Building on Microsoft Windows

For general information, see wiki/Building first.

Setup

• install ​msys2 and update the system: run pacman -Syu until all the updates are applied
• from a mingw shell, run this setup script: MINGW_SETUP.sh

Optional dependencies:

• install ​tortoisesvn to support SSH via plink
• install ​bonjour SDK for mdns support

To build NVENC or NVFBC support (64-bit only), also install:

• ​CUDA
• ​visualstudio or ​visualstudio express

To be able to generate EXE installation packages:

• install ​verpatch (see r15919)
• install ​InnoSetup

Build

From the source directory, run the build script win32/MINGW_BUILD.sh

With the regular library updates from MSYS2, you may hit occasional hurdles. ie: ticket:678#comment:61.

Updating

Once installed, you can update the build system by running:

• pacman -Syu for the msys2 packages
• UPDATE_PYTHON_LIBS.sh for the python libraries

Optional Steps

Work in progress - these steps should be automated (see #678 for details):

• OpenGL rendering via pygtkglext: follow ticket:678#comment:27
• websockify