Windows_Crossbuild_MXE_Scripts

Building for Windows OS using the MXE crossbuild scripts

UNDERGOING TESTING - DO NOT USE YET

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This page desribes how to create the Windows OS installer package by using the MXE crossbuild scripts.

This HOWTO works only on the following Linux distributions:

      * Debian
      * Fedora
      * Mint
      * MX
      * OpenSUSE
      * Ubuntu

      NOTE: Due to missing package 'nsis' OpenSUSE can create windows binaries, but not the installer

**The creation of the Fldigi Windows binary installer consists of 4 steps:
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      1. Download the Fldigi Git repository
      2. Install the required OS packages
      3. Build the MXE crossbuild environment
      4. Compile Fldigi for Windows

Step 2 only needs to be run once per-system, as OS packages are accessible to all user accounts.
Step 3 only needs to be run once per user-account, as a persistant crossbuild environment is made in $HOME/.fldigiMXE

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**1) Download the Fldigi Git Repository **

      To download Fldigi, run:

   $ git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/fldigi/fldigi fldigi-fldigi

      This will download the source-repository to directory fldigi-fldigi.

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2) Install the Required OS Packages

      The following steps auto-install all required OS packages.


      Open a terminal program and go to directory: fldigi-fldigi/scripts


     For Fedora, Mint, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu, and MX Linux run:

   sudo ./setupmxe.sh packages

     For Debian run:

   su root
   ./setupmxe.sh packages
   exit

      This step needs to be run only once per system.

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3) Build the MXE Crossbuild Environment

      You have the option to build either only 32-bit, or dual 32/64-bit crossbuild libraries


      Open a terminal program and go to directory: fldigi-fldigi/scripts


      To build only 32-bit libraries run:

   ./setupmxe.sh setup32

      To build dual 32/64-bit libraries run:

   ./setupmxe.sh setup64

      This will create a persistant crossbuild environment in $HOME/.fldigiMXE
      This step needs to be run only once per user-account.

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4) Compile Fldigi for Windows

      Running the build script will compile binaries for Fldigi and Flarq,
      then create a nullsoft installer package containing them.


      Open a terminal program and go to directory: fldigi-fldigi/scripts


      To crossbuild 32-bit Fldigi (DEFAULT)

   ./buildmxe.sh

      To crossbuild 64-bit Fldigi (CURRENTLY BROKEN)

   ./buildmxe64.sh

      When script is complete, the finished binaries and installer will be in directory: * fldigi-fldigi*

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** Cleanup **

      To delete an installed MXE crossbuild environment, run:

   ./setupmxe.sh clean

      This will delete the directory $HOME/.fldigiMXE

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** Notes**

      MXE libraries 32-bit compile:
      CFLAGS=" -march=i686 -mtune=i686 -O3 -mno-3dnow -mmmx -msse -mfpmath=sse "

      MXE libraries 64-bit compile
      CFLAGS=" -march=x86-64 -mtune=k8 -O3 -mno-3dnow -mmmx -msse -msse2 -mfpmath=sse "

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Scripts that this HOWTO requires.
Copy/paste into 'fldigi-fldigi/scripts' directory

make the scripts executable with:
$ chmod a+x *.sh