Re: gEDA-dev: Windows installer programs

[Dan McMahill <dan-at-NOSPAMmcmahill_dot_net>]

Peter TB Brett wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> If someone can provide me with step-by-step instructions for building geda on 
> Windows, I'm volunteering to produce a NSIS-based Windows installation 
> program.
> 
> This goes for any packages currently distributed on the gEDA CD.  What I need 
> to produce the installer:
> 
>  - Instructions on how to get the source code
>  - Instructions on how to compile on Windows
> 
>    OR:
> 
>  - A tarball of Windows binaries
> 
>    AND in addition to one of the above:
> 
>  - Details of where they files need to be installed to (I can figure this out
>    if you don't know yet)
>  - License as an RTF file (if non-GPL)
>  - How you expect Windows users to use the software (i.e. expected workflows
>    on *Windows*)
>  - [optional] The package's logo (high-resolution lossless bitmap on white
>    background)
> 
> I'll then produce an NSIS installer script for your package.
> 
> First come, first served.  Note that I need instructions for *statically* 
> linked binaries -- I don't have the know-how to play with installing & 
> registering DLLs, I'm afraid.
> 
> Peter

There is a win32/ directory in PCB which has a script to do exactly this 
for PCB.  Not that it helps for gschem other than providing an example 
of building against gtk for win32.  There is a "build_pcb" script in 
there which runs under cygwin to build pcb but linking to the native 
windows (not requiring cygwin) gtk libraries.  Then it builds a NSIS 
installer.  Its been a few months since I ran a build so it may have bit 
rotted a bit but I'll bet its minor.

-Dan





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