Archive:Getting Started/Build/Windows

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Konqi, the KDE mascot now also supporting MS Windows

You can build base KDE 4 libraries and development tools on Windows using:

Windows emerge tool with both compilers (gcc and msvc).
Cross-compile from linux with mingw (still unstable)

The following sites are deprecated at the moment and should not be used until you know, very well, what you're doing:

MinGW gcc and
MS Visual Studio.

If you have a problem or questions, feel free to visit us on #kde-windows on irc.freenode.org

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