Can't install on Windows about joy HOT 8 CLOSED

Okay, I figured it out. It wasn't joy related. I had Janet on my PATH, but it turns out that setting JANET_PATH is mandatory. It's strange that installer doesn't do that

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However now I get:

Installed as 'db'.
copying db to E:\Janet-1.9.1/bin...
Invalid switch - /i
Error building git repository dependency: command exited with status 4
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• branch master -> FETCH_HEAD
  Already up-to-date.
  removing E:\Janet-1.9.1\tester.janet
  Error building git repository dependency: No such file or directory: E:\Janet-1.9.1\tester.janet
  cloning repository https://github.com/joy-framework/dotenv to E:\Janet-1.9.1.cache\https___github.com_joy-framework_dotenv
  Cloning into 'E:\Janet-1.9.1.cache\https___github.com_joy-framework_dotenv'...
  remote: Enumerating objects: 23, done.
  remote: Counting objects: 100% (23/23), done.
  remote: Compressing objects: 100% (16/16), done.
  remote: Total 23 (delta 9), reused 20 (delta 6), pack-reused 0
  Unpacking objects: 100% (23/23), done.
  Checking connectivity... done.
  no dependencies found
  generating E:\Janet-1.9.1.manifests\dotenv.jdn...
  Installed as 'dotenv'.
  copying dotenv.janet to E:\Janet-1.9.1...
  E:dotenv.janet
  E:test\dotenv.janet
  2 File(s) copied
  generating E:\Janet-1.9.1.manifests\joy.jdn...
  Installed as 'joy'.
  copying joy to E:\Janet-1.9.1/bin...
  Invalid switch - /i
  Error building git repository dependency: command exited with status 4

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Dang this is one thing I can’t help out with, I don’t have access to windows :(

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Oh hey there’s a dockerfile now you’re free to try that out on windows, hopefully it solves the problem 🤞

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This seems to be an issue with jpm installation on windows, the /i switch is from jpm trying to invoke xcopy - it could be it is trying to use an older version of xcopy. What version of windows are you using?

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Windows 10 Pro

help xcopy
Copies files and directory trees.

XCOPY source [destination] [/A | /M] [/D[:date]] [/P] [/S [/E]] [/V] [/W]
                           [/C] [/I] [/Q] [/F] [/L] [/G] [/H] [/R] [/T] [/U]
                           [/K] [/N] [/O] [/X] [/Y] [/-Y] [/Z] [/B] [/J]
                           [/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...]

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So I got time to test his out on windows, and it seems xcopy doesn’t handle forward slashes embedded in paths. Added a fix in jpm for this, but there are other issues with installing joy on windows right now - some of them dependent packages don’t work on windows. I would certainly recommend a docker container at this moment.

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Thank you for your time. I belive I should close the issue because according to what you wrote it's no longer issue with joy itself.

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