Setting up a Windows Build Environment

Windows Build Status

Current Known issues:
- 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 install and setup the MingW and MSYS environments. Start with the automated MinGW installer. During installation choose the g++ compiler too (do not choose MingW make). The preferred location is C:\MinGW, but it's not necessary to choose this path. In a second step install the MSYS base system. It will ask you for the location of the MingW environment. If you e.g. installed it to P:\Programs\MinGW, then type

p:/programs/mingw

when you are asked for the location (JFTR: this information will be put into /etc/fstab in the MSYS environment).

If you know what you are doing, you might alternatively download and unpack (unzip/untar/...) the packages manually.

Updating the Build Environment

In a second step all necessary software needs to be updated and/or installed. You can download and extract them manually. Extract them to the location, where MSYS has been installed. This place is usually C:\Programs\msys\1.0\ (or C:\MingGW\). Keep in mind, that this place is equal to the root directory / and to /usr/ (as both are the same) in MSYS. JFTR: Also /local and /usr/local are equal too.

MinGW Packages install into MingW root (C:\MinGW\): w32api-3.13-mingw32-dev.tar.gz; mingw-utils-0.3.tar.gz; mingwrt-3.16-mingw32-dev.tar.gz; mingwrt-3.16-mingw32-dll.tar.gz

MSYS Packages install into MSYS root directory "/" (C:\Programs\msys\1.0\ or C:\MinGW\): msysCORE-1.0.11-bin.tar.gz; autoconf-2.63-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; automake-1.11-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; bison-2.4.1-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; bzip2-1.0.5-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.gz; crypt-1.1_1-2-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; findutils-4.4.2-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; flex-2.5.35-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; gawk-3.1.7-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; gdbm-1.8.3-2-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; gettext-0.17-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; grep-2.5.4-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; groff-1.20.1-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; guile-1.8.7-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; gzip-1.3.12-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; libbz2-1.0.5-1-msys-1.0.11-dll-1.tar.gz; libcrypt-1.1_1-2-msys-1.0.11-dll-0.tar.lzma; libgdbm-1.8.3-2-msys-1.0.11-dll-3.tar.lzma; libguile-1.8.7-1-msys-1.0.11-dll-17.tar.lzma; libiconv-1.13.1-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; libltdl-2.2.7a-1-msys-1.0.11-dll-7.tar.lzma; libminires-1.02_1-1-msys-1.0.11-dll.tar.lzma; libopenssl-0.9.8k-1-msys-1.0.11-dll-098.tar.lzma; libregex-1.20090805-1-msys-1.0.11-dll-1.tar.lzma; libtool-2.2.7a-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; lndir-1.0.1-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.gz; m4-1.4.13-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; man-1.6f-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; minires-1.02_1-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; openssl-0.9.8k-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; patch-2.5.9-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; perl-5.6.1_2-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; sed-4.2.1-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; tar-1.22-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; vim-7.2-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma; zlib-1.2.3-1-msys-1.0.11-dll.tar.gz

GNOME Packages install into MSYS local directory "/local" (C:\Programs\msys\1.0\local\ or C:\MinGW\local\): 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; gnome-common-2.11.0.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; ORBit2-dev_2.14.16-1_win32.zip; ORBit2_2.14.16-1_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

External Packages install into MSYS local directory "/local" (C:\Programs\msys\1.0\local\ or C:\MinGW\local\): svn-win32-1.6.5.zip

Custom Packages install into MSYS local directory "/local" (C:\Programs\msys\1.0\local\ or C:\MinGW\local\): pcre-7.9-bin-MinGW-20090902.tbz2; aspell-0.60.6-bin-MinGW-20090901.tbz2; enchant-1.5.0-bin-MinGW-20090901.tbz2

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

The Perl issue

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 for anything that needs a newer version. Install the ActivePerl Perl version. Then edit /etc/fstab in your MSYS enviroment (usually ) and add the following line:

c:/programs/perl /opt/perl

so Perl is mounted to the MSYS environment.

Configuring your Build Environment

You might 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"

Alternatively pass our config.site script for MSYS to configure to adjust PATH/CFLAGS/LDFLAGS easily.

Further we need to adjust the macro search path for aclocal:

echo /local/share/aclocal > /share/aclocal/dirlist

Because of a linker bug in the gconftool-2 binary, add this symbolic link:

ln -s /local/bin/libxml2-2.dll /local/bin/libxml2.dll

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 (This script might become obsolete soon!):

#!/bin/sh

for i in $(find ./ -name Makefile | grep -v plugin); 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 ones provided.

Aspell 0.60.6: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/aspell/aspell-0.60.6.tar.gz

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

Enchant 1.5.0: http://www.abisource.com/downloads/enchant/1.5.0/enchant-1.5.0.tar.gz

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

PCRE 7.9: ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-7.9.tar.bz2

./configure --prefix=/local --enable-utf8 --enable-unicode-properties

gucharmap 2.26: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gucharmap/2.26/gucharmap-2.26.3.tar.bz2

These instructions taken from the mailing list: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.bluefish.devel/2197

First apply the following patch by Daniel Leidert: gucharmap26.diff and then configure with the following commands.

intltoolize -f
libtoolize -f
aclocal -I m4/ --force
autoheader -f
automake -f
autoconf -f
./configure --disable-gconf --disable-schemas-install --disable-scrollkeeper

Setting up a Windows Build Environment

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Windows Build Status

Setting up your Build Environment

Updating the Build Environment

The Perl issue

Configuring your Build Environment

Building Bluefish

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