Re: PSPP for windows.

[Alan Mead]

    I wouldn't panic, but my understanding is that the PSPP team
    releases PSPP (as source) which is then packaged by various
    individuals for Windows, Mac, various Linux distros, etc.  So, there
    is a sense in which there is never been "official" binary releases
    for any target.
    
    Harry Thijssen had set up a process to cross-compile PSPP on Linux
    to produce a windows package (and I think he also wrote the nullsoft
    installer). That was the only Windows package available. There have
    been some issues, however, and on Jan 20 2021, Harry posted this
    note to the dev mailing list:

I think it is time to add a message on https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html that MSWindows installers are only available for versions pre oktober 2020.

This until somebody picks up the glove and redesigns the build scripts to make them compatible with the newer pspp sources.

    So I think that means that Windows is currently in need of a new
    maintainer or someone to help Harry. Friedrich Beckmann also has
    been unable to cross-compile:
    
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/pspp-dev/2020-11/msg00011.html
    
    If you're interested in setting up an environment, I'd recommend you
    join the dev mailing list.
    
    -Alan

On 3/4/2021 6:55 PM, Gunnar Horrigmo wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I'm slightly confused about the implications of this statement on
> https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html:
>
> | Windows
> |
> | For PSPP versions prior to October 2020, Harry Thijssen provides
> | installers or all downloadable files.
>
> Does this mean that there will no longer be provided "official"
> PSPP installers for windows?
>
> I am deploying PSPP to thousands of windows computers. Should I set
> up my own build environment, or is there another recommended method?
>
> Or am I just panicking?
>
>     
    
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