Thanks. I'll remove it from that machine until (if) a workaround is found.

I have got it working on another machine where I've installed Git as an admin under Program Files.

FINALLY MADE IT WORK ON WINDOWS!

Two things that I had to do:

1. Make sure Git is installed in C:\Program Files\Git
2. Extract contents of bin folder from this zip to C:\Windows\System32

Glad that it works now! Note that 2. should not be necessary if you run on Windows >=10.

Another option for Windows 10 users is WSL2. LODA runs perfectly in an Ubuntu VM running within Windows.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

Works even with wsl1

Hi

I'm running WIn 7 Pro and every LODA task I've downloaded has failed after 2-3 seconds.

This is despite Git for Windows being installed, and as per the following message, I also installed curl.,

https://boinc.loda-lang.org/loda/forum_thread.php?id=8&postid=142

But this didn't help...


See details of my stderr_logs here:

https://boinc.loda-lang.org/loda/forum_thread.php?id=4&postid=297

regards
Tim

For my win7 machines I had to install:
Wget : version 1.21.3 64-bit from https://eternallybored.org/misc/wget/
Git: from https://git-scm.com/download/win
Virtualbox 6.1 : https://www.virtualbox.org

to get no fails for work units. I also have curl for windows https://curl.se/windows/, but did not install it. Wget was installed to the Windows/System32 file.

Hi Groo

Many thanks for the feedback.

I already had Git and VBox installed on my host, plus I also installed curl (to the System32 sub-directory) but not WGet...

If all these "extra" resources are required for WIn 7 systems to take part, it seems a shame that the project admins have not made this clear in the "Getting started" forum, or even on their website.

I will see if this makes a difference and will report back, if it is successful, or not.

regards
Tim

Microsoft stopped its support for Win 7 already two years ago. Maybe consider switching to Win 10 or higher which come with preinstalled curl.

Hi Groo

I will see if this makes a difference and will report back, if it is successful, or not.

regards
Tim

Hi Groo

Your assistance has been VERY worthwhile...and installing WGet has helped and my "old" (now unsupported, but who cares?) Win 7 host is now crunching away and providing some assistance to this project :-)

thanks and regards
Tim

Microsoft stopped its support for Win 7 already two years ago. Maybe consider switching to Win 10 or higher which come with preinstalled curl.

Thanks for the "feedback".

As a PC user of many years, I am of course fully aware that Micorsoft decided to stop supporting Win 7, as they have done for many other previous OS.


I am in the situation where Win 10 would not be a good choice, as some of the drivers (that I require for certain "accessory" products) do not have Win 10 drivers available. :-(

So I would need to "scrap" some perfectly good and fully working items, replace them (at considerable cost) with similar models for which Win 10 drivers are available. This is hardly a workable or cost effective solution, unless you are some rich oligarch...

I'd put the cost of "upgrading" to Win 10 at around $3,000 for the new hardware that could work with my existing host, (once upgraded to Win 10).

Pleas send me a PM and I'll provide you with my PayPal account details and donations will be duly and graciously accepted. :-)

ALTERNATIVELY, for others in a similar situation, who want to VOLUNTEER their CPU cycles to your project for FREE, why don't you give specific information of what "extra programs" are required to take part in your project with various operating systems, inc Win 7, Linux Mint etc?

That is a surely a more workable solution (which takes all of 5 minutes to update your website), if you are trying to increase the number of volunteers supporting your project?

FYI: see here for LODA members running different OS:

https://boinc.loda-lang.org/loda/host_stats.php

I see that there are already 12 members running Win 7 (at time of writing this)!!

regards
Tim
Founder, UK BOINC Team - successfully supporting BOINC since it was first made public, back in 2004...and we have many hundreds of UK and international based team members who like donating their CPU/GPU resources to worthy projects.


(PS: Of course, in the long term, I may have to upgrade the OS, but with Win 11 now requiring specific hardware features to be built in, so, that will require a new PC as well....so add another $1,000 to the above !)

(PPS: I never got a reply to the PM I sent you about team creation...but it's not a problem now, as I found a way to do it).[/url]

Hi Tim, thanks for your feedback. The requirements for Windows are:

• Git for Windows: https://gitforwindows.org/ (install in default location)
  
• curl (pre-installed in Win >=10) or wget.