Ho-To: Install Alchemy
For those of you who tried but didn't succed, I found some straigthforward instructions for this.
Setup Hell:
Install cygwin to "c:\cygwin" - make sure to check boxes to install Perl, "Archive" (ZIP), and Devel/gcc:g++ (3.4.4.3 presumably) (is Perl necessary?)
Copy the alchemy directory to: c:\cygwin\home\Lee
Copy the flex sdk bin dir from c:\program files\etc to "c:\flex" (to avoid paths with spaces in it!)
Run the alchemy config script once:
run cygwin cd alchemy ./config |
Edit the textfile "C:\cygwin\home\Lee\alchemy\alchemy-setup" and uncomment and edit line 22 to: add "export ADL=c:\flex\adl.exe"
Edit .bashrc (in C:\cygwin\home\Lee)
echo "LEE PROFILE" export FLEX_HOME=~/flex export ALCHEMY_HOME=~/alchemy # "This should be added before your PATH is modified" !! source /home/Lee/alchemy/alchemy-setup PATH=$ALCHEMY_HOME/achacks:/home/Lee/flex:$PATH export PATH alc-on |
Do this (just once, I think):
cd $ALCHEMY_HOME/bin ln -s llvm-stub llvm-stub.exe |
Compiling a SW:
CD to the directory with the source
Always do "alc-on" before compiling, cuz it doesn't work without it even though i added it to the startup (dunno)
gcc stringecho.c -O3 -Wall -swc -o stringecho.swc -- should give you a swc. |
Import the swc into your flex builder 4 project and make sure compiler targets SDK v4
Shortcuts
alc-home - takes you to the Alchemy install folder.
alc-on - puts Alchemy gcc toolchain replacements at the front of your path.
alc-off - restores original path.
alc-util - shows you various Alchemy-related environment vars
USEFUL TO KNOW
which gcc - tells you which gcc it will use (should be the one in the achacks dir)
ln - links shit
rm - deletes links as well as files
Ugh: Make sure to do "alc-on" and "alchemy-setup" even though you put it in the startup script :( (?)
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Objects:
AS3_Val
AS3_ArrayValue
Methods:
AS3_Release
AS3_LibInit
December 23rd, 2009 - 12:39
Hi,
I am new to Adobe Alchemy, I have a problem in compiling c file into swc using Alchemy gcc under cygwin. I have configured everything under Cygwin and environment paths also. But when I run the gcc command on the c file with the parameters “gcc test. -03 -Wall -swc -0 test.swc” it doesn;t compile the c file into swc file and it doesn’t even produce errors.
Please help me to know what is wrong or what is going on in it?
Thanks-KARTHIK
January 9th, 2010 - 22:47
@Karthik
Try to install all Perl packets. It solves my same problem.
May 30th, 2010 - 07:00
Nice tutorial. i tried to setup the Alchemy at my system
i have windows 7, i read your tutorial and everything is setuped without an error but when i reopen the cygwin i got the following errors.
1. :No Such file or directorylchemy-setup
2. bash: alc-on: command not found.
i already tried to troubleshoot and invest around two days, but no help.. can you please suggest me how can i setuped the alchemy. i am so excited to convert one of my C Lib into swc.
Please help.
One more thing. i have installed cygwin for all users, not only for me.