Re: [wsjt-devel] WSJTX build issue on Windows

[Mike H. <mik...@ma...>]

I also attempted to do a windows 11 build of wsjtx. Ran into same issues and did not get any further. 

Was able to build easily on various raspberry pi’s and older pcs. PCs using Linux mint thanks to instructions from:
http://www.kk5jy.net/wsjtx-build/

Much evidence exists on this list for not using windows to run wsjtx. Issues with Com ports, constant updates, Microsoft withdrawal of support for versions … windows has always been problematic as any new application install can update libraries and configurations that can impact other applications.

Added to this, for handicap types of uses I would build a WSJTx raspberry pi like appliance that is stand alone and plug and play. 

To keep it as simple an and low cost as possible, I would start with a 20 meter only version that operates on the radio VOX interface. Anyone have any stats on FT8 traffic by band? 

Also, I know from experience, with a 20 watts and a 20 meter ham stick, or if you have an attic or yard, a speaker wire dipole, you can work the globe.

GL ES 73 
Mike KC8yom









> On Oct 19, 2025, at 12:54 PM, grday--- via wsjt-devel <wsj...@li...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello WSJTX developers:
>  
>     I am trying to build WSJTX from the tarball wsjtx-3.0.0_improved_PLUS_250924.tgz
> as recommended by dg2ycb several weeks ago, but have encountered
> a barrier for which I am looking for a suggestion.
>  
>     I need to build WSJTX on a Windows 11 system.
>     I think I have made pretty good progress in the sense that I have
> gotten what I believe to be all of the dependant packages to build and
> install, including Qt 5.15.2, boost, fftw, hamlib, all of the mingw
> compilers, etc.
>  
>    I think I am close to getting wsjtx to build, but right now I am
> pretty much stimied.
>  
>     I began by installing Qt 5.15.2 and jtsdk64-tools. Within the
> jtsdk64-tools directory framework and from the mingw64 shell I installed
> the various dependencies via the package manager.
>  
>     The wsjtx source is setup to be built via the CMake build utility
> with which I am currently a novice. I have tried to build wsjtx from a
> build directory  via the following commands:
>  
> cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" \
>   -DWSJT_GENERATE_DOCS=OFF \
>   -DCMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS="-std=legacy -fallow-argument-mismatch" \
>   -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
>   -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/c/Qt/5.15.2/mingw81_64;/c/JTSDK64-Tools/tools/msys64/mingw64" \
>   ..
>  
> cmake --build . --parallel
>  
>     The diagnostic that I get is:
>  
> [ 38%] Performing configure step for 'hamlib'
> 'C:\JTSDK64-Tools\src\wsjtx\build\hamlib-prefix\src\hamlib\configure' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
>  
>     I tried building and installing hamlib separately which appeared
> to work ok but then I found that the building of wsjtx is very tightly
> coupled to the building of hamlib in the CMake build scripts. I tried
> tweaking the top level CMakeLists.txt file, specificly the call to
> ExternalProject_Add(hamlib to use the bash shell to execute configure
> but that did not work.
>  
>    I also tried setting the CONFIG_SHELL environment variable, i.e.,
>  
> export CONFIG_SHELL=/usr/bin/sh
>  
> but it had no effect.
>  
>   Any suggestions will be much appreciated.
>  
>     As further background, I myself am a blind developer who has
> volunteered to make some modifications to the UDP daemon for the
> purpose of extending the current API so that more of the WSJTX functionality
> is available via an external accessibility agent. I myself am not a
> radio operator and have no call sign but my goal is to make more WSJTX
> functions available to the WSJTX blind user group.
>  
> Thanks in advance,
>  
> Gary R. Day
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