I) Windows using plain makefiles
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-a) Using the GNU MinGW32 or GNU CygWin32 compilers
+a) If using Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 or 6.0
-You'll need the compiler itself which is available from
+Ensure that the command-line compiler and tools (including
+nmake) are installed and ready to run. Depending on your
+installation there may be a batch file (named something like
+VCVARS32.BAT) that needs to be run to set correct environment
+varaibles and PATH entries.
- http://www.cygwin.com
+Continue with item c) below.
-When using MingW32 you'll need GNU make which is part of
-part of the CygWin32 toolchain and is also available as
-a stand alone port without the infamous Cygwin.dll from
- http://agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de/~janjaap/mingw32
+b) If using the GNU Mingw32 or GNU Cygwin32 compilers
-The makefile has small problems with Cygwin´s tools
-so it is recommended not to use these (but MingGW32
-and its make.exe).
+You can get Mingw32 from http://www.mingw.org
+
+Cygwin32 is available at http://www.cygwin.com
+
+The makefile might have small problems with Cygwin's tools
+so it is recommended to use Mingw32 and its toolchain instead
+if possible.
-> Set your path so that it includes the directory
where your compiler and tools reside
--> Assume that you installed the wxWindows sources
+
+-> If your are using an old Mingw32 version (gcc-2.95 or older),
+ you might need to fix some headers with the patches contained
+ in the wxWin\Mingw32-gcc295.patches file. PLEASE APPLY THESE
+ PATCHES BY HAND! There are apparently a few different versions
+ of the headers floating around. Note that these patches are
+ not needed if you are using Mingw32 gcc-2.95.2 or newer.
+
+-> Edit wx/src/makeg95.env and set the MINGW32 variable at the top of
+ the file to either 1 (you have Mingw32) or 0 (you have Cygwin32).
+ If using MINGW32, also set the MINGW32VERSION variable
+ appropiately.
+
+
+c) Build instructions
+
+-> Assumming that you installed the wxWindows sources
into c:\wxWin
--> Copy c:\wxWin\include\wx\msw\setup0.h
+-> Copy c:\wxWin\include\wx\msw\setup0.h
to c:\wxWin\include\wx\msw\setup.h
-> Edit c:\wxWin\include\wx\msw\setup.h so that
- most features are enabled (i.e. defined to 1) with
+ most features are enabled (i.e. defined to 1), for example:
#define wxUSE_ODBC 0
- #define wxUSE_SOCKETS 0
+ #define wxUSE_SOCKETS 1
#define wxUSE_HTML 1
#define wxUSE_THREADS 1
#define wxUSE_FS_INET 0
#define wxUSE_LIBJPEG 1
#define wxUSE_LIBPNG 1
- and iostreams ares disabled with
+ and std iostreams are disabled with
#define wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM 0
+
-> type: cd c:\wxWin\src\msw
--> type: make -f makefile.g95
+-> type: make -f makefile.g95 (if using GNU tools)
+or type: nmake -f makefile.vc (if using MS VC++)
+
II) Unix ports
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Building wxGTK or wxMotif completely without configure
won't ever work, but there is now a new makefile system
that works without libtool and automake, using only
-configure to create what is needed. So far, only shared
-libraries can be build with this system.
+configure to create what is needed.
+
+In order to create configure, you need to have the
+GNU autoconf package (version 2.13 or 2.14) installed
+on your system and type run "autoconf" in the base
+directory (or run the autogen.sh script in the same
+directory, which just calls autoconf).
Set WXWIN environment variable to the base directory such
as ~/wxWindows (this is actually not really needed).
-> type: ldconfig
-> type: exit
+Call configure with --disable-shared to create a static
+library. Calling "make uninstall" will remove the installed
+library and "make dist" will create a distribution (not
+yet complete).
+
III) Windows using configure
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Take a look at Unix->Windows cross compiling. With minor
modifications, this should work in Windows if you've got the cygnus
-utilities (bash, GNU make, etc) and either mingw32 or cygwin32 installed.
+utilities (bash, GNU make, etc) and either mingw32 or cygwin32 installed.
