X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL.win32;h=6ad01e51b52930b34a2028189364f3d6623cd5a1;hb=9583bbb88add075efd2e6ae77be3e411c235d44a;hp=c7eb9d523c0659fa518f71efe968b1fc3b66ee15;hpb=2a6ec8069857dfc0c6159856aa2c1847e7a8e0d8;p=vlc diff --git a/INSTALL.win32 b/INSTALL.win32 index c7eb9d523c..6ad01e51b5 100644 --- a/INSTALL.win32 +++ b/INSTALL.win32 @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@ -$Id$ - INSTALL file for the Windows9x/Me/NT4/2k/XP version of the VLC media player @@ -31,6 +29,13 @@ If you want to build VLC from sources, you can do it in several ways: NOTE: This is the PREFERRED way of building VLC natively (the others are not as much tested so expect more difficulties with them). + Read http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileCygwinNew to have a complete HOWTO + +- On GNU/Linux, using the mingw32 cross-compiler. + This method is preferred over all the others. + +UNSUPPORTED METHODS +------------------- - natively on Windows, using MSYS+MINGW (www.mingw.org) (MSYS is a minimal build environment to compile Unixish projects under windoze. It provides all the common Unix tools like sh, gmake...) @@ -46,8 +51,6 @@ If you want to build VLC from sources, you can do it in several ways: with the --fast-mutex --win9x-cv-method=1 options because the debugger usually loses signals sent by PulseEvent() ) -- or on GNU/Linux, using the mingw32 cross-compiler. - Getting the right compiler tools ================================ @@ -57,11 +60,6 @@ You first need to download a GNU/Linux cross-compiler version of mingw32. 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://download.videolan.org/pub/testing/win32/contrib-20060330-win32-bin-gcc-3.4.5-only.tar.bz2 -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 (www.cygwin.com). You will also need to make sure you install at least the @@ -118,13 +116,14 @@ Configuring the build Once you've got all the files you need in place, you need to configure the build with the `./configure' script. -I'll assume that you are using the pre-compiled 3rd party libraries I'm +I'll assume that you are using the pre-compiled 3rd party libraries we are providing and that they are in /usr/win32. If you are cross-compiling from Debian, you can use something along those lines: ./bootstrap && \ + PATH=/usr/win32/bin:$PATH \ PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/win32/lib/pkgconfig \ CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/win32/include -I/usr/win32/include/ebml" \ LDFLAGS=-L/usr/win32/lib \ @@ -137,32 +136,7 @@ along those lines: --with-wx-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ --with-freetype-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ --with-fribidi-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ - --enable-livedotcom --with-livedotcom-tree=/usr/win32/live.com \ - --enable-caca --with-caca-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ - --with-xml2-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ - --with-dvdnav-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ - --disable-cddax --disable-vcdx --enable-goom \ - --enable-twolame --enable-dvdread \ - --enable-debug - -If you are cross-compiling with our gcc-3.3.1 package, you can use something -along those lines: - - ./bootstrap && \ - PATH=/usr/local/mingw/bin:$PATH \ - PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/win32/lib/pkgconfig \ - 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-gtk \ - --enable-nls --enable-sdl --with-sdl-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ - --enable-ffmpeg --with-ffmpeg-mp3lame --with-ffmpeg-faac \ - --with-ffmpeg-zlib --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 \ - --enable-livedotcom --with-livedotcom-tree=/usr/win32/live.com \ + --enable-live555 --with-live555-tree=/usr/win32/live.com \ --enable-caca --with-caca-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ --with-xml2-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ --with-dvdnav-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ @@ -176,6 +150,7 @@ hasn't been tested in about a year or so. So to build without the emulation layer, use something like this: ./bootstrap && \ + PATH=/usr/win32/bin:$PATH \ PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/win32/lib/pkgconfig \ CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/win32/include -I/usr/win32/include/ebml" \ LDFLAGS=-L/usr/win32/lib \ @@ -188,7 +163,7 @@ emulation layer, use something like this: --with-wx-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ --with-freetype-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ --with-fribidi-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ - --enable-livedotcom --with-livedotcom-tree=/usr/win32/live.com \ + --enable-live555 --with-live555-tree=/usr/win32/live.com \ --enable-caca --with-caca-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ --with-xml2-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ --with-dvdnav-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ @@ -203,6 +178,7 @@ If you are compiling with MSYS/MINGW, then you can use something along those lines: ./bootstrap && \ PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/win32/lib/pkgconfig \ + PATH=/usr/win32/bin:$PATH \ CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/win32/include -I/usr/win32/include/ebml" \ LDFLAGS=-L/usr/win32/lib \ ./configure \ @@ -230,7 +206,7 @@ the CFLAGS, LDFLAGS and --with-foo-config-path=. --enable-ffmpeg --enable-faad --enable-flac --enable-theora \ --disable-cddax --disable-vcdx --enable-goom \ --enable-twolame --enable-dvdread \ - --enable-mkv --enable-caca \ + --enable-mkv --enable-caca --enable-live555\ --enable-debug @@ -241,9 +217,6 @@ 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 ) - Once the compilation is done, you can either run VLC directly from the source tree or you can build self-contained VLC packages with the following 'make' rules: