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ARGH! I can't get apgnano to work, because I can't find the cygwin terminal. The desktop shortcut says "Windows is searching for minnty" and I need to know where the cygwin terminal is to use apgnano.

never mind! Happy searching!

Now I get an error saying "./apgnano is a directory" What do I do?

Now this when I type make:

$ make
g++ -c -Wall -O3 -fopenmp -DUSE_OPEN_MP main.cpp -o main.o
In file included from main.cpp:38:0:
life128.h: In member function ‘int life128::totalPopulation()’:
life128.h74: error: unknown register name ‘xmm3’ in ‘asm’
: "rax", "ebx", "xmm0", "xmm1", "xmm2", "xmm3", "memory");
^
life128.h74: error: unknown register name ‘xmm2’ in ‘asm’
life128.h74: error: unknown register name ‘xmm1’ in ‘asm’
life128.h74: error: unknown register name ‘xmm0’ in ‘asm’
life128.h: In member function ‘void life128::updateTile(SimdTile*)’:
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm15’ in ‘asm’
: "xmm0", "xmm1", "xmm2", "xmm3", "xmm4", "xmm5", "xmm6", "xmm7", "xmm8", "xmm9", "xmm10", "xmm11", "xmm12", "xmm13", "xmm14", "xmm15", "rax", "rcx", "ebx", "memory");
^
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm14’ in ‘asm’
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm13’ in ‘asm’
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm12’ in ‘asm’
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm11’ in ‘asm’
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm10’ in ‘asm’
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm9’ in ‘asm’
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm8’ in ‘asm’
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm7’ in ‘asm’
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm6’ in ‘asm’
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm5’ in ‘asm’
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm4’ in ‘asm’
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm3’ in ‘asm’
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm2’ in ‘asm’
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm1’ in ‘asm’
life128.h183: error: unknown register name ‘xmm0’ in ‘asm’
makefile:48: recipe for target 'main.o' failed
make: *** [main.o] Error 1

First, type Then type ...and then you can start searching.

EDIT: Sigh.

Still didn't work.

I got that wall of unknown register errors when I first tried to run apgnano. I think it was because when I installed Cygwin I didn't include all the requisite add-ons. I redid the Cygwin installation and instructed it to also install the g++ compiler and I think that did the trick.

I give up. I can't even find a good tutorial. I downloaded gcc-g++, git, and g++ 3 times and it still doesn't work. Bye!

Do you have the correct processor architecture (i.e. x86-64)? If so, are you running the correct version of Cygwin (i.e. 64-bit)?

calcyman wrote:Do you have the correct processor architecture (i.e. x86-64)? If so, are you running the correct version of Cygwin (i.e. 64-bit)?

OH SNAP! My computer is 64-bit, and I was running the 32-bit installation. Shouldn't the 32-bit be called "setup_x86_32"?

Any way, I will try the 64-bit installation.

Now it gives me some different errors.
$ make
g++ -c -Wall -O3 -fopenmp -DUSE_OPEN_MP main.cpp -o main.o
In file included from /usr/include/wchar.h:6:0,
from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/5.2.0/include/c++/cwchar:44,
from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/5.2.0/include/c++/bits/postypes.h:40,
from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/5.2.0/include/c++/iosfwd:40,
from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/5.2.0/include/c++/ios:38,
from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/5.2.0/include/c++/ostream:3 ,
from /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/5.2.0/include/c++/iostream:39,
from main.cpp:17:
/usr/include/sys/reent.h:14:20: fatal error: stddef.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
makefile:48: recipe for target 'main.o' failed
make: *** [main.o] Error 1

danieldb wrote:Now it gives me some different errors...

Thanks for the detailed error text. I don't pretend to recognize the problem, and so I might well be giving useless advice here. But possibly StackOverflow can come to the rescue:

StackOverflow wrote:fatal error: stddef.h: No such file or directory

The error is because your gcc-core package and gcc-g++ are not of the same version. Either downgrade one of them to solve the problem or update both the libraries. Updating both the libraries is the recommended way.

Warning: This is not a solution, just weakly on-topic.

I tried to compile apgsearch on a 64bit machine with TDM-GCC 64bit ( which says it has OpenMP? support. Or was it openGL? It supported the multithreading tool that apgnano uses. ) I failed because the compiler gives literally cryptic error messages. (It looks as if the font is borken) Well, I think it said there is a problem with OpenMP and happyhttp and I got it working in my local machine after removi g happyhttp.

What I haven't tried is compiling without multithreading. I guess it will be without multithreading, but I heard that using cygwin would slightly decrease performance so I am not sure whether how slower it would be without OpenMP and without Cygwin.
Currently I moved to an old netbook which barely breathes, so I'm not expecting any kind of testing in my computer, sadly.

Do I have to download ALL the gcc-related packages or just gcc?

danieldb wrote:Do I have to download ALL the gcc-related packages or just gcc?

No, just make sure to check the boxes for the three packages 'gcc-g++', 'git' and 'make'.

ALRIGHT I FIGURED IT OUT! I had to download the dependencies. I can start searching! I will be using my twitter handle, @danielc2034

danieldb wrote:ALRIGHT I FIGURED IT OUT! I had to download the dependencies. I can start searching! I will be using my twitter handle, @danielc2034

Do you have any more details on the problem that might help someone else? Was it just gcc-g++, git and make, or was there a "download dependencies" checkbox or something like that?

I got through the Cygwin download all right after a few tries, but now I don't remember what the options were for doing things subtly wrong.

dvgrn wrote:

danieldb wrote:ALRIGHT I FIGURED IT OUT! I had to download the dependencies. I can start searching! I will be using my twitter handle, @danielc2034

Do you have any more details on the problem that might help someone else? Was it just gcc-g++, git and make, or was there a "download dependencies" checkbox or something like that?

I got through the Cygwin download all right after a few tries, but now I don't remember what the options were for doing things subtly wrong.

Yeah it was just make, git, gcc-g++, and a depencdencies checkbox.
Also, is there a way in cygwin to make Ctrl+C not quit? I was so close to my first haul (1000000 soups) and I hit Ctrl+ C to copy and closed it by accident.

danieldb wrote:Also, is there a way in cygwin to make Ctrl+C not quit? I was so close to my first haul (1000000 soups) and I hit Ctrl+ C to copy and closed it by accident.

Yes, put an ampersand on the end of the line, like so:
That tells bash to run the command as a background process. The program will still output to the terminal as usual, but you can continue typing commands into the terminal as though there were no program running*.

* However, this can lead to a confusing screen if you and apgnano are simultaneously writing to the same display. It still behaves as though the channels were separate, though.

calcyman, is there a way to see your total uploaded soups?

danieldb wrote:calcyman, is there a way to see your total uploaded soups?

This is the closest implemented feature to what you're describing:

https://catagolue.appspot.com/haul/b3s2 ... anielc2034

It's accessible from your user page, which will also display any interesting objects you discover:

https://catagolue.appspot.com/user/@danielc2034