------------------------------------------------------------------------ How to build the sources from CVS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I) Windows using plain makefiles ---------------------------------------- a) Using the GNU MinGW32 or GNU CygWin32 compilers You'll need the compiler itself which is available from http://www.cygwin.com 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 -> Set your path so that it includes the directory where your compiler and tools reside -> Assume that you installed the wxWindows sources into c:\wxWin -> 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 #define wxUSE_SOCKETS 1 #define wxUSE_HTML 1 #define wxUSE_THREADS 1 #define wxUSE_FS_INET 1 #define wxUSE_FS_ZIP 1 #define wxUSE_BUSYINFO 1 #define wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS 1 #define wxUSE_ZIPSTREAM 1 and disbale iostreams with #define wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM 0 -> type: cd c:\wxWin\src\msw -> type: make -f makefile.g95 II) Unix using plain makefiles. ---------------------------------------- Set WXWIN environment variable to the base directory such as ~/wxWindows -> type: export WXWIN=~/wxWindows Edit ~/wxWindows/src/make.env as you wish. -> type: cd ~/wxWindows/src/gtk -> type: cp ./setup0.h setup.h -> type: make -f makefile.unx gtk -> pray III) Windows using configure ---------------------------------------- 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. See http://www.cygnus.com for these programs, or go straight to their ftp server at ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/cygwin/. Of course, you can also build the library using plain makefiles (see section I). IV) Unix using configure ---------------------------------------- a) You have all the newest and greatest GNU tools installed on your system and in the same directory hierachy (e.g. either all tools in /usr or all in /usr/local), these tools are: - GNU libtool 1.2e (1.3 doesn't work here) - GNU autoconf 2.13 (including autoheader 2.13) - GNU automake 1.4 (including aclocal 1.4) and possibly but not forcibly - GNU make 3.76.1 - GNU C++ (EGCS) -> Go to the base directory -> type: ./autogen.sh b) You don't know what autos are and have no driver's licence anyway: -> Go to the testconf directory -> type: ./apply a+b) Then proceed in either case with: -> Choose a directory name that seems fit for building wxWindows, e.g. mybuild -> Go the base directory -> type: mkdir mybuild -> type: cd mybuild -> type: ../configure --with-gtk or type: ../configure --with-motif or type: ../configure --with-wine -> type make -> drink lots of coffee and go shopping V) MacOS ---------------------------------------- VI) OS/2 ---------------------------------------- VII) Unix->Windows cross-compiling using configure -------------------------------------------------- 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 compile one yourself. Check the relevant FAQs. [ A Note about cygwin32 and mingw32: the main difference is that cygwin32 binaries are always linked against cygwin.dll. This dll encapsulates most standard Unix C extensions, which is very handy if you're porting unix software to windows. However, wxMSW doesn't need this, so mingw32 is preferable if you write portable C(++). ] You might want to build both Unix and Windows binaries in the same source tree; to do this make subdirs for each e.g. unix and win32. If you've already build wxWindows in the main dir, do a 'make distclean' there, otherwise configure will get confused. (In any case, read the section 'Unix using configure' and make sure you're able to build a native wxWindows library; cross-compiling errors can be pretty obscure and you'll want to be sure that your configure setup is basically sound.) To cross compile the windows library, do -> cd win32 -> CC=i586-mingw32-gcc CXX=i586-mingw32-g++ RANLIB=i586-mingw32-ranlib \ DLLTOOL=i586-mingw32-dlltool LD=i586-mingw32-ld NM=i586-mingw32-nm \ ../configure --host=i586-mingw32 --with-mingw --enable-dnd=no (assuming you're using mingw32) The important thing to notice here is that we suply configure with the names of all the non-default binutils (make sure they're in the PATH!), and that we tell configure to build for the host platform i586-mingw32. Drag'n'drop is disabled because mingw32 lacks (AFAIK) OLE headers. 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 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: -> cd samples/minimal -> make -> mv minimal minimal.exe and run it with wine, for example -> 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 want to rename the cross-compiled one to i586-mingw32-wx-config, or something. Cross-compiling TODO: --------------------- - 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 - static executables are HUGE -- there must be room for improvement.