Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of BuildingWinPidgin

Timestamp:

May 7, 2007, 2:42:58 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

datallah

Comment:

Clarify and add cross-compiling instructions

BuildingWinPidgin

@@ -23 +23 @@
   2. Install the MinGW "current" packages from the [http://www.mingw.org MinGW site].[[BR]]
      The easiest way to install these is to use the MinGW Installer linked to from the main site.[[BR]]
-     Specifically, you will need `gcc-core 3.4.2`, `binutils 2.15.91`, `mingw-runtime 3.9` and `win32api 3.7` (or newer).[[BR]]
+     Specifically, you will need `gcc-core 3.4.2`, `binutils 2.15.91`, `mingw-runtime 3.9` and `win32api 3.9` (or newer).[[BR]]
      You will need to set MinGW's bin directory before Cygwin's in your PATH.[[BR]]
      For Example (You can add the following to `~/.bash_login`):
@@ -31 +31 @@
      You do not want to use any of Cygwin's build tools, with one exception; you need to use Cygwin's make utility. If typing `which make` produces MinGW's make utility, then just rename the `make.exe` in the MinGW bin directory to something else so that cygwin's make utility will be used instead. This shouldn't be a problem with recent versions of MinGW.
 
-  3. The following instructions were written under the assumption that you checkout Pidgin from monotone to `~/pidgin` and that you install all of Pidgin's build dependencies under `~/win32-dev` (the point being that the `pidgin` and `win32-dev` directories should be on the same level).[[BR]]
+  3. The following instructions were written under the assumption that you checkout Pidgin from monotone to `~/pidgin` and that you install all of Pidgin's build dependencies under `~/win32-dev` (the point being that the pidgin source root and `win32-dev` directories should be on the same level).[[BR]]
      This can be overridden by creating a `local.mak` file in the `~/pidgin` directory and overriding the various Makefile variables.
      [[BR]]**TODO: post example local.mak
@@ -104 +104 @@
   You can download it [/static/win32/drmingw.exe here].[[BR]]
   You can also use `gdb` is available from MinGW.
+
+== Cross Compiling ==
+  It is quite easy to cross compile Pidgin for Windows on a Linux machine.
+
+  To begin, you'll need to install MinGW. On Debian/Ubuntu, this involves installing packages `mingw32`, `mingw32-binutils`, and `mingw32-runtime`. On other distributions, the packages may be named differently.
+
+  Set up a build environment as described [#Themanualway above], skipping steps 1 and 2.
+
+  Create a `local.mak` file in the source directory root to override the Makefile variables - mine looks like this:
+{{{
+CC := /usr/bin/i586-mingw32msvc-cc
+GMSGFMT := msgfmt
+MAKENSIS := /usr/bin/makensis
+PERL := /usr/bin/perl
+EXTUTILS := /usr/share/perl/5.8/ExtUtils
+WINDRES := /usr/bin/i586-mingw32msvc-windres
+STRIP := /usr/bin/i586-mingw32msvc-strip
+
+INCLUDE_PATHS := -I$(PIDGIN_TREE_TOP)/../win32-dev/w32api/include
+LIB_PATHS := -L$(PIDGIN_TREE_TOP)/../win32-dev/w32api/lib
+}}}
+
+  If your distribution doesn't include a recent enough win32api, you can download it from the [http://www.mingw.org/ MinGW site], extract it into your `win32-dev` directory, and override the `INCLUDE_PATHS` and `LIB_PATHS` variables in your `local.mak` as I have done.
+
+  Once this is set up, you should be able to follow the [#BuildPidgin building instructions above].
+
+  ** Note: I haven't been able to get the NSIS installer to to build correctly on my 64-bit Linux system.
+