Oh you know what i am going to try the path to the pkg-config.exe and see what happens. =)
PKG_CONFIG - C:\msys\1.0\mingw\bin\pkg-config.exe

Ok that worked...except
Now i get this error at make

Compaq_Owner@FAMILY-ROOM ~/gegl-0.1.2
$ make
make all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/Compaq_Owner/gegl-0.1.2'
Making all in gegl
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/Compaq_Owner/gegl-0.1.2/gegl'
Making all in buffer
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/Compaq_Owner/gegl-0.1.2/gegl/buffer'
CC gegl-tile-backend-tiledir.lo
In file included from gegl-tile-backend.h:22:0,
from gegl-tile-backend-tiledir.c:26:
gegl-tile-source.h:23:23: fatal error: babl/babl.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
gcc.exe: C:usrlocalincludebabl-0.1babl: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** [gegl-tile-backend-tiledir.lo] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/Compaq_Owner/gegl-0.1.2/gegl/buffer'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/Compaq_Owner/gegl-0.1.2/gegl'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Compaq_Owner/gegl-0.1.2'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Why in blazes is GCC calling up all those directories as one name?
ie... C:usrlocalincludebabl-0.1babl ...
Shouldn't it read C:/usr/local/include/babl-0.1/babl ??

Is that a script i can edit?

You've pretty much hit the point where I gave up on compiling in windows.

Sorry. I had hopes.

-Rob A.

That for 2.7 but did you managed to compile 2.6 ?

Gimp 2.6.10 only, I used the binaries of gegl and babl that were downloaded by the original script.

-Rob A>

and you still have a copt of the original script ?

I don't give up that easily, I will keep at it. =)
Heck, I have every dependency needed now, so the build environment is all set (i think)...
I just keep having this install GEGL problem.

One thing is for sure though, it builds a lot better and easier with Msys and MinGW, than cygwin.
Has anyone compiled 2.7.2 for linux yet?

yes,i did on ubuntu lucid lynx
i got some help (again from RobA ) anyway was quite easy once i was pointed on a tut to do it)

For that i suggested you to do first on linux, even if you don't know linux is much easier then in win (even if you know well win)

Check it out PC!
Almost there...
Compaq_Owner@FAMILY-ROOM ~
$ cd gimp-2.7.2

Compaq_Owner@FAMILY-ROOM ~/gimp-2.7.2
$ ./configure
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configure: WARNING: *** JP2 plug-in will not be built (JasPer library not found) ***
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checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 2.5.0... none
configure: error:
*** Could not find Python 2.5.0 or newer.
*** Please install it, or skip building the python scripting extension by
*** passing --disable-python to configure (but then you will not be able
*** to use scripts for GIMP that are written in Python).

Compaq_Owner@FAMILY-ROOM ~/gimp-2.7.2

Now to get the path environment variable correct with Python (i have 2.5 - 2.6 - and 2.7 installed).
I think it would be nice to go ahead and compile without the Python just to see if it works.
I will keep you posted. =)

i think python 2.5 is the only compatible,things may be changed but i would not risk with 2.6 even less with 2.7

Got that set, now PyGTK needs to be installed.

For the Py libraries is as for Python the very last may be unsupported.

I want to use python extensions though so i will try and get it to work with Python too.
Strange though i downloaded the windows binary for PyGTK...won't work.
I tried to compile it myself but it needed pygobject, so i tried to compile it first and got errors also.plus there seems to be no window binary for pygobject out there.

Gonna be nice when this is finally compiled, and the build environment is ready for the 2.7 version.Of course then they will release 2.8 and nothing will work anymore...lol

So hi ho hi ho its off to work i go. =)

Well i got everything all set and ran make...all went well until i got a no rule to make target gimp rc.o
Every o file was created, except the Gimp-2.7.2 rc.o file
So i went ahead anyways, and ran make install and got this..
Making install in .
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/Compaq_Owner/gimp-2.7.2/app'
make[2]: *** No rule to make target `gimp-2.7.rc.o', needed by `gimp-2.7.exe'. Stop.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/Compaq_Owner/gimp-2.7.2/app'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Compaq_Owner/gimp-2.7.2/app'
make: *** [install] Error 2

Does this mean the compiler didnt make a makefile for the Gimp-2.7 exe file?
Because i dont see one (Makefile), for gimp.exe or gimp-2.7.2 rc

Funny thing is the script created a folder named Build with a dir called Windows with a gimp.rc, gimp-plug-ins.rc, a gimp-manifest file, and gimp-rules.rc files in it.

Any suggestions?

Got an answer:

That error could be because

That error could be because someone decided that my %-style rules are bad and have to be redone:

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=333dfc7f134df1e092aa441084035934a24d100c

None of us really bothered to check if the new rules work, and apparently they don't.

Bummer =\

Well i have everything ready to go again...just now using git clone to download gimp.
next will be compile.I decided to destroy Msys and MinGW as they gave me nothing but headaches.
I have installed CYGWIN and have successfully compiled everything including GEGL. (even the actual exe).
So hopefully all will go well with this compile. *crossing fingers and praying*.

I was very happy to find i could use git with CYGWIN also. =)

Everything in my Msys directory tree seemed to be in the wrong place.(the scripts couldn't find any dependency files, or a path to them even though i set path variables), so i downloaded CYGWIN and let it place all the directories where they belong.As CYGWIN allows you to update and install new packages automatically, this worked very well.It also auto writes it's path so all directories know where they are.

A lot of folks told me Msys and MinGW were the only way to go when it came to running Gimp through a compiler, but i have to say now after much use of both i am hooked on CYGWIN. =)

I am however NOT hooked on the large clone file sizes...wow Gimp is around 335 mb before compile!

Rod-

If you get it compiling against Cygwin let us know. IIR the issue is you need Cygwin to run the - i.e. not a true windows native application anymore.

But better than nothing!

-Rob A>