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Installing Chicken on MSYS2
Set this environment variable in the Windows Control Panel:
CHICKEN_PREFIX=C:\msys64\usr\local\ CHICKEN_REPOSITORY=C:\msys64\usr\local\lib\chicken\8\
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_shell.bat
Install the necessary dependencies:
pacman -Sy pacman -S mingw-w64-cross-toolchain base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc winpty
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
You will need to run csi through winpty:
winpty csi