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* Install MinGW4. These days MinGW has a relatively simple installer. See [http://www.mingw.org/wiki/InstallationHOWTOforMinGW] for further info. Be sure to install at least the C++ compiler. | * Install MinGW4. These days MinGW has a relatively simple installer. See [http://www.mingw.org/wiki/InstallationHOWTOforMinGW] for further info. Be sure to install at least the C++ compiler. | ||
* You need perl. E.g. from [http://strawberryperl.com/] . TODO: check whether perl is available from the installer. | * You need perl. E.g. from [http://strawberryperl.com/] . TODO: check whether perl is available from the installer. | ||
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| + | == Further preparations == | ||
| + | * '''Hack for KDE 4.4.4''': You will need to edit the file ''KDEDIR''\share\apps\cmake\modules\KDELibs4LibraryTargets-release.cmake around lines 20 and 36) and replace "U:" by "${_IMPORT_PREFIX}". | ||
== Procedure == | == Procedure == | ||
| + | Well give the procedure in the form of a .bat file, below. Run this from your source folder. | ||
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| + | <code> | ||
| + | REM modify these lines to match according to your installation: | ||
| + | SET KDEPREFIX=C:\KDE | ||
| + | SET MINGWPREFIX=C:\mingw | ||
| + | SET PERLPREFIX=C:\Perl | ||
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| + | REM you may want to add some cmake flags: | ||
| + | SET ADD_CMAKE_FLAGS=-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release | ||
| + | REM this addition appears to be needed for KDE 4.4.x with MinGW 4.5.x: | ||
| + | SET ADD_CMAKE_FLAGS=%ADD_CMAKE_FLAGS% -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="--static-libc++ --static-libcc" | ||
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| + | REM -------------------------------------------- | ||
| + | REM everything below should not need customizing | ||
| + | REM -------------------------------------------- | ||
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| + | REM add required entries to the search path. | ||
| + | REM NOTE: some entries may already be present, but this will do no harm. | ||
| + | SET PATH=%MINGWPREFIX%\bin;%KDEPREFIX%\bin;%KDEPREFIX%\lib;%PERLPREFIX%\bin;%PATH% | ||
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| + | REM we build in a subdirectory "build" of the sources. | ||
| + | SET SOURCE_DIR=%~dp0 | ||
| + | cd %~dp0 | ||
| + | mkdir build | ||
| + | cd build | ||
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| + | cmake %SOURCE_DIR% -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%KDEPREFIX% %ADD_CMAKE_FLAGS% | ||
| + | mingw32-make install | ||
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| + | REM to install to a different path (e.g. for packaging) use | ||
| + | REM mingw32-make install DESTDIR=Some\Other\Folder | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | == What next? == | ||
| + | So you got it to work? Great! Then probably your next concern is how to distribute the binaries you just compiled. See [[Projects/KDE_on_Windows/Packaging]] for that. | ||
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This page gives instructions on how to build a KDE based application on Windows. It is mostly targeted at developers / power users of KDE applications which are not regularly included in the KDE on Windows installer. This typically applies to third-party applications, but may be of interest to developers of applications inside the KDE software collection / repository as well.
Note however that in many cases using emerge may be a better alternative, esp. if you want to compile your application against the most recent development version of KDE.
Well give the procedure in the form of a .bat file, below. Run this from your source folder.
REM modify these lines to match according to your installation:
SET KDEPREFIX=C:\KDE
SET MINGWPREFIX=C:\mingw
SET PERLPREFIX=C:\Perl
REM you may want to add some cmake flags: SET ADD_CMAKE_FLAGS=-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release REM this addition appears to be needed for KDE 4.4.x with MinGW 4.5.x: SET ADD_CMAKE_FLAGS=%ADD_CMAKE_FLAGS% -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="--static-libc++ --static-libcc"
REM -------------------------------------------- REM everything below should not need customizing REM --------------------------------------------
REM add required entries to the search path. REM NOTE: some entries may already be present, but this will do no harm. SET PATH=%MINGWPREFIX%\bin;%KDEPREFIX%\bin;%KDEPREFIX%\lib;%PERLPREFIX%\bin;%PATH%
REM we build in a subdirectory "build" of the sources. SET SOURCE_DIR=%~dp0 cd %~dp0 mkdir build cd build
cmake %SOURCE_DIR% -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%KDEPREFIX% %ADD_CMAKE_FLAGS% mingw32-make install
REM to install to a different path (e.g. for packaging) use REM mingw32-make install DESTDIR=Some\Other\Folder
So you got it to work? Great! Then probably your next concern is how to distribute the binaries you just compiled. See Projects/KDE_on_Windows/Packaging for that.
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