WINDOWS BUILD NOTES =================== See [readme-qt.rst](readme-qt.rst) for instructions on building Bitcoin-Qt, the graphical user interface. Compilers Supported ------------------- TODO: What works? Note: releases are cross-compiled using mingw running on Linux. Dependencies ------------ Libraries you need to download separately and build: name default path download -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OpenSSL \openssl-1.0.1c-mgw http://www.openssl.org/source/ Berkeley DB \db-4.8.30.NC-mgw http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/index.html Boost \boost-1.50.0-mgw http://www.boost.org/users/download/ miniupnpc \miniupnpc-1.6-mgw http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/ Their licenses: OpenSSL Old BSD license with the problematic advertising requirement Berkeley DB New BSD license with additional requirement that linked software must be free open source Boost MIT-like license miniupnpc New (3-clause) BSD license Versions used in this release: OpenSSL 1.0.1c Berkeley DB 4.8.30.NC Boost 1.50.0 miniupnpc 1.6 OpenSSL ------- MSYS shell: un-tar sources with MSYS 'tar xfz' to avoid issue with symlinks (OpenSSL ticket 2377) change 'MAKE' env. variable from 'C:\MinGW32\bin\mingw32-make.exe' to '/c/MinGW32/bin/mingw32-make.exe' cd /c/openssl-1.0.1c-mgw ./config make Berkeley DB ----------- MSYS shell: cd /c/db-4.8.30.NC-mgw/build_unix sh ../dist/configure --enable-mingw --enable-cxx make Boost ----- DOS prompt: downloaded boost jam 3.1.18 cd \boost-1.50.0-mgw bjam toolset=gcc --build-type=complete stage MiniUPnPc --------- UPnP support is optional, make with `USE_UPNP=` to disable it. MSYS shell: cd /c/miniupnpc-1.6-mgw make -f Makefile.mingw mkdir miniupnpc cp *.h miniupnpc/ Bitcoin ------- DOS prompt: cd \bitcoin\src mingw32-make -f makefile.mingw strip bitcoind.exe