How to install libuuid in MinGW/MSYS?

user010203

2011-10-20T15:10:11

I want to compile a Linux C++ application in MinGW/MSYS. However, when I use ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc, it complains that libuuid is not available.

After googling for a long time, it seems that there is no such package in MinGW repository. So i have downloaded uuid-dev source package from Launchpad and try to build it in MinGW/MSYS. However, when i use ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc, it complains that ncurses or ncursesw selected but library is not found.

It seems that there is no such package in MinGW. So i have downloaded libncurses5.dev package from Launchpad and try to build it in MinGW/MSYS. When i try to use ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc, everything seems fine. But, when i run make, it shows a lot of error messages.

Since building uuid-dev is unsuccessful, i try to build e2fsprogs package in MinGW/MSYS. When i use ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc, everything seems fine. However, when i try to run make, it shows a lot of error messages.

Appreciate if anyone can show me how to install libuuid in MinGW/MSYS. Thanks.

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