Vic, Stop! The README.win32 file is obsolete. It will only bring you grief. I am workikng on files to build liblouisutdml.dll using only msvc (or the C tools in Visual Studio). Right now the library builds but it gets a memory protection vilolation. I will have to learn the Microsoft debugger to fix it. Note that only the library is being built. That is all that is needed by applications. file2brl is the command-line interface. BrailleBlaster will provide the graphical interface. If you really want to try something like file2brl under Windows get the liblouisxml binary from the downloads page of http://www.abilitiessoft.com The equivalent of file2brl is xml2brl This is a much older version, but it should do most of what you want. John On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 08:06:09PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote: > Hi John and all, > > I am trying to compile liblouisutdml under Windows so I can try out the > file2brl executable. I am following the instructions in the README.win32 > file that is distributed with the package. I have installed mingw, msys, and > the DTK package. I have downloaded the pkg-config-0.21 package and am having > problems compiling it. When I try to run the following command I get an > error. > > ./configure --prefix=c:/mingw > > I get the following error: > > error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH > > Below is the contents of the config.log file in my pkg-config folder. > > Why might this error happen? Thanks for any help. > > Vic > > > This file contains any messages produced by compilers while > running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake. > > It was created by configure, which was > generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59. Invocation command line was > > $ ./configure --prefix=c:/mingw > > ## --------- ## > ## Platform. ## > ## --------- ## > > hostname = Vic-PC > uname -m = i686 > uname -r = 1.0.11(0.46/3/2) > uname -s = MINGW32_NT-6.1 > uname -v = 2009-07-11 17:46 > > /usr/bin/uname -p = unknown > /bin/uname -X = unknown > > /bin/arch = unknown > /usr/bin/arch -k = unknown > /usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown > hostinfo = unknown > /bin/machine = unknown > /usr/bin/oslevel = unknown > /bin/universe = unknown > > PATH: . > PATH: /usr/local/bin > PATH: /mingw/bin > PATH: /bin > PATH: /c/Program Files/Common Files/Microsoft Shared/Windows Live > PATH: /c/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Microsoft Shared/Windows Live > PATH: /c/Windows/system32 > PATH: /c/Windows > PATH: /c/Windows/System32/Wbem > PATH: /c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/ > PATH: /c/Program Files (x86)/ATI Technologies/ATI.ACE/Core-Static > PATH: /c/Program Files (x86)/Windows Live/Shared > > > ## ----------- ## > ## Core tests. ## > ## ----------- ## > > configure:1544: checking for a BSD-compatible install > configure:1599: result: /bin/install -c > configure:1610: checking whether build environment is sane > configure:1653: result: yes > configure:1686: checking for gawk > configure:1702: found /bin/gawk > configure:1712: result: gawk > configure:1722: checking whether make sets $(MAKE) > configure:1742: result: yes > configure:1906: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of > Makefiles > configure:1915: result: no > configure:2012: checking build system type > configure:2030: result: i686-pc-mingw32 > configure:2038: checking host system type > configure:2052: result: i686-pc-mingw32 > configure:2072: checking for style of include used by make > configure:2100: result: GNU > configure:2171: checking for gcc > configure:2200: result: no > configure:2251: checking for cc > configure:2280: result: no > configure:2293: checking for cc > configure:2339: result: no > configure:2392: checking for cl > configure:2421: result: no > configure:2435: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH > See `config.log' for more details. > > ## ---------------- ## > ## Cache variables. ## > ## ---------------- ## > > ac_cv_build=i686-pc-mingw32 > ac_cv_build_alias=i686-pc-mingw32 > ac_cv_env_CC_set= > ac_cv_env_CC_value= > ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set= > ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value= > ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set= > ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value= > ac_cv_env_CPP_set= > ac_cv_env_CPP_value= > ac_cv_env_CXXCPP_set= > ac_cv_env_CXXCPP_value= > ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_set= > ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_value= > ac_cv_env_CXX_set= > ac_cv_env_CXX_value= > ac_cv_env_F77_set= > ac_cv_env_F77_value= > ac_cv_env_FFLAGS_set= > ac_cv_env_FFLAGS_value= > ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set= > ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value= > ac_cv_env_build_alias_set= > ac_cv_env_build_alias_value= > ac_cv_env_host_alias_set= > ac_cv_env_host_alias_value= > ac_cv_env_target_alias_set= > ac_cv_env_target_alias_value= > ac_cv_host=i686-pc-mingw32 > ac_cv_host_alias=i686-pc-mingw32 > ac_cv_path_install='/bin/install -c' > ac_cv_prog_AWK=gawk > ac_cv_prog_make_make_set=yes > > ## ----------------- ## > ## Output variables. ## > ## ----------------- ## > > ACLOCAL='${SHELL} /c/pkg-config/missing --run aclocal-1.7' > ALLOCA='' > AMDEPBACKSLASH='\' > AMDEP_FALSE='#' > AMDEP_TRUE='' > AMTAR='${SHELL} /c/pkg-config/missing --run tar' > AR='' > AUTOCONF='${SHELL} /c/pkg-config/missing --run autoconf' > AUTOHEADER='${SHELL} /c/pkg-config/missing --run autoheader' > AUTOMAKE='${SHELL} /c/pkg-config/missing --run automake-1.7' > AWK='gawk' > CC='' > CCDEPMODE='' > CFLAGS='' > CPP='' > CPPFLAGS='' > CXX='' > CXXCPP='' > CXXDEPMODE='' > CXXFLAGS='' > CYGPATH_W='echo' > DEFS='' > DEPDIR='.deps' > ECHO='echo' > ECHO_C='' > ECHO_N='-n' > ECHO_T='' > EGREP='' > EXEEXT='' > F77='' > FFLAGS='' > GLIB_CFLAGS='' > GLIB_LIBS='' > INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644' > INSTALL_PROGRAM='${INSTALL}' > INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}' > INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM='${SHELL} $(install_sh) -c -s' > LDFLAGS='' > LIBOBJS='' > LIBS='' > LIBTOOL='' > LN_S='' > LTLIBOBJS='' > MAINT='#' > MAINTAINER_MODE_FALSE='' > MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE='#' > MAKEINFO='${SHELL} /c/pkg-config/missing --run makeinfo' > OBJEXT='' > PACKAGE='pkg-config' > PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='' > PACKAGE_NAME='' > PACKAGE_STRING='' > PACKAGE_TARNAME='' > PACKAGE_VERSION='' > PATH_SEPARATOR=':' > RANLIB='' > SET_MAKE='' > SHELL='/bin/sh' > STRIP='' > USE_INSTALLED_GLIB_FALSE='' > USE_INSTALLED_GLIB_TRUE='' > VERSION='0.21' > WARN_CFLAGS='' > ac_ct_AR='' > ac_ct_CC='' > ac_ct_CXX='' > ac_ct_F77='' > ac_ct_RANLIB='' > ac_ct_STRIP='' > am__fastdepCC_FALSE='' > am__fastdepCC_TRUE='' > am__fastdepCXX_FALSE='' > am__fastdepCXX_TRUE='' > am__include='include' > am__leading_dot='.' > am__quote='' > bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin' > build='i686-pc-mingw32' > build_alias='' > build_cpu='i686' > build_os='mingw32' > build_vendor='pc' > datadir='${prefix}/share' > exec_prefix='NONE' > host='i686-pc-mingw32' > host_alias='' > host_cpu='i686' > host_os='mingw32' > host_vendor='pc' > includedir='${prefix}/include' > infodir='${prefix}/info' > install_sh='/c/pkg-config/install-sh' > libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib' > libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec' > localstatedir='${prefix}/var' > mandir='${prefix}/man' > oldincludedir='/usr/include' > pc_path='' > prefix='c:/mingw' > program_transform_name='s,x,x,' > sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin' > sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com' > subdirs='' > sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc' > target_alias='' > > ## ----------- ## > ## confdefs.h. ## > ## ----------- ## > > #define PACKAGE "pkg-config" > #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "" > #define PACKAGE_NAME "" > #define PACKAGE_STRING "" > #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "" > #define PACKAGE_VERSION "" > #define VERSION "0.21" > > configure: exit 1 > > For a description of the software, to download it and links to > project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities For a description of the software, to download it and links to project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com