pure-data/pd-lib-builder

[Question] How to compile an external in windows.

rvega opened this issue · 3 comments

rvega commented

Not familiar at all with Windows development tools.
On Linux, I know I can just follow the instructions in the Readme of pd-lib-builder and then do make in a terminal and viola!
What is the equivalent in Windows of make? I have installed Visual Studio 2017 and the C++ tools and those are working fine. Do I need Mingw or Cygwin to compile an external?
Also, I' m using Purrr Data, if that makes a difference.
Thanks in advance!

Lucarda commented

Hi,

With pd-lib-builder you should use Msys2 (or Msys1):

Building On Windows With Msys2

Download the 64-bit installer from:

https://www.msys2.org/

Follow installation instructions on: https://github.com/msys2/msys2/wiki/MSYS2-installation

Add with pacman these packages:

pacman -S make pkgconfig autoconf automake libtool

Then the 32-bit compiler:

pacman -S mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-gcc

Optional For 64-Bit

The 64-bit compiler:

pacman -S mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc

umlaeute commented

closing this as @Lucarda has answered it.
@katja: maybe this should go into the README

rvega commented

Thank you!
+1 Should go in Readme