node.js on Windows 7

By Dan Baker, published 2010-09-10

Well, it wasn't as easy getting node.js to compile on my Windows 7 box... I followed my own instructions here. I installed cygwin on my D: drive. When I ran "./configure", I got a series of errors. The FIRST error was something like: 
Checking for program gcc or cc : /usr/bin/gcc 0 [main] python 3968 C:\cygwin\bin\python.exe: *** fatal error - unable to remap \\?\D:\cygwin\lib\python2.6\lib-dynload\time.dll to same address as parent: 0x360000 != 0x3E0000
After lots of googling, I discovered I needed to "rebase". After more googling and trying various things ... I discovered the magic code. It is as follows: To "rebaseall" my cygwin:
  1. close cygwin
  2. open dos box to ...\cygwin\bin
  3. "ash rebaseall"
  4. close dos box
  5. re-run cygwin
  6. cd node
  7. ./configure (cross fingers, wait ... "SUCCESS", whew!)
I then went back to my instructions for Windows XP, and everything worked great. Life is good.

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