commit 0f3d1426fd6caa912adb81c634a0c7811ff95da0 Author: Shondoit Walker shondoit@gmail.com Date: Sun Jul 22 20:19:10 2012 +0200

WIN: Add a document describing the setup of a Windows build machine. --- docs/buildmachine_setups/windows.txt | 125 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/buildmachine_setups/windows.txt b/docs/buildmachine_setups/windows.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dfdad57 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/buildmachine_setups/windows.txt @@ -0,0 +1,125 @@ +*** 0. Installing Windows *** +Install Windows 7 64-bit, install all updates and service packs. +If you're running a VM, make a snapshot of this clean Windows install. + +*** 1. Installing MinGW *** +Download the latest version of MinGW from the following URI: + http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/latest/download/ + +Run the downloaded installer. The installer requires an internet connection to download data. +Since you just downloaded the installer it's fine to use the pre-packaged repository catalogues. +Accept the license agreement if you agree. +Install to the default location (C:\MinGW) +You can choose to create shortcuts in the Start Menu if you so wish. + +For the components, select the following: + C Compiler + C++ Compiler + MSYS Basic System + MinGW Developer Toolkit + +Wait until the installation sequence has finished. +Once it finished installing, you can choose to view the install log, but you don't need to so. + +Start MinGW Shell and run the following command: + mingw-get install msys-wget + +*** 2. Installing CMake *** +Download CMake from the following URI: + http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.8/cmake-2.8.8-win32-x86.exe +The latest version can be found at: + http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html + +Run the downloaded installer. +Accept the license agreement if you agree. + +You don't need to add CMake to our system's PATH. +Change the install location to C:\MinGW\msys\1.0. +You don't need to add a shortcut in the Start Menu. +Wait until the installation sequence has finished. + +*** 3. Installing MsysGit *** +Download MsysGit from the following URI: + https://msysgit.googlecode.com/files/Git-1.7.11-preview20120710.exe +The latest version can be found at: + https://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list + +Run the downloaded installer. +Accept the license agreement if you agree. +The install location does not matter. You can keep the default. (C:\Program Files (x86)\Git) +Choose the components as desired. But do *not* choose to associate .sh files to be run with Bash. +You can choose to create shortcuts in the Start Menu if you so wish. + +If you want to use Git from inside MinGW then choose to run Git from the Windows Command Prompt +Choose the default option 'Checkout Windows-style, commit Unix-style line endings.' + +Wait until the installation sequence has finished. +Once it finished installing, you can choose to view the release notes, but you don't need to so. + +*** 4. Installing Qt *** +Download Qt 4.8.1 from the following URI: + http://releases.qt-project.org/qt4/source/qt-win-opensource-4.8.1-mingw.exe + +The latest version can be found at (use the MinGW version): + http://qt.nokia.com/downloads +But you must use the same version as specified by QT_VER in: + https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbrowser.git/blob/HEAD:/build-scripts/versio... + +Run the downloaded installer. The loading might take a while. +Accept the license agreement if you agree. +Setting file associations is not necessary for building, but might be handy for debugging. +Use the default destination folder (C:\Qt\4.8.1). +You can use the default start menu folder, but I recommend using a shorter name like 'Qt'. +When asked for the MinGW folder, use the same folder as was used during the MinGW installation (C:\MinGW) +When you click Install, it will most likely give you the following warning: + There is a problem with your MinGW installation: + The installer could not find a valid C:\MinGW\include\w32api.h + (Only versions with W32API 3.13 are supported) + Do you still want to continue? (Your installation may not work) +In this case you can ignore the warning and choose Yes, since this is a known issue. +Every other warning/error should be taken as such. +Wait until the installation sequence has finished. +You do not need to run the examples/demos nor open the documentation. + +*** 5. Installing Visual Studio *** +Download Visual Studio Express 2008 from the following URI: + http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/5/4/A54BADB6-9C3F-478D-8657-93B3FC9... +The latest version can be found at: + http://www.microsoft.com/express/Windows + +Run the downloaded installer. The installer requires an internet connection to download data. +When asked if you want to Help Improve Setup you can choose not to send information about the setup. +Accept the license agreement if you agree. Displaying RSS content is not necessary. +We don't need the Silverlight runtime, nor SQL Server Express Edition. Disable these. +The install location does not matter. You can keep the default. (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0) +Wait until the installation sequence has finished. + +*** 6. Installing Windows SDK *** +Download the Windows SDK from the following URI: + http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/A/B/7ABD2203-C472-4036-8BA0-E505528... +The latest version can be found at: + http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb980924.aspx + +Run the downloaded installer. The installer requires an internet connection to download data. +Accept the license agreement if you agree. +The install location does not matter. You can keep the defaults. (C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0) +For the components, you can disable Documentation as well as Samples. +Wait until the installation sequence has finished. +Once it finished installing, you can choose to view the release notes, but you don't need to so. + +*** 7. Installing DirectX *** +Download the DirectX SDK from the following URI: + http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/E/7/AE743F1F-632B-4809-87A9-AA1BB34... +The latest version can be found at: + http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/directx/aa937788.aspx + +Start the downloaded installer. It might take a while before the window shows up. +Accept the license agreement if you agree. +It is not necessary to participate in the Customer Experience Improvement Program, but you may do so if you wish. +The install location does not matter. You can keep the defaults. (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft DirectX SDK (June 2010)) +For the components, you can disable Documentation as well as Samples and Source Code. +Wait until the installation sequence has finished. + +*** 8. Snapshot *** +If you're running a VM, make a snapshot of this clean build environment. +