See http://www.cygnus.com for these programs, or go straight to their
-ftp server at ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/cygwin/.
+ftp server at ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/cygwin/.
-Of course, you can also build the library using plain makefiles (see
+Of course, you can also build the library using plain makefiles (see
section I).
V) MacOS
First you'll need a cross-compiler; linux glibc binaries of mingw32 and
cygwin32 (both based on egcs) can be found at
-ftp://ftp.objsw.com/pub/crossgcc/linux-x-win32. Otherwise you can
+ftp://ftp.objsw.com/pub/crossgcc/linux-x-win32. Otherwise you can
compile one yourself. Check the relevant FAQs.
[ A Note about cygwin32 and mingw32: the main difference is that cygwin32
To cross compile the windows library, do
-> cd win32
+(or whatever you called it)
Now run configure. There are two ways to do this
-> ../configure --host=i586-mingw32 --build=i586-linux --with-mingw \
- --enable-dnd=no
+ --enable-dnd=no --without-odbc
where --build= should read whatever platform you're building on. Configure
will notice that build and host platforms differ, and automatically prepend
-i586-mingw32- to gcc, ar, ld, etc (make sure they're in the PATH!).
-The other way to run configure is by specifying the names of the binaries
+i586-mingw32- to gcc, ar, ld, etc (make sure they're in the PATH!).
+The other way to run configure is by specifying the names of the binaries
yourself:
-> CC=i586-mingw32-gcc CXX=i586-mingw32-g++ RANLIB=i586-mingw32-ranlib \
DLLTOOL=i586-mingw32-dlltool LD=i586-mingw32-ld NM=i586-mingw32-nm \
(all assuming you're using mingw32)
Drag'n'drop is disabled because mingw32 lacks (AFAIK) OLE headers.
+[ Update: some new mingw32 versions now have a new set of windows header
+files, which apparently can handle ole. Untested at the moment ]
+
+ODBC files don't compile as of 13.10.99 - may be this will be fixed by the
+moment you're reading these lines.
+
Configure will conclude that shared libraries are out of the question and
opt for a static one. I haven't looked into DLL creation yet.
-Type
--> make -C src
+Type
+-> make
and wait, wait, wait. Don't leave the room, because the minute you do there
will be a compile error :-)
-If this is successful, try building the minimal sample:
+NB: you risk to get quite a few warnings about "ANSI C++ forbids implicit
+ conversion from 'void *'" in all places where va_arg macro is used. This
+ is due to a bug in (some versions of) mingw32 headers which may be
+ corrected by editing the file
+
+ ${install_prefix}/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mingw32/egcs-2.91.57/include/stdarg.h
+
+ (instead of egcs-2.91.57 you may have something different), searching for
+ the lines
+
+/* Define __gnuc_va_list. */
+
+#ifndef __GNUC_VA_LIST
+#define __GNUC_VA_LIST
+#if defined(__svr4__) || defined(_AIX) || defined(_M_UNIX) || defined(__NetBSD__)
+typedef char *__gnuc_va_list;
+#else
+typedef void *__gnuc_va_list;
+#endif
+#endif
+
+ and adding "|| defined(_WIN32)" to the list of platforms on which
+ __gnuc_va_list is char *.
+
+If this is successful, you end up with a libwx_msw.a in win32/lib. Now try
+building the minimal sample:
+
-> cd samples/minimal
-> make
--> mv minimal minimal.exe
-and run it with wine, for example
+and run it with wine, for example (or copy to a Windows box)
-> wine minimal.exe
If all is well, do an install; from win32
-> make install
-Native and cross-compiled installations can co-exist peacefully
-(as long as their widget sets differ), except for wx-config. You might
+Native and cross-compiled installations can co-exist peacefully
+(as long as their widget sets differ), except for wx-config. You might
want to rename the cross-compiled one to i586-mingw32-wx-config, or something.
Cross-compiling TODO:
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-- resource compiling must be done manually for now (should/can we link the
+- resource compiling must be done manually for now (should/can we link the
default wx resources into libwx_msw.a?) [ No we can't; the linker won't
link it in... you have to supply an object file ]
- dynamic libraries
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