Can't build on Windows

[GabrielRavier]

I'm using MSYS2, and the build currently fails. The cause might be a misconfiguration of the project, leading to G++ trying to link with WinMain (it is not present in SDL2 and any of it's sub-libraries).

Here are the errors I get when trying to make : https://pastebin.com/pXzf8gnm

[GabrielRavier]

Also, here is what I get on building after "make clean" : https://pastebin.com/ZU2nq2GN

[GabrielRavier]

I would also suggest not making "pacman" the command to start a game, since that's the name of the Arch Linux package manager (started with that same command) (It's also the MSYS2 package manager btw)

[keithbowes]

"Pacman" being the name of the Arch Linux package manager isn't that big of a problem, since this game is available in AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pacman_sdl-ebuc99-git/.

Try:
LDFLAGS=-mwindows ./configure --program-suffix=_ebuc99

[GabrielRavier]

Wait so I did that... and either I didn't get what I was supposed to do afterwards or your solution doesn't work

Builds logs (I tried to do make, make clean and make again after your command) : https://pastebin.com/PrAQxD4k

If you can't see the problem I'm prolly gonna file an issue on MSYS2's SDL page.

Also the issue I had with the game taking pacman's name was that MSYS2's package manager is also pacman, and idk if MSYS2 has AUR

[p-martin]

It shouldn't be necessary to use MSYS or the like under Windows. Provided that you have got the needed libraries (and their header files), compiling under Windows should work using a common C++ compiler.

Btw, compiling the source from here isn't necessary at all if you just want to play our pacman under Windows. Simply use the precompiled Windows application from https://github.com/ebuc99/pacman_win/archive/master.zip

[GabrielRavier]

I really was just trying to compile the project, that's all. I use MSYS2 because it's the only usable compiler on Windows that doesn't take 20 Gb of disk space.

[ebuc99]

Please use pacman_win (https://github.com/ebuc99/pacman_win).
This is compiled under Windows using codeblocks and the msys2 gcc Compiler.