Windows installer build instructions



Hello Jim,

> 4) Get and install ActivePerl from <http://www.activestate.com>;.

Where?
 
> 5) Get and install TclKit and Starkit sdx from
> <http://www.equi4.com>;. Frankly, I found this step confusing. Although
> Starkit are very simply to use, it took me quite a while to understand
> what needed to be download, installed etc. In the end, I have the
> following files installed in c:\star
> 	sdx.bat  sdx.kit  tclkit.exe  tclkitsh.exe

Is sdx.bat a batch file one has to write to run sdx.kit with tclkit.exe, 
or something else?
 
> 8) You should now be ready to compile and install maxima. configure
> maxima so that it will install in some sort of temporary
> directory. The directory does not need to exist ahead of time.
> 
> ./configure  --with-wish=wish83 --prefix=c:/msys/1.0/maxinstall
> make
> make check
> make install

Isn't there a step (running autoconf?) missing?

Best wishes



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