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I must admit i'm not much of a coder or computer scientist, but in the past a friend installed Weechat on my windows computer using Cygwin (via the Cygwin terminal of course). I have a new computer now thats running windows 8.1 and have installed Cygwin with all of the necessary packages, and downloaded the latest stable version of Weechat (1.2). I am stuck from there though and don't really know which direction to move in, the only thing I have done with Cygwin so far is moved the home terminal folder to a more easier accessible location. Would it be possible to get a step by step walkthrough of how the installation progresses after downloading both the Cygwin component and the Weechat files and scripts?

Bacom15
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Before we you can start using WeeChat, there are a few other pieces of software you need to install with CygWin. WeeChat relies on them for its functionality, which is why they are called dependencies.

You can find a detailed list of dependencies and further instructions on this link:
Weechat on Windows

Feel free to ask for further help if the above guide wouldn't suffice.

EDIT

WeeChat is currently available via the CygWin native repositories.
Simply search for weechat in the CygWin package manager.

I already have CygWin installed, what now?

No worries, simply rerun the setup-x86-64.exe* you've downloaded. This process won't remove any of your previously installed packages. At the end of the installation process you'll be able to look for and install WeeChat.
* (on 32-bit systems, the installer would be named setup-x86.exe)

Michiel
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  • I've already installed the dependencies, but am not sure where to go from there. Do I need to have the older (0.3.4) version of the weechat files in order to run them through Cygwin? – Bacom15 May 20 '15 at 12:58
  • I keep getting "-bash: ./configure: No such file or directory" whenever trying to run the command "$ ./configure --prefix=/path/to/directory" What specifically is the directory path supposed to lead to? – Bacom15 May 20 '15 at 13:53
  • The `--prefix=/path/to/directory` command should point to your the folder where you downloaded WeeChat. It needs to know, so it can compile it. – Michiel May 20 '15 at 14:56
  • I put the command to the folder where I downloaded WeeChat (which was the download folder) and received ":bash: ./configure: No such file or directory" I tried it again but this time directing it specifically to the WeeChat folders itself, and received the same message. My initial command was " $ ./configure --prefix=/cygdrive/c/Users/Wyatt/Downloads" And the second and more specific one was "$ ./configure --prefix=C:\Users\Wyatt\Downloads\weechat-1.2" Perhaps there is a specific folder within the WeeChat folder I should be directing it to? If so I am not sure which one, or what file. – Bacom15 May 20 '15 at 16:11
  • I don't have access to a system w/ CygWin at the moment to try this myself. I'll give it a go later today. – Michiel May 20 '15 at 17:09
  • Thank you I would GREATLY appreciate it! – Bacom15 May 20 '15 at 17:49
  • Something came up yesterday. I'm making time for it in a moment! – Michiel May 21 '15 at 13:36
  • Thats fine, take your time. I've been trying to make headway on it myself but I think is is more complicated than I originally thought – Bacom15 May 21 '15 at 18:19
  • Hi @Wyatt, you won't believe it, but WeeChat seems to be available through the native CygWin repositories these days. I've updated my answer to reflect that information. Have a good one! – Michiel May 22 '15 at 00:18
  • Thank you SO MUCH Michiel I was able to install the package and be on my was as soon as it finished updating! I appreciate you taking the time out to help me! – Bacom15 May 22 '15 at 03:10