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diff --git a/README.windows b/README.windows new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0d3fb08 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.windows @@ -0,0 +1,261 @@ +Installation on Microsoft Windows: + +There are three ways to create binaries of this package for Microsoft Windows: +1) Native binaries, built using the mingw tool chain. +2) Native binaries, built using the MS Visual C/C++ tool chain. +3) Binaries for the Cygwin environment. + +=============================================================================== +1) Native binaries, built using the mingw tool chain. + + I recommend to use the Cygwin environment as the development environment + and mingw only as the target (runtime, deployment) environment. + For this, you need to install + * Cygwin (from https://cygwin.com/), + * some packages available from the Cygwin package installer: + make + * the mingw cross-compilation tools and runtime package, available from + the Cygwin package installer (setup-x86_64.exe): + - for creating 32-bit binaries: packages + mingw64-i686-gcc-core, + mingw64-i686-headers, + mingw64-i686-runtime + - for creating 64-bit binaries: packages + mingw64-x86_64-gcc-core, + mingw64-x86_64-headers, + mingw64-x86_64-runtime + + Building 32-bit binaries for mingw is achieved through the following + preparation, configure, and build commands: + + PATH=/usr/local/mingw32/bin:$PATH + export PATH + ./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --prefix=/usr/local/mingw32 \ + CC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc \ + CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/mingw32/include -Wall" \ + LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/mingw32/lib" + make + make check + + Building 64-bit binaries for mingw is achieved through the following + preparation, configure, and build commands: + + PATH=/usr/local/mingw64/bin:$PATH + export PATH + ./configure --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --prefix=/usr/local/mingw64 \ + CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc \ + CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/mingw64/include -Wall" \ + LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/mingw64/lib" + make + make check + + Installation: + + make install + +=============================================================================== +2) Native binaries, built using the MS Visual C/C++ tool chain. + + Note that binaries created with MSVC have a distribution constraint: They + depend on a closed-source library ('msvcr90.dll' for MSVC 9.0, + 'vcruntime140.dll' for MSVC 14.0, and so on) which is not normally part of + a Windows installation. + You cannot distribute 'vcruntime*.dll' with the binaries - this would be a + violation of the GPL and of the Microsoft EULA. + You can distribute the binaries without including 'vcruntime*.dll'. Users + who don't have this library on their system will require to pull some files + (api-ms-win*.dll) through the Windows Update mechanism, see + https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2999226 . + + This recipe requires MS Visual C/C++ 9.0 or newer. + You don't need the Visual Studio IDE, just the C/C++ tool chain. + As of 2016, you can install the MS Visual C/C++ 14.0 tool chain from + http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools (it's the file + visualcppbuildtools_full.exe). + + This recipe requires also a Cygwin environment (with 'bash', the common POSIX + commands, and 'make') as a build environment. Building with 'nmake' is not + supported. + For this, you need to install + * Cygwin (from https://cygwin.com/), + * some packages available from the Cygwin package installer: + make + + You also need the scripts 'ar-lib' and 'compile' from + http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=automake.git;a=blob_plain;f=lib/ar-lib;hb=HEAD + http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=automake.git;a=blob_plain;f=lib/compile;hb=HEAD + respectively. + They may also be included in this package, in directory 'build-aux/'. + Save them; the instructions below assume that you stored them in $HOME/msvc/. + Make them executable: + chmod a+x ar-lib compile + + Start a bash (from Cygwin). + + Make sure that the MSVC tools ("cl" etc.) are found in PATH and the + environment variables INCLUDE and LIB are set appropriately. + In a typical MSVC 9.0 installation, it can be achieved by running + C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat + In a typical MSVC 14.0 installation on Windows 10, it can be achieved + - for creating 32-bit binaries: through the following bash commands: + + # Set environment variables for using MSVC 14, + # for creating native 32-bit Windows executables. + + # Windows C library headers and libraries. + WindowsCrtIncludeDir='C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.10240.0\ucrt' + WindowsCrtLibDir='C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\10.0.10240.0\ucrt\' + INCLUDE="${WindowsCrtIncludeDir};$INCLUDE" + LIB="${WindowsCrtLibDir}x86;$LIB" + + # Windows API headers and libraries. + WindowsSdkIncludeDir='C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\' + WindowsSdkLibDir='C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\winv6.3\um\' + INCLUDE="${WindowsSdkIncludeDir}um;${WindowsSdkIncludeDir}shared;$INCLUDE" + LIB="${WindowsSdkLibDir}x86;$LIB" + + # Visual