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Installing Chicken on MSYS2

Set this environment variable in the Windows Control Panel:

CHICKEN_PREFIX=C:\msys64\usr\local\

Install 64-bit MSYS2, launch bash using the MingW64 shell:

https://msys2.github.io

To reiterate, be certain you run the correct shell. IE, you will run:

C:\msys64\mingw64.exe

Install the necessary dependencies:

pacman -Sy
pacman -S mingw-w64-cross-toolchain base-devel

Build and install Chicken:

tar xf chicken-4.11.0.tar.gz; cd chicken-4.11.0
make PLATFORM=mingw-msys
make PLATFORM=mingw-msys install

Set this environment variable in your .bashrc or somesuch:

 CHICKEN_REPOSITORY=/usr/local/lib/chicken/8/