Getting Started/Build/Windows/Environment

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    Setting up the users environment

    For using most of the tools in the commandline you will have to set up a proper environment. This includes setting the PATH variable and some additional variables needed for CMake and running KDE applications.

    There are some assumptions made in this article: The path C:\kde4\win32libs is used as the installation directory from the kdewin-installer (which will be called KDEWIN_DIR), C:\kde4\kdelibs-install as the path where all kde4 modules will be installed to(which will be called KDEDIRS). Obviously you have to change the actual values to suite your system. The sources from SVN would reside in C:\kde4\kdelibs-src. Create a file and name it environment.bat:

    @echo off
    set MYKDEDIRS=
    
    :: environment.bat should be able to autodetect the following values
    :: only set them manually, if the script complains about them
    :: don't use quotes (") !
    
    :: Microsoft Platform SDK install directory
    :: set MSPSDKDIR=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2
    
    :: CMake install directory
    :: set CMAKEROOT=C:\Program Files\CMake 2.4
    
    
    :: make only changes below this line, if you know, what you are doing
    
    
    if "%KDEDIRS%" equ "" (
        set KDEDIRS=%MYKDEDIRS%
    )
    if "%KDEDIRS%" equ "" (
        echo KDEDIRS not set
        echo set MYKDEDIRS in %0% or KDEDIRS at the enviroment
        goto ERROR
    )
    
    if "%MSPSDKDIR%" equ "" (
        for /F "usebackq tokens=3 delims=	" %%i in (`@reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MicrosoftSDK\InstalledSDKs\D2FF9F89-8AA2-4373-8A31-C838BF4DBBE1" /v "Install Dir"`) DO (
            set MSPSDKDIR=%%i
        )
    )
    if "%MSPSDKDIR%" equ "" (
        echo can't detect the Microsoft Platform SDK install directory
        echo set it at the start of %0% or with the MSPSDKDIR enviroment variable
        goto ERROR
    )
    if not exist "%MSPSDKDIR%\include\windows.h" (
        echo can't find windows.h in %MSPSDKDIR%\include\
        echo try to set the Microsoft Platform SDK install directory at the start of %0% or with the MSPSDKDIR enviroment variable
        goto ERROR
    )
    
    
    if "%CMAKEROOT%" equ "" (
        for /F "usebackq tokens=3 delims=	" %%i in (`reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Kitware\CMake 2.4.6" /ve`) DO (
            set CMAKEROOT=%%i
        )
    )
    if "%CMAKEROOT%" equ "" (
        echo can't detect the cmake root directory
        echo set it at the start of %0% or with the CMAKEROOT enviroment variable
        goto ERROR
    )
    if not exist "%CMAKEROOT%\bin\cmake.exe" (
        echo can't find cmake.exe in %CMAKEROOT%\bin
        echo set it at the start of %0% or with the CMAKEROOT enviroment variable
        goto ERROR
    )
    
    if "%VS80COMNTOOLS%" equ "" (
        echo can't find the Microsoft Visual Studio installation directory
        echo set the VS80COMNTOOLS enviroment variable
        goto ERROR
    )
    
    echo psdk: %MSPSDKDIR%
    echo cmake: %CMAKEROOT%
    
    set PATH=%KDEDIRS%\bin;%PATH%;%CMAKEROOT%\bin;%MSPSDKDIR%\bin
    set DBUSDIR=%KDEDIRS%
    set QTDIR=%KDEDIRS%
    set KDEWIN_DIR=%KDEDIRS%
    set KDEWIN32DIR=%KDEDIRS%
    
    set INCLUDE=%PSDKDIR%\include;%KDEDIRS%\include
    set LIB=%PSDKDIR%\lib;%KDEDIRS%\lib
    
    set CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH=%INCLUDE%
    set CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=%LIB%
    
    call "%VS80COMNTOOLS%vsvars32.bat"
    
    cmd.exe
    
    goto END
    
    :ERROR
    pause
    :END
    

    Edit this file and set MYKDEDIRS to your KDEDIRS directory.

    You will have to run this file every time you start a new cmd-shell (for building etc.).

    You should have cmake and mingw32-make etc. in your path as well.