C++ tools, headers and libraries. + VSINSTALLDIR='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0' + VCINSTALLDIR="${VSINSTALLDIR}"'\VC' + PATH=`cygpath -u "${VCINSTALLDIR}"`/bin:"$PATH" + INCLUDE="${VCINSTALLDIR}"'\include;'"${INCLUDE}" + LIB="${VCINSTALLDIR}"'\lib;'"${LIB}" + + export INCLUDE LIB + + - for creating 64-bit binaries: through the following bash commands: + + # Set environment variables for using MSVC 14, + # for creating native 64-bit Windows executables. + + # Windows C library headers and libraries. + WindowsCrtIncludeDir='C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.10240.0\ucrt' + WindowsCrtLibDir='C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\10.0.10240.0\ucrt\' + INCLUDE="${WindowsCrtIncludeDir};$INCLUDE" + LIB="${WindowsCrtLibDir}x64;$LIB" + + # Windows API headers and libraries. + WindowsSdkIncludeDir='C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Include\' + WindowsSdkLibDir='C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Lib\winv6.3\um\' + INCLUDE="${WindowsSdkIncludeDir}um;${WindowsSdkIncludeDir}shared;$INCLUDE" + LIB="${WindowsSdkLibDir}x64;$LIB" + + # Visual C++ tools, headers and libraries. + VSINSTALLDIR='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0' + VCINSTALLDIR="${VSINSTALLDIR}"'\VC' + PATH=`cygpath -u "${VCINSTALLDIR}"`/bin/amd64:"$PATH" + INCLUDE="${VCINSTALLDIR}"'\include;'"${INCLUDE}" + LIB="${VCINSTALLDIR}"'\lib\amd64;'"${LIB}" + + export INCLUDE LIB + + Building 32-bit binaries with MSVC is achieved through the following + preparation, configure, and build commands: + + PATH=/usr/local/msvc32/bin:$PATH + export PATH + + win32_target=_WIN32_WINNT_WINXP # for MSVC 9.0 + win32_target=_WIN32_WINNT_VISTA # possibly for MSVC >= 10.0 + win32_target=_WIN32_WINNT_WIN7 # possibly for MSVC >= 10.0 + win32_target=_WIN32_WINNT_WIN8 # possibly for MSVC >= 10.0 + + ./configure --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --prefix=/usr/local/msvc32 \ + CC="$HOME/msvc/compile cl -nologo" \ + CFLAGS="-MD" \ + CXX="$HOME/msvc/compile cl -nologo" \ + CXXFLAGS="-MD" \ + CPPFLAGS="-D_WIN32_WINNT=$win32_target -I/usr/local/msvc32/include" \ + LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/msvc32/lib" \ + LD="link" \ + NM="dumpbin -symbols" \ + STRIP=":" \ + AR="$HOME/msvc/ar-lib lib" \ + RANLIB=":" + make + make check + + Building 64-bit binaries with MSVC is achieved through the following + preparation, configure, and build commands: + + PATH=/usr/local/msvc64/bin:$PATH + export PATH + + win32_target=_WIN32_WINNT_WINXP # for MSVC 9.0 + win32_target=_WIN32_WINNT_VISTA # possibly for MSVC >= 10.0 + win32_target=_WIN32_WINNT_WIN7 # possibly for MSVC >= 10.0 + win32_target=_WIN32_WINNT_WIN8 # possibly for MSVC >= 10.0 + + ./configure --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --prefix=/usr/local/msvc64 \ + CC="$HOME/msvc/compile cl -nologo" \ + CFLAGS="-MD" \ + CXX="$HOME/msvc/compile cl -nologo" \ + CXXFLAGS="-MD" \ + CPPFLAGS="-D_WIN32_WINNT=$win32_target -I/usr/local/msvc64/include" \ + LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/msvc64/lib" \ + LD="link" \ + NM="dumpbin -symbols" \ + STRIP=":" \ + AR="$HOME/msvc/ar-lib lib" \ + RANLIB=":" + make + make check + + Installation: + + make install + +=============================================================================== +3) Binaries for the Cygwin environment. + + The generic instructions in the INSTALL file apply. But here are more + specific ones. + + You need to install + * Cygwin (from https://cygwin.com/), + * some packages available from the Cygwin package installer: + make + * the Cygwin [cross-]compilation tools package, available from + the Cygwin package installer (setup-x86_64.exe): + - for creating 32-bit binaries: packages + cygwin32-gcc-core, + cygwin32 + - for creating 64-bit binaries: packages + gcc-core + + Building 32-bit binaries for Cygwin must be done in a directory *outside* + the Cygwin /home and /usr hierarchies. It is achieved through the following + preparation, configure, and build commands: + + PATH=/usr/local/cygwin32/bin:/usr/i686-pc-cygwin/sys-root/usr/bin:$PATH + export PATH + ./configure --host=i686-pc-cygwin --prefix=/usr/local/cygwin32 \ + CC=i686-pc-cygwin-gcc \ + CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/cygwin32/include -Wall" \ + LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/cygwin32/lib" + make + make check + + Building 64-bit binaries for Cygwin is achieved through the following + preparation, configure, and build commands: + + PATH=/usr/local/cygwin64/bin:$PATH + export PATH + ./configure --host=x86_64-pc-cygwin --prefix=/usr/local/cygwin64 \ + CC=x86_64-pc-cygwin-gcc \ + CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/cygwin64/include -Wall" \ + LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/cygwin64/lib" + make + make check + + Installation: + + make install + +=============================================================================== +Dependencies: + +This package depends on GNU libiconv. (See the file DEPENDENCIES.) Before +building this package, you need to build GNU libiconv, in the same development +environment, with the same configure options, and install it ("make install"). +=============================================================================== |