Running raco on the Windows command line

Question

I am trying to make a stand-alone Racket executable on the Windows platform. How do I go about running raco from the windows command line? I'm not familiar with it.

If I use the documentation and enter the following command into cmd.exe:

raco exe --gui main.rkt

cmd.exe tells me:

'raco' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Substituting in raco.exe tells me the same thing.

I also tried typing:

'C:\Program Files\Racket\raco.exe' exe --gui .\main.rkt

into powershell and it gave me an Unexpected token 'exe' in expression or statement error.

Oscar answered the question as you asked it, re using the command line. Just to mention something you probably already know (but someone else might not): Another way to make an executable is in DrRacket. From the Racket menu choose Create Executable. — Greg Hendershott

Óscar López Óscar López · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-12T14:49:19

For the first problem: you need to add to windows' %PATH% (an environment variable) the path to the executable. For the second problem: check the correct syntax for the exe command, and/or the "--gui" modifier, they're being misused. For instance, try this after solving the first problem:

$ raco.exe exe main.rkt

The above will create an executable main.exe file.

Running raco on the Windows command line

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