How to compile aeacus

[Mobmaker55]

Following your directions, I tried to compile the latest version myself. I installed go and garble using the command go get mvdan.cc/garble.
When running make win, I got this error:
'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
What did I do wrong?

[safinsingh]

Assuming you're using Windows, you'll need to install GNU Make in order to build aeacus using something like GNUWin, MinGW, or MSYS2.

[Mobmaker55]

After trying multiple times to install GNUWin and MinGW (that part is probably on me), I switched to the latest version of Ubuntu (20.04.2).
I tried to run make win again, and this time, got this error:
make: *** No rule to make target 'win'. Stop.
I also tried to just make. That did not work either.
I'm following your directions, I made sure to install go go version go1.16 linux/amd64 and garble using go get mvdan.cc/garble.
What am I still missing?

[safinsingh]

Ah, my bad; we had removed the Makefile in an earlier commit. As of c08b240, you should be able to run the command successfully. Please re-pull and try again; sorry about that.

[Mobmaker55]

It's alright, I'm not used to compiling with anything other than gradle or Maven, so this is a good new experience for me, haha!
Okay, so I think I messed up installing garble...
mob@ubuntu:~/aeacus$ make win
CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows garble build -ldflags '-s -w' -tags phocus -o ./phocus.exe . && \
CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows garble build -ldflags '-s -w' -o ./aeacus.exe . && \
echo "Windows production build successful!"
/bin/sh: 1: garble: not found
make: *** [Makefile:30: win] Error 127
That's the invocation and the error? that resulted.

[safinsingh]

Is garble installed and has it been added to your $PATH?

[Mobmaker55]

I installed garble using the command go get mvdan.cc/garble
but other than that, I haven't done anything else...

[Mobmaker55]

I don't see where garble would be installed, and I can't find it just browsing through my file tree. How would I add it to my $PATH?

[safinsingh]

By default, Go installs binaries to $GOPATH/bin. In order to set your $PATH correctly, execute the following:

export PATH="$PATH:${GOPATH:-$HOME/go}/bin"

[Mobmaker55]

This is the error I received after running your export PATH-
It started for like 10 minutes, and then randomly stopped with this error, I tried it again just to be sure, but this was the same error the second time too.

go list error: exit status 1: ../go/pkg/mod/github.com/gen2brain/[email protected]/notify_windows.go:16:2: missing go.sum entry for module providing package golang.org/x/sys/windows/registry (imported by github.com/elysium-suite/aeacus/cmd); to add:
go get github.com/elysium-suite/aeacus/cmd
../go/pkg/mod/github.com/iamacarpet/[email protected]/services.go:12:2: missing go.sum entry for module providing package golang.org/x/sys/windows (imported by github.com/elysium-suite/aeacus/cmd); to add:
go get github.com/elysium-suite/aeacus/cmd
../go/pkg/mod/github.com/iamacarpet/[email protected]/services.go:13:2: missing go.sum entry for module providing package golang.org/x/sys/windows/svc (imported by github.com/judwhite/go-svc/svc); to add:
go get github.com/judwhite/go-svc/[email protected]
../go/pkg/mod/github.com/iamacarpet/[email protected]/services.go:14:2: missing go.sum entry for module providing package golang.org/x/sys/windows/svc/mgr (imported by github.com/iamacarpet/go-win64api); to add:
go get github.com/iamacarpet/[email protected]
go build golang.org/x/sys/windows/registry: no Go files in
go build golang.org/x/sys/windows: no Go files in
go build golang.org/x/sys/windows/svc: no Go files in
go build golang.org/x/sys/windows/svc/mgr: no Go files in
make: *** [Makefile:30: win] Error 1

[Mobmaker55]

I kept trying different stuff (including re-cloning the source), but nothing has worked. I have no idea how to fix this error, do you have any ideas?

[safinsingh]

Have you installed dependencies with go get -v -d -t ./...?

[sourque]

If your goal is to just have the code compiled, and you're not looking to change crypto.go at all, we also made a 'new' release which should be up to date.

[Mobmaker55]

Have you installed dependencies with go get -v -d -t ./...?

Thank you :) this worked! Sorry, I've never used go before, this is all new to me.
However, I did change crypto.go a little, so I want to compile that in.

Okay, so now, do I just move aeacus.exe and phocus.exe to my C:\aeacus directory? Or do I need to move more stuff?

[safinsingh]

You'll also need the assets and misc directories from the repository; that's all.

[Mobmaker55]

You'll also need the assets and misc directories from the repository; that's all.

The misc directory is not in your latest release... would I need to download and install the misc directory separately from a release?

I'm trying to make a configuration guide not only for myself, but for my team, so they can understand how to use aeacus. So, I'm sorry if this is a lot of questions-

[safinsingh]

No problem. The Makefile hasn't been updated to include the misc directory but you should copy it from the cloned repository into /opt/aeacus.

[Mobmaker55]

Sounds good! This answers all of my compilation questions, thank you!

[Mobmaker55]

I feel bad about bothering all of you more, but I'm once again trying with Windows (I am so sorry)...
I ran make win, and got a different error that I've never seen before-

C:(directory stuff)>make win
CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows garble build -ldflags '-s -w' -tags phocus -o ./phocus.exe . && \
CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows garble build -ldflags '-s -w' -o ./aeacus.exe . && \
echo "Windows production build successful!"
'CGO_ENABLED' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
make: *** [Makefile:30: win] Error 1

It's probably something stupid and easy to fix, but I have no idea how to fix this...
again, my first time using Go, so I have no idea what I'm doing even remotely haha

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to all of my questions too, it's really helpful and kind of all of you!

EDIT: I'm just going to save all of you time and go back to compiling on the FAR SUPERIOR Linux. Sorry for spamming your inboxes by opening and closing this issue haha...

[safinsingh]

No worries! The reason it wasn't working is because there's a different syntax for setting environment variables on cmd; namely set/setx. I would agree, however, that it's much easier to compile on Linux 😄

[Mobmaker55]

No worries! The reason it wasn't working is because there's a different syntax for setting environment variables on cmd; namely set/setx. I would agree, however, that it's much easier to compile on Linux 😄

Right! I didn't realize that's how a Makefile worked-- shows how much I know xD
I'll totally try that on Windows some other time... whenever that is :P