Changes between Version 156 and Version 157 of BuildingWinPidgin

Timestamp:

Mar 24, 2014, 9:58:43 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

datallah

Comment:

Update gcc installation instructions since the mingw website has been updated and no longer contains what we want

BuildingWinPidgin

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-  3. Install the MinGW "GCC Version 4.7.2" packages from the [http://www.mingw.org MinGW site] by following [http://www.mingw.org/wiki/InstallationHOWTOforMinGW their instructions].
-  * You will need to set MinGW's bin directory before Cygwin's in your `PATH`.[[BR]]
+  3. Install the MinGW "GCC Version 4.7.2" packages from the [http://www.mingw.org MinGW site] by following [http://www.mingw.org/node/24/revisions/908/view their instructions].
+  * Download the following:
+   * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/binutils/binutils-2.23.1/binutils-2.23.1-1-mingw32-bin.tar.lzma/download binutils-2.23.1]
+   * mingw-runtime-3.20 ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/mingw-rt/mingwrt-3.20/mingwrt-3.20-2-mingw32-dev.tar.lzma/download dev] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/mingw-rt/mingwrt-3.20/mingwrt-3.20-2-mingw32-dll.tar.lzma/download dll])
+   * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/w32api/w32api-3.17/w32api-3.17-2-mingw32-dev.tar.lzma/ w32api-3.17]
+   * Required runtime libraries for GCC:
+    * mpc-0.8.1-1 ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/mpc/mpc-0.8.1-1/mpc-0.8.1-1-mingw32-dev.tar.lzma/ dev] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/mpc/mpc-0.8.1-1/libmpc-0.8.1-1-mingw32-dll-2.tar.lzma/ dll])
+    * mpfr-2.4.1-1 ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/mpfr/mpfr-2.4.1-1/mpfr-2.4.1-1-mingw32-dev.tar.lzma/ dev] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/mpfr/mpfr-2.4.1-1/libmpfr-2.4.1-1-mingw32-dll-1.tar.lzma/ dll])
+    * gmp-5.0.1-1 ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/gmp/gmp-5.0.1-1/gmp-5.0.1-1-mingw32-dev.tar.lzma/ dev] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/gmp/gmp-5.0.1-1/libgmp-5.0.1-1-mingw32-dll-10.tar.lzma/ dll])
+    * pthreads-2.9.0-pre-20110507-2 ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/pthreads-w32/pthreads-w32-2.9.0-pre-20110507-2/pthreads-w32-2.9.0-mingw32-pre-20110507-2-dev.tar.lzma/ dev] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/pthreads-w32/pthreads-w32-2.9.0-pre-20110507-2/libpthreadgc-2.9.0-mingw32-pre-20110507-2-dll-2.tar.lzma/ dll])
+    * iconv ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/libiconv/libiconv-1.14-2/libiconv-1.14-2-mingw32-dev.tar.lzma/ dev] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/libiconv/libiconv-1.14-2/libiconv-1.14-2-mingw32-dll-2.tar.lzma/ dll])
+    * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/gettext/gettext-0.18.1.1-2/libintl-0.18.1.1-2-mingw32-dll-8.tar.lzma/ intl-0.18.1.1-2]
+    * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/gcc/Version4/gcc-4.7.2-1/libgomp-4.7.2-1-mingw32-dll-1.tar.lzma/ gomp-4.7.2-1]
+    * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/gcc/Version4/gcc-4.7.2-1/libssp-4.7.2-1-mingw32-dll-0.tar.lzma/ ssp-4.7.2-1]
+    * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/gcc/Version4/gcc-4.7.2-1/libquadmath-4.7.2-1-mingw32-dll-0.tar.lzma/ quadmath-4.7.2-1]
+   * gcc-core-4.7.2-1 ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/gcc/Version4/gcc-4.7.2-1/gcc-core-4.7.2-1-mingw32-bin.tar.lzma/ bin] and dev and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/gcc/Version4/gcc-4.7.2-1/libgcc-4.7.2-1-mingw32-dll-1.tar.lzma/ dll])
+  * Extract all of the above into the desired location (e.g. `$PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/win32-dev/mingw-4.7.2`)
+
+  * Set the MinGW gcc's bin directory to be before Cygwin's in your `PATH`.[[BR]]
    For Example (You should add the following to your `~/.bashrc` file, which is found in `C:\cygwin\home\YourUsername\` by default):
 {{{
 #!sh
-  export PATH=/cygdrive/c/devel/pidgin-devel/win32-dev/mingw/bin:$PATH
+  export PATH=/cygdrive/c/devel/pidgin-devel/win32-dev/mingw-4.7.2/bin:$PATH
 }}}