From a09311ebb4922b7c421a5f7ca167d8d9df060f9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Biggers Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:09:33 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] README.WINDOWS: add instructions for building from source --- README.WINDOWS | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.WINDOWS b/README.WINDOWS index 781fbe29..828b5681 100644 --- a/README.WINDOWS +++ b/README.WINDOWS @@ -79,7 +79,57 @@ Windows-only graphical user interface that provides a thin wrapper around wimlib-imagex can be downloaded at http://reboot.pro/files/file/485-wimlib-imagex-command-line-compiler/. -If you want to build your own Windows binaries from source, MinGW-w64 is -required. Configure with --host=i686-w64-mingw32 or --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32. -You will need to satisfy the third-party dependencies (libxml2, winpthreads, and -win-iconv), which in the official releases are statically linked into the DLL. + BUILDING FROM SOURCE + +As with other open source software, advanced users may choose to build wimlib +from source, potentially with customizations. Although wimlib's build system is +designed for UNIX-like systems and is easiest to use on Linux, it's possible to +build Windows binaries on Windows using Cygwin with MinGW. To do this, follow +the instructions below. For the sake of example, I'll assume you are building a +32-bit version of wimlib v1.9.0. + +Run the Cygwin installer, available from https://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe. +When you get to the package selection screen, choose the following additional +packages from category "Devel": + + - make + - mingw64-i686-gcc-g++ + - mingw64-i686-binutils + - mingw64-i686-libxml2 + - mingw64-i686-winpthreads + - mingw64-i686-win-iconv + - mingw64-i686-pkg-config + +Download wimlib's source code from https://wimlib.net/downloads/wimlib-1.9.0.tar.gz. + +Start a Cygwin terminal and run the following commands: + + cd /cygdrive/c/Users/example/Downloads # (or wherever you downloaded the source to) + tar xf wimlib-1.9.0.tar.gz + cd wimlib-1.9.0 + ./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32 + make + +If successful, the new binaries "libwim-15.dll" and "wimlib-imagex.exe" will +have been produced in the .libs directory. + +By default the binaries are built with debug symbols. If desired, you can use +i686-w64-mingw32-strip to strip them. + +libwim-15.dll will be linked to several other DLLs which you will need as well: + + - iconv.dll + - libwinpthread-1.dll + - libxml2-2.dll + - libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll + +They can be found in "C:\cygwin\usr\i686-w64-mingw32\sys-root\mingw\bin" and +must be placed alongside libwim-15.dll for it to run portably. (In the official +binary release, these third-party libraries are linked to libwim-15.dll +statically rather than dynamically.) + +Building 64-bit binaries is very similar, but you'll need to replace "i686" with +"x86_64" everywhere in the above instructions. Note that you can build both +32-bit and 64-bit binaries from the same Cygwin installation, provided that you +install both the mingw64-i686-* and mingw64-x86_64-* packages; and you can run +the Cygwin setup program to install more packages at any time. -- 2.43.0