Cannot compile the github Repo in Windows using MSYS2 environment, config generates no Makefile

[CyberAkumaZero]

I was having issues using iperf3 in Windows with commands seemingly being unsupported, such as -r. The latest Windows binaries I could find seem to be from 2016 while the github repo is still being updated often. So I figured the only real way to be to get the latest build is to compile it myself.

I admit I an very beginner when it comes to this, but I do have a MSYS2 environment setup that I have compiled other Github projects on. However, when I run ./configure I get no makefile and no error on screen.

The full output of ./configure is rather large, but here are the last several lines:

checking whether the gcc linker (C:/msys64/mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... Win32 ld.exe checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... yes checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking for gcc... (cached) gcc checking whether the compiler supports GNU C... (cached) yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes checking for gcc option to enable C11 features... (cached) none needed checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3 checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib checking whether ln -s works... no, using cp -pR checking for library containing floor... none required checking for library containing socket... no socket()

It just ends by saying "socket()", no confirmation or error or makefile being generated. I don't know what I am doing wrong.

[davidBar-On]

There is a site that distributes new iperf3 executable for Windows. This is not an iperf3 official site but it seems to be reliable: https://files.budman.pw/ or https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1234695-iperf-3101-windows-build/page/3/ (in both download is done from the same site).

For building iperf3 under Windows (using Cygwin) see: https://www.embeddedsystemtesting.com/2014/08/how-to-compile-iperf3-for-windows.html.

[NiQ1]

Is there any way to compile it without Cygwin? I'm trying to build it for arm64, and Cygwin is not available for is and won't be available in the foreseeable future.

[davidBar-On]

If MSYS2 is supported on your platform, you can use it instead of Cygwin. See MSYS2 iperf3 and this iperf3 PR.

If not, you may try using iperf2 which I believe is supported on Windows without using Cygwin.