Hello Rene
> Hi Valery,
>
> I am sorry, but you are really confusing people now.
> John wants to install Root from the source, not the binaries.
I am lost I did not get he does want ROOT from the source.
If he does why he is speaking about "lib" files ?
I did say "To re-build ROOT from the source tree one does need Cygwin"
Why do you think this is confusing ?
Valeri
> To install from source, we assume that cygwin has been installed first as I said
> in my original mail. If you just want to install the binaries and executables,
> you do not need cygwin.
>
> Rene Brun
>
>
> Valeri Fine wrote:
> >
> > Hi John,
> > >
> > > Did you follow the installation instructions described at:
> > > http://root.cern.ch/root/Install.html
> > >
> > > On Windows platforms, the cygwin system must be installed before installing
> > > Root.
> >
> > Nooo. To re-build ROOT from the source tree one does need Cygwin. To use ROOT to
> > build one's own application one needs no Cygwin, the ROOT itself only.
> >
> > Can you try the "experimental" InstallShield distribution,
> > http://www.usatlas.bnl.gov/~fine/ROOTProject.exe
> >
> > select "ROOT Development kit" and see whether your problem will persist.
> >
> > Cheers, Valeri
> >
> > >
> > > Rene Brun
> > >
> > > jcfree@socrates.Berkeley.EDU wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hey everyone,
> > > >
> > > > I've been trying to use Visual C++ 5.0 to compile and link root
> > > > programs on my Windows NT system, but haven't had any luck. I've been
> > > > following the instructions given by Andrew Haas on his website carefully,
> > > > but when I try to link in the *.lib files, I'm given the error message
> > > > "...\root\lib\libCore.lib : fatal error LNK1106: invalid file or disk
> > > > full: cannot seek to 0x3b3392d8" I know my disk isn't full, and the only
> > > > reason I can think of for why things aren't working out is that I'm using
> > > > root 3.01/05 for Windows NT with VC++ 6. Can anyone help me with this
> > > > problem?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > >
> > > > John Freeman
> > >
>
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