docs/msw/install.txt

   1
   2 Installing wxWindows 2.0
   3 ------------------------
   4
   5 Unarchiving
   6 -----------
   7
   8 If there is a setup program, run the setup program that comes with the Windows version.
   9 Do not install into a path that contains spaces. The installation program should set the
  10 WXWIN environment variable, which will be activated when your machine is rebooted.
  11
  12 If there is no setup program, it will come as a series of .zip
  13 files:
  14
  15 wx200gen.zip            Generic source code and samples (required)
  16 wx200msw.zip            Windows-specific source code and samples (required)
  17 wx200doc.zip            Documentation source code (not required)
  18 wx200hlp.zip            WinHelp documentation
  19 wx200pdf.zip            Acrobat PDF documentation
  20 wx200htm.zip            HTML documentation
  21
  22 Unarchive the required files plus any optional documentation
  23 files into a suitable directory such as c:\wx. Alter your
  24 WXWIN environment variable to point to this directory.
  25
  26 Compilation
  27 -----------
  28
  29 At present, wxWindows compiles with VC++ 1.5, VC++ 4.0, VC++ 5.0,
  30 BC++ 4.5/5.0, Gnu-Win32 b19, and Mingw32.
  31
  32 Visual C++ 4.0/5.0 compilation
  33 ------------------------------
  34
  35 1. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'nmake -f makefile.nt' to
  36    make the wxWindows core library.
  37 2. Change directory to wx\samples and type 'nmake -f makefile.nt'
  38    to make all the samples. You can also make them individually.
  39
  40 Visual C++ 1.5 compilation
  41 --------------------------
  42
  43 1. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'nmake -f makefile.dos' to
  44    make the wxWindows core library.
  45 2. Change directory to wx\samples and type 'nmake -f makefile.dos'
  46    to make all the samples. You can also make them individually.
  47    NOTE: only a few samples have up-to-date makefiles, e.g.
  48    minimal, docview, mdi. The utils makefile does not yet work.
  49
  50 Borland C++ 4.5/5.0 compilation
  51 -------------------------------
  52
  53 1. Change directory to wx\src\msw. Type 'make -f makefile.b32' to
  54    make the wxWindows core library.
  55 2. Change directory to wx\samples and type 'make -f makefile.b32'
  56    to make all the samples. You can also make them individually.
  57    NOTE: only a few samples have up-to-date makefiles, e.g.
  58    minimal, docview, mdi. The utils makefile does not yet work.
  59
  60 Gnu-Win32 b19/Mingw32 compilation
  61 ---------------------------------
  62
  63 wxWindows 2.0 supports Gnu-Win32 b19, Mingw32, and Mingw32/EGCS.
  64
  65 Thanks are due to Keith Garry Boyce (garp@opustel.com) and Cygnus for making
  66 it all possible.
  67
  68 From wxWindows 2.0 beta 9, both Gnu-Win32 b19 and Mingw32 (the minimal
  69 distribution of Gnu-Win32) can be used with the same makefiles.
  70
  71 Here are the steps required:
  72
  73 - Retrieve and install the latest beta of Gnu-Win32, or Mingw32, as per the
  74   instructions with either of these packages.
  75
  76 - If using Mingw32 (including the EGCS variant), you need some
  77   extra files to use the wxWindows makefiles. You can find these
  78   files in ports/mingw32 on the ftp site or CD-ROM, as extra.zip.
  79   These should be extracted to the Mingw32 directory.
  80
  81 - Modify the file wx/src/cygnus.bat (or mingw32.bat or mingegcs.bat)
  82   to set up appropriate variables, if necessary mounting drives.
  83   Run it before compiling.
  84
  85 - For Gnu-Win32, make sure there's a \tmp directory on your
  86   Windows drive or bison will crash.
  87
  88 - Edit wx/src/makeg95.env and search for MINGW32. Take note of
  89   the comments for adjusting settings to suit Gnu-Win32 or
  90   Mingw32. Basically, this is just a case of adding the __MINGW32__ symbol
  91   to OPTIONS for Mingw32, or removing it for Cygnus Gnu-Win32.
  92   For Mingw32/EGCS, add both __MINGW32__ and __EGCS__.
  93
  94 - Use the makefile.g95 files for compiling wxWindows and samples,
  95   e.g.:
  96   > cd c:\wx\src\msw
  97   > make -f makefile.g95
  98   > cd c:\wx\samples\minimal
  99   > make -f makefile.g95
 100
 101 - Use the 'strip' command to reduce executable size.
 102
 103 - With Cygnus Gnu-Win32, you can invoke gdb --nw myfile.exe to
 104   debug an executable.
 105
 106 - If using GnuWin32 b18, you will need to copy windres.exe
 107   from e.g. the Mingw32 distribution, to a directory in your path.
 108
 109 All targets have 'clean' targets to allow removal of object files
 110 and other intermediate compiler files.
 111
 112 Gotchas:
 113
 114 - libwx.a is 28 MB or more - but only 2.9 MB if compiled with no
 115   debug info (-g0) and level 4 optimization (-O4).
 116 - install.exe doesn't have built-in decompression because lzexpand.lib
 117   isn't available with Gnu-Win32. However, you can use it with external
 118   decompression utilities.
 119 - Doesn't compile socket-related files due to a syntax error in
 120   GnuWin32's Sockets.h.
 121 - Doesn't compile src/msw/ole files, so no drag and drop.
 122
 123 References:
 124
 125  - The GNU-WIN32 site is at
 126      http://www.cygnus.com/gnu-win32/
 127  - Mingw32 is available at:
 128      http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~janjaap/mingw32/index.html
 129  - See also http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/wxwin/gnuwin32.htm
 130