getting node to work in cygwin

Question

I am trying to get node to work in cygwin and I am struggling...

Path where cygwin is installed C:\cygwin64

Path where node is stored (windows install version)C:\Program Files\nodejs

CYGWIN

$ node --version
v0.10.28
$ npm --version
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: line 2: $'\r': command not found
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: line 4: $'\r': command not found
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `$'in\r''
'cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: line 5: `case `uname` in

Windows CMD

>node --version
v0.10.28
>npm --version
1.4.9

I then uninstalled node and I tried to build it in cygwin using the windows method here. But I am having trouble with the ./configure and make parts below. what am i doing wrong?

./configure:

$ ./configure
ctrpp not found in WinSDK path--using pre-gen files from tools/msvs/genfiles.
{ 'target_defaults': { 'cflags': [],
                       'default_configuration': 'Release',
                       'defines': ['OPENSSL_NO_SSL2=1'],
                       'include_dirs': [],
                       'libraries': []},
  'variables': { 'clang': 0,
                 'gcc_version': 48,
                 'host_arch': 'x64',
                 'node_install_npm': 'true',
                 'node_prefix': '',
                 'node_shared_cares': 'false',
                 'node_shared_http_parser': 'false',
                 'node_shared_libuv': 'false',
                 'node_shared_openssl': 'false',
                 'node_shared_v8': 'false',
                 'node_shared_zlib': 'false',
                 'node_tag': '',
                 'node_use_dtrace': 'false',
                 'node_use_etw': 'true',
                 'node_use_mdb': 'false',
                 'node_use_openssl': 'true',
                 'node_use_perfctr': 'true',
                 'python': '/usr/bin/python',
                 'target_arch': 'x64',
                 'uv_library': 'static_library',
                 'v8_enable_gdbjit': 0,
                 'v8_enable_i18n_support': 0,
                 'v8_no_strict_aliasing': 1,
                 'v8_optimized_debug': 0,
                 'v8_random_seed': 0,
                 'v8_use_snapshot': 'true'}}
creating  ./config.gypi
creating  ./config.mk
cygwin warning:
  MS-DOS style path detected: C:\Users\User Name/.gyp
  Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/c/Users/User Name/.gyp
  CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning.
  Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths:
    http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames

make:

$ make
/usr/bin/python tools/gyp_node.py -f make
make -C out BUILDTYPE=Release V=1
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/User Name/node/out'
Makefile:271: *** mixed implicit and normal rules.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/User Name/node/out'
Makefile:45: recipe for target 'node' failed
make: *** [node] Error 2

NOTE: I have found similar questions here and here but no soltution not for the lack of trying :(

Answer 1

It appears that ./configure grabs the OS type and tries to pull in Windows SDK utilities. You can get further if you force the OS type to linux:

./configure --dest-os linux

Unfortunately this gets you part of the way there. make starts to work, but fails because cygwin doesn't have a thread barrier implementation:

g++ [...] ../deps/debugger-agent/src/agent.cc
In file included from ../deps/uv/include/uv.h:61:0,
             from ../deps/debugger-agent/include/debugger-agent.h:25,
             from ../deps/debugger-agent/src/agent.cc:23:
../deps/uv/include/uv-unix.h:152:9: error: "pthread_barrier_t" does not name a type

sniff :(