Issue about installing GMT6.4.0 on Cygwin

[a3357king]

I tried to build GMT-6.4.0 on Cygwin several times, but it can’t work. Seems like leak some files in it.

I used to build GMT-4.5.18 on Cygwin and succeeded, but this two versions are so different.

When I Install version 4.5.18, I use the way ~/.configure、make、make install.
In version 6.4.0 it became cmake, but it doesn’t matter, I still built and installed it successfully, but it can’t work.

I find that, when I install it, the “examples” are good installed, but other commands are missing, like the basic “psxy”.(Pictures below shows the bin folder of 6.4.0 and 4.5.18)

I don’t know, If there is any steps go wrong？

I’m not a native English speaker, thanks for your patience in read my question.

Any help or hints would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[seisman]

Everything looks good. In GMT 6, the only executable is “gmt”. If you want to run the old-style “psxy” command, you should use “gmt psxy” (in classic mode) or “gmt plot” (in modern mode) instead.

You may want to read the GMT5 (https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2013EO450001) and GMT6 papers (https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2019GC008515) to understand the changes.

[tianyf]

In cmake/ConfigUser.cmake, uncomment the following line
set (GMT_INSTALL_MODULE_LINKS TRUE)

[Andreas]

It’s a very long time since I used cygwin (c. 10 years). But back then, it was really slow and annoying to use. You could try WSL2. I bet you will get better performance. Assuming you’re using a ‘newer’ versions of Windows.

[a3357king]

thanks for you all’s suggestion. I’ll take it a try.

[pwessel]

Note that GMT6 can run GMT 4 syntax scripts as long as you either build the MODULE_LINKS or you read the section called “Migrating from an Earlier Version” on the documentation page sidebar.