Setting up a Windows Build Environment

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  • Socket code doesn't work so files can't be opened in a currently running copy of bluefish.

Setting up your Build Environment

The first step is of course to download all the packages required. You can extract them pretty much anywhere but for the purposes of this guide I used C:\MinGW. Keep in mind that C:\MingGW will be the root directory (/) and that in MSYS /usr is the same as /, therefore /usr/local when viewed from the windows side will be C:\MinGW\local.

/ (C:\MinGW) MSYS/MiNGW Packages

autoconf-2.63-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma

automake-1.11-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma

binutils-2.19.1-mingw32-bin.tar.gz

bison-2.4.1-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma

crypt-1.1-1-MSYS-1.0.11-1.tar.bz2

flex-2.5.33-MSYS-1.0.11-1.tar.bz2

gawk-3.1.5-MSYS-1.0.11-1.tar.bz2

gcc-core-3.4.5-20060117-3.tar.gz

gcc-g++-3.4.5-20060117-3.tar.gz

gcc-g77-3.4.5-20060117-3.tar.gz

gdb-6.8-mingw-3.tar.bz2

gdbm-1.8.3-MSYS-1.0.11-1.tar.bz2

guile-1.8.4-MSYS-1.0.11-1-bin.tar.gz

guile-1.8.4-MSYS-1.0.11-1-dll17.tar.gz

gzip-1.3.12-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar

libltdl-2.2.7a-1-msys-1.0.11-dll-7.tar.lzma

libtool-2.2.7a-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma

lndir-6.8.1.0-MSYS-1.0.11-1.tar.bz2

m4-1.4.13-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma

man-1.6f-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma

mingwrt-3.15.2-mingw32-dev.tar.gz

mingwrt-3.15.2-mingw32-dll.tar.gz

mingw-utils-0.3.tar.gz

msysCORE-1.0.11-rc-1-bin.tar.gz

perl-5.6.1_2-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma

svn-win32-1.5.3.zip

vim-7.1-MSYS-1.0.11-1-bin.tar.gz

w32api-3.13-mingw32-dev.tar.gz

/local (C:\MinGW\local) GNOME Packages

atk_1.26.0-1_win32.zip

atk-dev_1.26.0-1_win32.zip

cairo_1.8.8-1_win32.zip

cairo-dev_1.8.8-1_win32.zip

expat_2.0.1-1_win32.zip

expat-dev_2.0.1-1_win32.zip

GConf_2.22.0-2_win32.zip

GConf-dev_2.22.0-2_win32.zip

gettext-runtime-0.17.zip

gettext-runtime-dev-0.17.zip

gettext-tools-0.17.zip

glib_2.20.4-1_win32.zip

glib-dev_2.20.4-1_win32.zip

gtk+_2.16.5-1_win32.zip

gtk+-dev_2.16.5-1_win32.zip

intltool_0.40.4-1_win32.zip

intltool-dev_0.40.4-1_win32.zip

libgnurx-2.5.zip

libgnurx-dev-2.5.zip

libiconv-1.9.1.bin.woe32.zip

libpng_1.2.38-1_win32.zip

libpng-dev_1.2.38-1_win32.zip

libxml2_2.7.3-1_win32.zip

libxml2-dev_2.7.3-1_win32.zip

pango_1.24.5-1_win32.zip

pango-dev_1.24.5-1_win32.zip

pkg-config-0.23-2.zip

zlib-1.2.3.zip

zlib-dev-1.2.3.zip

/local (C:\MinGW\local) Custom Packages

pcre-7.9-bin-MinGW-20090824.tbz2

aspell-0.60.6-bin-MinGW-20090828.tbz2

enchant-1.5.0-bin-MinGW-20090828.tbz2

A full set of dictionaries for Aspell 0.60.6 can be found here: ftp://kernel86.muleslow.net/mingw/aspell/lang/

The last thing you need is Perl. The MSYS version is 5.6.1 which is not new enough to pass the configure script for a lot of programs including Bluefish. I use the MSYS 5.6.1 version for autoconf/automake/autogen.sh and an external version such as ActiveState's in /opt/perl for anything that needs a newer version.

You only need to set a few environment variables as follows:

PATH="/bin:/local/bin:/opt/perl/bin"
C_INCLUDE_PATH="/include:/local/include"
LIBRARY_PATH="/lib:/local/lib"
echo /local/share/aclocal > /share/aclocal/dirlist

To strip the prefixes from the Makefiles before you build Bluefish you can download or create this simple script I made, strip_prefix.sh. Place it in /usr/local/bin or somewhere in the path.

strip_prefix.sh:

#!/bin/sh

for i in $(find ./ -name Makefile); do
    echo Checking: $i
    cat $i | sed s/'${prefix}\/'// | sed s/'${exec_prefix}\/'// > ${i}.tst
    rm $i
    mv ${i}.tst $i
done

Building Bluefish

Check out the latest windows branch:

svn checkout https://bluefish.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bluefish/branches/bluefish_windows

Run autogen.sh with perl 5.6.1 and then switch /bin/perl to your 5.8.1 or newer version or perl and run configure:

./configure LDFLAGS=-lgnurx CFLAGS=-mwindows
./strip_prefix.sh
make

Drop the CFLAGS option to configure for a console window for debug output and of course run configure with '--enable-debugging-output' for a full debug build.

Building External Packages

If you wish to build your own versions of the custom packages these are the configure parameters used for the onws provided.

Aspell 0.60.0

./configure --prefix=/local --disable-rpath --enable-win32-relocatable

Enchant 1.5.0

./configure --prefix=/local --enable-aspell --disable-ispell --disable-myspell

PCRE 7.9

./configure --prefix=/local