CPCTelera 1.4.2 on Windows 11

[IndyUK]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to install CPCTelera on my Windows 11 PC but it fails at the point where the GCC compiler is being checked. During it's initial checks I get the following error;

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== 1: CPCtelera initial tests
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> Checking directory structure... [ OK ]
> Checking important files....... [ OK ]
> Checking required commands...
>>> Looking for 'gcc'... [ OK ]
>>> Looking for 'g++'... [ OK ]
>>> Looking for 'make'... [ OK ]
>>> Looking for 'bison'... [ OK ]
>>> Looking for 'flex'... [ OK ]
> Checking command versions...
>>> GNU GCC/G++ Version >= 4.6...

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## UNRECOVERABLE ERROR ##
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##> CPCtelera requires GCC 4.6 or greater. Please, update    your GCC version and run setup again.
If I comment the GCC check then it leads to another problem slightly further on. Could this be a Windows 11 issue?

Thanks in advance

[Jean-Marie]

Hello,
My memory is dimming, but I think you need to downgrade the version of GCC when selecting the package. Have a look at this thread :
why error with gcc++ > 10.. " cpctelera "? why the bc ? (cpcwiki.eu)
And maybe this one too :  Help with Cygwin/CPCTelera - Page 2 (cpcwiki.eu)
Also, I managed to solve other issues by installing the Development build, rather than the regular one.

[IndyUK]

Not really having much luck still. Managed to downgrade GCC to 7.4 and although that helped, I then got the following;

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This setup script will help you configure CPCtelera in your system.

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== 1: CPCtelera initial tests
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> Checking directory structure... [ OK ]
> Checking important files....... [ OK ]
> Checking required commands...
>>> Looking for 'gcc'... [ OK ]
>>> Looking for 'g++'... [ OK ]
>>> Looking for 'make'... [ OK ]
>>> Looking for 'bison'... [ OK ]
>>> Looking for 'flex'... [ OK ]
> Checking command versions...
>>> GNU GCC/G++ Version >= 4.6... [ OK ]
> Checking required libraries...
>>> Looking for 'boost/graph/adjacency_list.hpp'... [ OK ]
>>> Looking for 'libintl.h'... [ OK ]
Everything seems to be OK.

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== 2: Building CPCtelera tools, z80 library and examples
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> Proceeding to build required tools to build and manage CPCtelera and other software for Amstrad CPC (This might take a while, depending on your system).
>>> Building compilation tools:                                            1%

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## UNRECOVERABLE ERROR ##
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##> There was an error building CPCtelera tools. Please, check '/home/Admin/cpctelera-1.4.2/cpctelera/logs/tool_building.log' for details. Aborting.
I've attached the log file that it refers to.

As far as version 1.5 goes. I cannot see a download for that, just a whole VM environment for it. Is there just the CPCTelera download for this?

Thanks

[Jean-Marie]

On Github, click on the master listbox, and select development. Then click on the green Code button in order to download the latest development build as a ZIP file. Although it is not clear what is the version number...
Also, try turning off your antivirus as Ronaldo reported it could cause some troubles with compilation.

[IndyUK]

@Jean-Marie  - Just wanted to say thank you for your help. I managed to get hold of the development build and it installed perfectly. Just going to install VS Code for coding and since this release supports it natively.

[SpDizzy]

As @Jean-Marie has said, 'development' branch is the way to go to solve this kind of problems easily. Not only that, it has much more efficient and powerfull features and routines than 1.4.2. It's version number is 1.5 and is in continuous updates and revisions until it becomes the master one (maybe as version 2.0? I guess, but who knows!!) Anyway, marvellous and beasty framework for our beloved machine