Changes between Version 100 and Version 101 of BuildingWinPidgin

Timestamp:

Apr 8, 2010, 6:08:16 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

SpeedProg

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BuildingWinPidgin

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   3. Skip the [#Themanualway The manual way], [#InstallPidginsbuilddependencies Install Pidgin's build dependencies], and [#GetthePidginsourcecode Get the Pidgin source code] sections and go straight to [#BuildPidgin Build Pidgin].
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+=== The easier way ===
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+  1. Install the [http://cygwin.com Cygwin] Bash shell. Make sure to select Unix file mode during setup.
+     Also make sure you install bash, bzip2, coreutils, '''libiconv''', gawk, grep, gzip, '''make''', '''monotone''', '''patch''', sed, tar, '''unzip''', '''wget''', and '''zip''' (several of these are selected by default, those in bold are not). Be sure to add Cygwin versions of any programs you may use that require Cygwin path names (for example, if you want to use vim to edit monotone commit messages, you need to install the Cygwin version of vim -- native Win32 vim will be unable to read Cygwin-style paths). [[BR]]
+     You may prefer to use the native Windows monotone binary (available [http://www.monotone.ca here]), and/or [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS%20Base%20System/msys-1.0.11/MSYS-1.0.11.exe/download MSYS] instead of Cygwin.
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+  2. Download the [http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-dep-easyinstaller/ Dep-Easyinstaller] script. Copy it to the folder you want to have your build environment set up into. Run it inside cygwin and follow the instructions given by the script. The script will fetch the current revision of Pidgin 2.7.0.
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+  3. Now you can continue with [#BuildPidgin Build Pidgin].
 
 === The manual way ===