Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of dev/WindowsMinGW/current

Timestamp:

Feb 14, 2016, 2:55:32 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

landauf

Comment:

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dev/WindowsMinGW/current

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  * '''While installing check the option to "add CMake to the system PATH"'''
 
-== MinGW ==
+
+== MSYS2 and MinGW-w64 ==
 
 {{{
 #!div style="background-color: #D0D0F0; border: solid 1px #000000; margin-right: 200px;"
-''Info: MinGW is a collection of tools (like GCC and more), used to compile source code on Windows.''
+''Info: MSYS2 is a command shell, used to execute build scripts and more.''
 }}}
-
-Download and install the latest version of [http://www.mingw.org/download/installer MinGW].
- 1. Chose an install path, default is {{{c:\mingw}}} but every other '''path without whitespaces''' works
- 1. Default settings will do fine. Continue and let the installer download all packages. Continue again.
- 1. In the MinGW Installation Manager select "mingw32-base" and "mingw32-gcc-g++"
- 1. Click Installation -> Apply Changes, then click Apply and wait for the download to finish
- 1. Wait until the installer downloaded and installed all packages (may take a while)
-
-== MSYS ==
 
 {{{
 #!div style="background-color: #D0D0F0; border: solid 1px #000000; margin-right: 200px;"
-''Info: MSYS is a command shell, used to execute build scripts and more.''
+''Info: MinGW-w64 is a collection of tools (like GCC and more), used to compile source code on Windows. Despite its name it supports both 32bit and 64bit builds, depending on how you install it.''
 }}}
 
-Download and install [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MSYS-1.0.11.exe MSYS].
- 1. Chose an install '''path without whitespaces''' and install MSYS
- 1. (On some systems the post installation doesn't start (cmd.exe shows up with an error)[[br]]In this case execute {{{c:\<msys-install-path>\postinstall\pi.bat}}})
- 1. A command shell opens, answer yes (y) twice
- 1. Specify the path to your MinGW directory (by default this is {{{c:/mingw}}}). 
+Download and install MSYS2 according to the the installation guide on this page: [http://msys2.github.io/ MSYS2 installer].
+ 1. Open the MSYS2 console and type "{{{pacman -S make}}}" to install make
+ 1. Install MinGW:
+    A. For 32bit-builds type "{{{pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-gcc}}}" in the MSYS2 console
+    B. For 64bit-builds type "{{{pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc}}}" in the MSYS2 console
+ 1. Close MSYS2 and open it again by using the correct shortcut (see the note below). Type "{{{gcc --version}}}" to find the version of gcc. Use this version later on to chose the correction dependency-package.
 
-Switch to the home-directory of your MSYS installation: {{{c:\<msys-install-path>\home\<username>\}}}[[br]]
-This is your homedirectory in MSYS, this is where the action takes place.
+Note: MSYS2 installs three shortcuts:
+ 1. {{{msys2_shell.bat}}}: a neutral version that does not contain MinGW (not important for us)
+ 1. {{{mingw32_shell.bat}}}: adds the 32bit-installation of MinGW to {{{$PATH}}} (if installed) -> use this for 32bit-builds
+ 1. {{{mingw64_shell.bat}}}: adds the 64bit-installation of MinGW to {{{$PATH}}} (if installed) -> use this for 64bit-builds
+
+You can install both versions of MinGW-w64 (32bit and 64bit) at the same time. You can determine which version to use by starting MSYS2 with the corresponding shortcut.
+
+Switch to the home-directory of your MSYS2 installation: {{{c:\<msys-install-path>\home\<username>\}}}[[br]]
+This is your homedirectory in MSYS2, this is where the action takes place.
 
 '''In the following, we'll call this directory {{{c:\<msys-homedir>\}}} to make things shorter.'''
-
-Note: MSYS installs two shortcuts (by default in {{{Start/Programs/MinGW/MSYS/}}}): 1. "MSYS" (black background; an extension of window's cmd.exe) and 2. "MSYS (rxvt)" (yellow background; a more elaborate shell). We recommend the rxvt version, because it can be resized to full-screen, but Orxonox works with both. (Additional note: The sortcut on the desktop links to the worse version.)