How to build the gsl-1.8(GNU Statistical Library) on Win 64bit

I'm a newbie in compiling GNU libraries(Never did it before). I have VS 2010 but don't mind downloading other ANSI C Com开发者_开发技巧piler.

If you can assist me in the steps I need to do to run the make file that build the library.

As far as I can see the win32 port of the gsl got stuck with version 1.8 (current is 1.15), this is quiet old and I'm not sure if a build on win64 will work.

Anyhow if you want to give it a try download the sources from here http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/gsl-src-zip.php, unpack everything into a new and empty directory and start by reading src\gsl\1.8\gsl-1.8\VC8\Readme_VC8.htm.

The VC10 compiler should do.

I've recently built, deployed and used the GSL 1.15 for Win 64 with the MinGW gcc of debian, so I can assure you it's possible to build the GSL on Win64. However, I'm absolutely not experienced with VS and can't help you there, sorry. If you can make any use of binaries and a building debian package, please look into our repository.