Changes between Version 86 and Version 87 of BuildingWinPidgin

Timestamp:

Feb 28, 2010, 10:12:30 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

datallah

Comment:

Use MinGW GCC version 4 (needed for compiling to work in Windows 7)

BuildingWinPidgin

@@ -23 +23 @@
      You may prefer to use the native Windows monotone binary available [http://www.monotone.ca here].
 
-  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 [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435&package_id=240780 Automated MinGW Installer].[[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 your `~/.bashrc` file (create the file if it doesn't exist yet)):
-{{{
-  export PATH=/cygdrive/c/MinGW/bin:$PATH
-}}}
-     You do not want to use any of Cygwin's build tools, with one exception; you need to use Cygwin's make utility. If typing `which make` produces MinGW's make utility, then just rename the `make.exe` in the MinGW bin directory to something else so that cygwin's make utility will be used instead. This shouldn't be a problem with recent versions of MinGW.
-
-  3. The following instructions were written under the assumption that [#GetthePidginsourcecode the Pidgin source] will be extracted or checked out into `$PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/pidgin-<version>` and that you install all of Pidgin's build dependencies under `$PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/win32-dev` (the point being that the pidgin source root and `win32-dev` directories should be on the same level).
+  2. The following instructions were written under the assumption that [#GetthePidginsourcecode the Pidgin source] will be extracted or checked out into `$PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/pidgin-<version>` and that you install all of Pidgin's build dependencies under `$PIDGIN_DEV_ROOT/win32-dev` (the point being that the pidgin source root and `win32-dev` directories should be on the same level).
      Some users may find the [#CustomizingtheBuildEnvironment instructions for customizing their build environment] useful.
 
@@ -48 +38 @@
 (If the following file is present, your structure is probably correct.)
 C:\development\pidgin_dev\win32-dev\gtk_2_0-2.14\include\libintl.h
+}}}
+
+  3. Install the MinGW "GCC Version 4" packages from the [http://www.mingw.org MinGW site].
+  * There isn't currently an installer for these; the following instructions are distilled from the MinGW manual instructions [http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started#toc2 here]
+  * Create a `win32-dev/mingw` directory and download the following into it:
+   * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/GNU%20Binutils/binutils-2.20/binutils-2.20-1-mingw32-bin.tar.gz/download binutils-2.20]
+   * mingw-runtime 3.17 ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW%20Runtime/mingwrt-3.17-mingw32-dev.tar.gz/download dev] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW%20Runtime/mingwrt-3.17-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download dll])
+   * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW%20API%20for%20MS-Windows/w32api-3.14/w32api-3.14-mingw32-dev.tar.gz/download w32-api 3.14]
+   * Required runtime libraries for GCC ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/GCC%20Version%204/gmp-4.2.4-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download gmp 4.2.4], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW%20libiconv/libiconv-1.13.1-1-mingw32-dll-2.tar.lzma/download libiconv 1.13.1], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/GCC%20Version%204/mpfr-2.4.1-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download MPFR 2.4.1] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/GCC%20Version%204/pthreads-w32-2.8.0-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download pthreads 2.8.0])
+   * gcc-core 4.4.0 ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/GCC%20Version%204/gcc-core-4.4.0-mingw32-bin.tar.gz/download bin] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/GCC%20Version%204/gcc-core-4.4.0-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download dll])
+  * Extract all of the above downloaded files directly into the `win32-dev/mingw` directory.
+  * You will need to set MinGW's bin directory before Cygwin's in your PATH.[[BR]]
+   For Example (You can add the following to your `~/.bashrc` file (create the file if it doesn't exist yet)):
+{{{
+  export PATH=/cygdrive/c/development/pidgin_dev/win32-dev/mingw/bin:$PATH
 }}}