-$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
- 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
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 /"
--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:$PATH \
+ CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/win32/include \
+ LDFLAGS=-L/usr/win32/lib \
+ CC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc CXX=i586-mingw32msvc-g++ \
+ ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc --build=i386-linux \
+ --disable-sdl --disable-gtk \
+ --enable-nls \
+ --enable-ffmpeg --with-ffmpeg-mp3lame \
+ --enable-faad \
+ --enable-flac \
+ --enable-theora \
+ --with-wx-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
+ --with-freetype-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
+ --with-fribidi-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
+ --disable-vcdx --enable-debug
+
If you are using cygwin, you can build VLC with or without the unix emulation
layer (without is usually better). To build without the emulaion layer, use
something like this:
--enable-theora \
--with-wx-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-freetype-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
+ --with-fribidi-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--enable-debug
If you want to use the emulation layer, then just omit the CC="gcc -mno-cygwin"
--enable-theora \
--with-wx-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-freetype-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
+ --with-fribidi-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--enable-debug
See `./configure --help' for more information.
Once configured, to build VLC, just run `make'.
+( If you are using our gcc-3.3.1 cross-compiler you'll need to use:
+ PATH=/usr/local/mingw/bin:$PATH make )
+
Well done, now you're ready to use VLC!
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