Problems installing from source on Windows
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Description
**Current Behavior:**
Unable to recognize installed dependencies
**Desired Behavior:**
Luakit installation on Windows 10
**How can we reproduce it (step by step):**
- open ubuntu in wsl
- run `do-release-upgrade` as directed on https://luakit.github.io/#sec-download
- Install dependencies listed on luakit's website for installing from source
- `cd` into user directory in windows drive (C: drive)
- clone github repository
- `cd` into cloned directory and run `make install` as directed on luakit's website
- These error messages appear
**Environment:**
Linux Distribution & Version: ubuntu wsl (Jammy Jellyfish)
Output of `luakit --version`: N/A (can't install)
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the source-installation instructions on the Luakit website and reproduce `make install` from the cloned repository in Ubuntu WSL. Review the dependency-recognition errors shown in the linked screenshot; done means a Windows 10 WSL installation completes successfully.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, lua, ubuntu
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100