Re: Installing GSL on Windows to use with Visual Studio Code

[William Oquendo]

Hi,
I do not use windows, but I would try some package manager, like chocolatey
or vcpkg as follows:

   - Chocolatey: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/GnuWin/0.6.3
   - vcpkg:
   
https://solarianprogrammer.com/2020/01/26/getting-started-gsl-gnu-scientific-library-windows-macos-linux/


On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 2:17 PM Vicent Giner Bosch <vigibos@eio.upv.es>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> This is my first message to the list in a long time.
>
> I am trying to use the GSL and I work with Visual Studio Code on Windows
> 10.
>
> I have already installed the basic packages to work with C/C++ in
> Visual Studio Code. More precisely, if I am not wrong, VS Code is
> using the compiler 'gcc.exe' from 'mingw64' (last version). This was
> installed using an 'extension' available at VS Code.
>
> I downloaded the last version of the GSL (2.7) and unzipped it.
>
> I get stuck when I try to follow the installation instructions. When I
> execute either ".\configure" or "./configure" in the DOS command line,
> I get an error.
>
> When I execute ".\configure" in PowerShell, I get a message asking me
> which programme should be used to open this file.
>
> And here is where I get lost.  :/
>
> I see that a similar question was already posed here some time ago,
> with no answer for now:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gsl/2019-02/msg00000.html
>
> I hope to be luckier!
>
> Looking forward to your answers,
>
> --
> vicent
>
> @vginer_upv
> vigibos.webs.upv.es
>
>

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Best regards / Cordialmente,

William-Fernando Oquendo
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