator
To run the shell script, type
~/Qt/Tools/QtCreator/bin/qtcreator.sh
Whic one to use: From the top portion of qtcreator.sh, it states that if you have library name conflicts (such as having same library names used by qtcreator with your own LD_LIBRARY_PATH), you may want to start with the shell script, rather than the bare executable.
Windows linux subsystem users
In case you have ubuntu as a subsystem for win10, it's located in your AppData folder (installing with sudo apt install command):
Also, you cannot run qtcreator from terminal as graphical interface is not supported by defeault. You need to instal X-server app first (https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/) and then you can run QT from terminal.
C:\Users\[YOUR_USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\rootfs\usr\share\qtcreator
Or, it's in usr/lintian/overrides
But you should not modify anything inside this linux root, as it may lead to data loss.
For me it wasn't in the /opt directory, but rather the location I've chosen in the /home/user/ directory.
More specifically: /home/user/Qt5.12.1/Tools/QtCreator/bin/qtcreator

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I recently installed Cygwin on Windows 8.1, it works great but I can't execute file using the dot, for example "./hello.ml". I'm using the Windows's command prompt.
When I try using it, it show me that "." is not reconized. How can I make it works ?
Thanks.
You need to use the cygwin terminal or powershell instead.
The command interpreter doesn't think that your files are executable because they aren't one of the types that are recognized as binary executables. In general, Windows would use file associations from the registry to make things happen when you try to run a file. The cygwin terminal follows the unix-like convention and knows that your scripts are ml files and they are executable by using the ml interpreter, most likely from a #! at the top of your file.

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Cygwin - Error Running Program on Windows 8.1

Operating System: Windows 8.1
Cygwin Version: Latest version, as of Sept. 9, 2014.
Guile Version: 1.8
Background:
My overall goal is to install a program called "MIT Photonics Band (MPB)" on Windows 8.1 using Cygwin. I am a new user, as I started using Cygwin a few days ago. I was able to install all required packages successfully after some troubleshooting. Eventually, I installed the MPB program using the generic ./configure, make, make install commands with slight modifications. All of this appeared to be successful.
The Problem:
When I try to run the executable program, I get the following error:
ERROR: In procedure primitive-load-path:
ERROR: Unable to find file "ice-9/boot-9.scm" in load path
Attempt At Solution:
The following is a page of the MPB installation manual:
MPB Installation Manual - Shared Libraries.
It appears to address my issue. Note that it mentions LIBDIR and foobar. For my operating system, foobar is PATH. The LIBDIR, however, I do not know explicitly because my "make install" output did not indicate it, as the manual suggests it should have. Anyhow, I found the location of ice-9/boot-9.scm through a computer search and its directory happens to be here:
C:\cygwin64\usr\share\guile\1.8\ice-9
Hence, I ran the following command (again, for a Windows 8.1 operating system) in bash:
$ export PATH="/usr/share/guile/1.8/ice-9:$PATH"
However, note that when I run $PATH, I get this message:
-bash: /usr/share/guile/1.8/ice-9:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program: No such file or directory
I also tried:
$ export GUILE_LOAD_PATH="/usr/share/guile/1.8/ice-9:$GUILE_LOAD_PATH"
That yielded:
-bash: /usr/share/guile/1.8/ice-9:: No such file or directory
Furthermore, I tried to copy and paste the "ice-9" folder in various locations for a quick and sloppy solution, but it was to no avail. I searched online for answers as some users have had an issue with the program not finding the ice-9/boot-9.scm file in the past. I could not get my problem solved.
Please let me know if I need to provide more information. I appreciate the help!
EDIT: In response to the first user's post, I used the command echo $PATH and the following was the output:
/usr/share/guile/1.8:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/NVIDIA Corporation/PhysX/Common:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/AMD APP/bin/x86_64:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/AMD APP/bin/x86:/cygdrive/c/Windows/system32:/cygdrive/c/Windows:/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Windows Live/Shared:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/ATI Technologies/ATI.ACE/Core-Static:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/MATLAB/R2013a/runtime/win64:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/MATLAB/R2013a/bin:/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/8.1/Windows Performance Toolkit:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/110/Tools/Binn:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/MATLAB/MATLAB Compiler Runtime/v81/runtime/win64:/usr/lib/lapack
Note that the problem still persists.
EDIT 2:
So I opened the "load.scm" file for GUILE and I found this line:
(define load-path '("/usr/share/emacs/20.7/lisp/"
"/usr/share/emacs/20.7/lisp/emacs-lisp/"))
I tried to add /usr/share/guile/1.8/ to these directories, but that didn't do anything either. Can't tell what's wrong.

How do use a command where you changed its installation directory in linux?

Hello I am on a linux server running 2.6.18-274.e15. I have installed a program called scons in order to compile a program called rosetta. In order to get scons to install when I ran it's python install I used the following command
python setup.py install flexed --prefix=.
This was because I am unable to use the folder it was trying to download into with my user status. When I call "scons --version" I am getting "command not found".
What I am wondering:
Is running scons even possible with my setup?
If so, what command would I use?
Thanks!
you need to add the directory of your binary to your path, in the shell:
$ export PATH=$PATH:/the/dir/of/your/binary

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