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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2011-07-04 07:45:28 +0200 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2011-07-04 07:45:28 +0200 |
| commit | 9dfb2d28141dab60b5db59161e7f498ee19f9e3e (patch) | |
| tree | 46b9fe5bd99758855812f7ca19f5cd02c13464d9 | |
| parent | 3913c387c98ae791db52703c19d41a9fecab9461 (diff) | |
add windows build instructions
| -rw-r--r-- | README.rst | 24 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 9c1db1e6d2..458b28f8a8 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -39,9 +39,12 @@ This has to be done: - Build on Windows -Build instructions +Build instructions =================== +Debian +------- + First, make sure that the required packages for Qt4 development of your distribution are installed, for Debian and Ubuntu these are: @@ -62,6 +65,25 @@ Alternatively, install Qt Creator and open the `bitcoin-qt.pro` file. An executable named `bitcoin-qt` will be built. + +Windows +-------- + +Windows build instructions: + +- Download the `QT Windows SDK`_ and install it. You don't need the Symbian stuff, just the desktop Qt. + +- Download and extract the `dependencies archive`_ [#]_, or compile openssl, boost and dbcxx yourself. + +- Copy the contents of the folder "deps" to "X:\QtSDK\mingw", replace X:\ with the location where you installed the Qt SDK. Make sure that the contents of "deps/include" end up in the current "include" directory and such. + +- Open the .pro file in QT creator and build as normal (ctrl-B) + +.. _`QT Windows SDK`: http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/sdk-windows-cpp +.. _`dependencies archive`: http://download.visucore.com/bitcoin/qtgui_deps_1.zip +.. [#] PGP signature: http://download.visucore.com/bitcoin/qtgui_deps_1.zip.sig (signed with RSA key ID `610945D0`_) +.. _`610945D0`: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x610945D0 + Berkely DB version warning ========================== |