Commit 54167ecf authored by Gildas Bazin's avatar Gildas Bazin

* INSTALL.win32: updated build instructions.
parent a27027bb
$Id: INSTALL.win32,v 1.19 2003/07/29 17:42:58 gbazin Exp $
$Id: INSTALL.win32,v 1.20 2003/10/26 13:07:50 gbazin Exp $
INSTALL file for the Windows9x/Me/NT4/2k/XP version of the VLC media player
......@@ -51,8 +51,14 @@ Getting the right compiler tools
- cross-compiling with mingw32:
You first need to download a linux cross-compiler version of mingw32.
(for Debian GNU/Linux users, you can use the mingw32, mingw32-binutils and
mingw32-runtime packages)
For Debian GNU/Linux users, you can use the mingw32, mingw32-binutils and
mingw32-runtime packages.
Or you can use our mingw32 gcc-3.3.1 cross-compiler package:
http://www.videolan.org/pub/testing/win32/mingw-gcc3.3.1-linux-crosscompiler.tar.bz2 (requires libc6 >= 2.3.2).
You will need to extract this package in your root directory (everything will
be extracted in /usr/local/cross-tools).
- compiling natively on Windoze with cygwin:
You will need to download and run the setup.exe app from cygwin's web site
......@@ -86,7 +92,9 @@ http://www.videolan.org/pub/testing/contrib/
We also provide a package with all the libraries already compiled so it is
actually really easy to compile a full-featured version of vlc (these compiled
libraries will only work with mingw or cygwin):
http://www.videolan.org/pub/testing/win32/contrib-20030729-win32-bin.tar.bz2
http://www.videolan.org/pub/testing/win32/contrib-20030729-win32-bin.tar.bz2 or
http://www.videolan.org/pub/testing/win32/contrib-20031026-win32-bin-gcc3.3.1-only.tar.bz2
if you are using the new version of gcc (3.3.1).
All you need to do is extract it in your root directory (the include files
and libraries will be put in /usr/win32). You can do this with the following
command: "tar xjvf contrib-20030729-win32-bin.tar.bz2 -C /"
......@@ -119,8 +127,29 @@ along those lines:
--enable-theora \
--with-wx-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-freetype-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--disable-fribidi --disable-vcdx \
--enable-debug
If you are cross-compiling with our gcc-3.3.1 package, you can use something
along those lines:
./bootstrap && \
PATH=/usr/local/mingw/bin:$PATH \
CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/win32/include \
LDFLAGS=-L/usr/win32/lib \
CC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc CXX=i586-mingw32msvc-g++ \
./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc --build=i386-linux \
--disable-sdl --disable-gtk \
--enable-nls \
--enable-ffmpeg --with-ffmpeg-mp3lame \
--enable-faad \
--enable-flac \
--enable-theora \
--with-wx-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-freetype-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-fribidi-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--disable-vcdx --enable-debug
If you are using cygwin, you can build VLC with or without the unix emulation
layer (without is usually better). To build without the emulaion layer, use
something like this:
......@@ -137,6 +166,7 @@ something like this:
--enable-theora \
--with-wx-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-freetype-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-fribidi-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--enable-debug
If you want to use the emulation layer, then just omit the CC="gcc -mno-cygwin"
......@@ -157,6 +187,7 @@ lines:
--enable-theora \
--with-wx-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-freetype-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-fribidi-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--enable-debug
See `./configure --help' for more information.
......@@ -166,5 +197,8 @@ Actually Compiling the VLC source
Once configured, to build VLC, just run `make'.
( If you are using our gcc-3.3.1 cross-compiler you'll need to use:
PATH=/usr/local/mingw/bin:$PATH make )
Well done, now you're ready to use VLC!
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