X-Git-Url: https://git.street.me.uk/andy/viking.git/blobdiff_plain/26edf4767fe09ce576f88fa1b9ca0017a62826d4..062790f9970447e3047f82f93ebd6b20b6237247:/win32/README.txt diff --git a/win32/README.txt b/win32/README.txt index 542aa591..2fac07fd 100644 --- a/win32/README.txt +++ b/win32/README.txt @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ - +# License: CC0 +# The build under Windows follows the same process as the traditional Linux build: cd ../src @@ -11,3 +12,24 @@ To generate the installer (once the code has been compiled as above) run the ins For further details (especially about how to set up the development dependencies) see: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/viking/index.php?title=WindowsBuildInstructions + +These instructions have now been turned turned into a series of scripts to produce the Viking installer: + +1. prepare.bat +2a. configure_and_make.bat +2b. make.bat +3. installer.bat + +The scripts are aimed at a pristine Windows XP installation. +Using *prepare.bat* will attempt to *download* and *install* various Open Source software to aid this process. +An administrator level account is needed to run this which will *modify* your system. + +The other scripts simply make use of these (assumed) available system programs. + +This setup is for dedicated usage to build Viking, primarily under Wine with: + + ./generate_install.sh + +Such that any Windows system (or of course a Virtual Machine) can be simply deleted (e.g. rm -rf /.wine) and recreated fully via the scripts. + +From Viking 1.4 onwards this is how the Windows viking-W.X.Y.Z.exe installer file is produced.