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I am trying to install svn2git on Windows. At the moment, I have svn2git cloned repo in my C:/ directory. Qt4 (this is the version specified in the manual) is needed to build the However, I have problems installing Qt4 correctly it seems.

Currently, when I try and and rune qmake && make in svn2git folder, I get the following output:

"C:/Program Files (x86)/Git/bin/sh.exe": -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Makefile:31: recipe for target 'src\Makefile' failed
mingw32-make: *** [src\Makefile] Error 258

When I build configure Qt, I have been doing so with:

configure -platform win32-msvc2013

Not entirely sure which platform I should be installing it with.

And at the end of the configuration output I get:

Creating qmake...
execute: File or path is not found (nmake)
execute: File or path is not found (nmake)
Cleaning qmake failed, return code -1

I have MinGW installed in C:/ with mingw32-make.exe in the bin. https://i.stack.imgur.com/JWsWG.png

Finally, I also have Qt and MinGW in my system environment variables https://i.stack.imgur.com/gaRC5.png

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I'd recommend simply installing Cygwin, there you have ready-made qt4 packages in the package manager that you simply can install and then building svn2git is as easy as calling qmake-qt4 && make after you have installed the needed dependencies also through the package manager. At least that is how I build svn2git on Windows.

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  • Hi Vampire, this is a great suggestion. I have uninstalled Qt and now have Cygwin. I have installed everything for make.exe and qmake-qt4, but, I don't have a qmake-qt4.exe, only `x86_64-w64-mingw32-qmake-qt4` and `x86 -w64-mingw32-qmake-qt4` system files. Could you please shed some light on this? I'm going to try a complete reinstall – Idris.AH Nov 24 '17 at 00:12
  • You don't need a `qmake-qt4.exe`. If you open a Cygwin Bash you can simpy run `qmake-qt4` if you have the package installed. There is `/usr/bin/qmake-qt4` then which is a symlink to `/usr/lib/qt4/bin/qmake.exe`. As `/usr/bin` is part of the `PATH` variable you can just use `qmake-qt4` anywhere. – Vampire Nov 24 '17 at 09:01
  • Thanks for your help so far. I see I have a `/usr/lib/qt4/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin` directory with qmake.exe in it. Also, like you said I have `/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-qmake-qt4`, so I think all is set up correctly. When I am in the svn2git project folder, I get the following error: `QMAKESPEC has not been set, so configuration cannot be deduced. Error processing project file: /cygdrive/c//desktop/svn2git/svn2git/fast-export2.pro`. When I run: `x86_64-w64-mingw32-qmake-qt4 -query`, I get the following output: https://i.imgur.com/2A4BzHS.png – Idris.AH Nov 24 '17 at 11:54
  • Maybe you don't have all requirements listed on https://github.com/svn-all-fast-export/svn2git installed? I cannot remember having seen this error before. – Vampire Nov 24 '17 at 12:45
  • Even if I'm on Windows I have to install all the `sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion git qtchooser qt5-default libapr1 libapr1-dev libsvn-dev`? Or do I also need Qt installed at the same time? I uninstalled it because I didn't think I needed Qt and Cygwin. Also, I can't find the package libsvn-dev for Windows. Is it one of these? https://packages.debian.org/sid/libsvn-dev – Idris.AH Nov 24 '17 at 13:48
  • If you are on Cygwin you don't use `apt-get`, that's just an example for Debian-based systems. You use the Cygwin package installer GUI instead. There the packages might be called a little bit differently, but you should find them. And yes, of course you need Qt, the one from the Cygwin package manager. – Vampire Nov 24 '17 at 14:06
  • Btw. alternatively you could also install VirtualBox run Ubuntu in there and then use `apt-get` to install all dependencies, compile and run `svn2git`. Just to mention it. – Vampire Nov 25 '17 at 11:31
  • I know its a big ask, but, is there any way you could give me a dummy guide to installing it please svn2git on windows please. Having a lot of trouble. I have a 64 bit Windows system. Please let me know if this is feasible. – Idris.AH Nov 27 '17 at 14:57
  • As I said, install Cygwin, install in the Cygwin package manager the dependencies listed on the projects page, run the build command. – Vampire Nov 27 '17 at 18:10
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After installing following packages in cygwin

  • make
  • automake
  • gcc-c++
  • subversion
  • subversion-devel
  • git
  • libQt5Core-devel
  • libapr1
  • libapr1-dev

and creating this symbolic link in the bash

ln -s /usr/bin/qmake-qt5 /usr/bin/qmake

qmake && make worked like a charm and svn-all-fast-export.exe was built.

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