Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

I am trying to install EPICS Base on a Windows 7 computer, but keep getting the following error. I’ve tried two different builds, 3.14.9 and 3.14.12.1, and have the same problem with both. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Cmd Output:

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C:\Users\bradfom>cd c:\epics\base-3.14.9

c:\epics\base-3.14.9>set EPICS_HOST_ARCH=win32-x86-mingw

c:\epics\base-3.14.9>mingw32-make

mingw32-make -C configure install

mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory `c:/epics/base-3.14.9/configure'

c:/Perl/bin/perl.exe ../configure/tools/makeMakefile.pl O.win32-x86-mingw ../..

c:/Perl/bin/perl.exe ../configure/tools/mkdir.pl O.Common

mingw32-make -C O.win32-x86-mingw -f ../Makefile TOP=../.. T_A=win32-x86-mingw i

nstall

mingw32-make[2]: Entering directory `c:/epics/base-3.14.9/configure/O.win32-x86-

mingw'

c:/Perl/bin/perl.exe ../../configure/tools/convertRelease.pl -h win32-x86-mingw

CONFIG_APP_INCLUDE

mingw32-make[2]: Leaving directory `c:/epics/base-3.14.9/configure/O.win32-x86-m

ingw'

mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory `c:/epics/base-3.14.9/configure'

mingw32-make -C src install

mingw32-make[1]: Entering directory `c:/epics/base-3.14.9/src'

mingw32-make -C libCom install

mingw32-make[2]: Entering directory `c:/epics/base-3.14.9/src/libCom'

c:/Perl/bin/perl.exe ../../configure/tools/makeMakefile.pl O.win32-x86-mingw ../

../..

c:/Perl/bin/perl.exe ../../configure/tools/mkdir.pl O.Common

mingw32-make -C O.win32-x86-mingw -f ../Makefile TOP=../../.. T_A=win32-x86-ming

w install

mingw32-make[3]: Entering directory `c:/epics/base-3.14.9/src/libCom/O.win32-x86

-mingw'

mingw32-make[3]: Leaving directory `c:/epics/base-3.14.9/src/libCom/O.win32-x86-

mingw'

mingw32-make[3]: Entering directory `c:/epics/base-3.14.9/src/libCom/O.win32-x86

-mingw'

c:/Perl/bin/perl.exe ../../../src/libCom/misc/makeEpicsVersion.pl ../../../confi

gure/CONFIG_BASE_VERSION ../O.Common

Building epicsVersion.h from ../../../configure/CONFIG_BASE_VERSION

Found EPICS Version 3.14.9

Installing generated generic include file ../../../include/epicsVersion.h

mkdir ../../../include

Installing generic include file ../../../include/bucketLib.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsRingPointer.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsRingBytes.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/postfix.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/cvtFast.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsAlgorithm.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsExcept.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsMemory.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/resourceLib.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/tsDLList.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/tsSLList.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/tsMinMax.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/tsBTree.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/tsFreeList.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsSingleton.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsGuard.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsOnce.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/dbmf.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/ellLib.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/envDefs.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsPrint.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/errMdef.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/errSymTbl.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/errlog.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/error.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/fdManager.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/fdmgr.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/freeList.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/gpHash.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/iocLog.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/logClient.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/macLib.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/adjustment.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/cantProceed.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/dbDefs.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsConvert.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsExit.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsStdlib.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsString.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsTypes.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/shareLib.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsExport.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/unixFileName.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/locationException.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/ipAddrToAsciiAsynchronous.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/compilerDependencies.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsUnitTest.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/testMain.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/osiFileName.h

mkdir ../../../include/os

mkdir ../../../include/os/WIN32

Installing generic include file ../../../include/osiSock.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/osdSock.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsInterrupt.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/osdInterrupt.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsMutex.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/osdMutex.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsEvent.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/osdEvent.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/epicsMath.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/osdMessageQueue.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/osdStrtod.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsAssert.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsFindSymbol.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/osiPoolStatus.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/osdPoolStatus.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/osdThread.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsThread.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsTime.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/osdTime.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsSignal.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/osiProcess.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/osiUnistd.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/osiWireFormat.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/osdWireFormat.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/epicsReadline.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsMessageQueue.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsStdio.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsStdioRedirect.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/epicsGetopt.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/devLib.h

Installing os dependent include file ../../../include/os/WIN32/osdVME.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/taskwd.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsTimer.h

Installing generic include file ../../../include/tsDefs.h

g++ -c              -pedantic  -O3  -Wall          -D__cplusplus  -I. -I.. -I../

../../src/libCom/bucketLib -I../../../src/libCom/ring -I../../../src/libCom/calc

-I../../../src/libCom/cvtFast -I../../../src/libCom/cppStd -I../../../src/libCo

m/cxxTemplates -I../../../src/libCom/dbmf -I../../../src/libCom/ellLib -I../../.

./src/libCom/env -I../../../src/libCom/error -I../../../src/libCom/fdmgr -I../..

/../src/libCom/freeList -I../../../src/libCom/gpHash -I../../../src/libCom/logCl

ient -I../../../src/libCom/macLib -I../../../src/libCom/misc -I../../../src/libC

om/osi -I../../../src/libCom/taskwd -I../../../src/libCom/timer -I../../../src/l

ibCom/tsDefs -I../../../include/os/WIN32 -I../../../include         ../../../src

/libCom/bucketLib/bucketLib.c

../../../src/libCom/bucketLib/bucketLib.c: In function 'ITEM** bucketStringCompa

re(ITEM**, const void*)':

../../../src/libCom/bucketLib/bucketLib.c:216:21: error: invalid conversion from

'const void*' to 'const char*'

../../../src/libCom/bucketLib/bucketLib.c: In function 'BUCKETID bucketUnsignedH

ash(BUCKET*, const void*)':

../../../src/libCom/bucketLib/bucketLib.c:238:25: error: invalid conversion from

'const void*' to 'const unsigned int*'

../../../src/libCom/bucketLib/bucketLib.c: In function 'BUCKETID bucketStringHas

h(BUCKET*, const void*)':

../../../src/libCom/bucketLib/bucketLib.c:288:21: error: invalid conversion from

'const void*' to 'const char*'

mingw32-make[3]: *** [bucketLib.o] Error 1

mingw32-make[3]: Leaving directory `c:/epics/base-3.14.9/src/libCom/O.win32-x86-

mingw'

mingw32-make[2]: *** [install.win32-x86-mingw] Error 2

mingw32-make[2]: Leaving directory `c:/epics/base-3.14.9/src/libCom'

mingw32-make[1]: *** [libCom.install] Error 2

mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory `c:/epics/base-3.14.9/src'

mingw32-make: *** [src.install] Error 2

c:\epics\base-3.14.9>

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Morgan Bradford, B.E., E.I.T.

Jr. Accelerator Physicist

Canadian Light Source Inc.

Phone: 306.657.3729

Email: [email protected]