Compiling Inkscape on Windows 64-bit - Revision history

Patrick87: update links to archived 32-bit instructions

2017-10-25T19:04:48Z

update links to archived 32-bit instructions

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	{{Note\|The information on this page is outdated. Please see '''[[Compiling Inkscape on Windows]]''' for the updated instructions.}}		{{Note\|The information on this page is outdated. Please see '''[[Compiling Inkscape on Windows]]''' for the updated instructions.}}

	'''For 32 bit: see [[Compiling Inkscape on Windows]]'''		'''For 32 bit: see [[Compiling Inkscape on Windows 32-bit]]'''

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	Compiling Inkscape on Windows 64-bit works similar to [[Compiling Inkscape on Windows\|compiling Inkscape on Windows 32-bit]] where you can find additional information.		Compiling Inkscape on Windows 64-bit works similar to [[Compiling Inkscape on Windows 32-bit\|compiling Inkscape on Windows 32-bit]] where you can find additional information.

	This page only describes the basic steps that are required while highlighting the differences compared to a 32-bit build.		This page only describes the basic steps that are required while highlighting the differences compared to a 32-bit build.

Patrick87: The information on this page is outdated. Please see '''Compiling Inkscape on Windows''' for the updated instructions.

2017-10-25T19:03:14Z

The information on this page is outdated. Please see '''Compiling Inkscape on Windows''' for the updated instructions.

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	{{Note\|~~We're currently investigating to move to '''[http://www.msys2.org/ MSYS2]''' for building Inkscape~~ on ~~Windows~~. Please see '''[[Compiling Inkscape on Windows ~~with MSYS2~~]]''' for the updated instructions.		{{Note\|The information on this page is outdated. Please see '''[[Compiling Inkscape on Windows]]''' for the updated instructions.}}

	You're encouraged to test the new method and give feedback regarding any issues you might encounter. If no severe issues are found it's likely this will become the recommended method for building trunk in future and might also be considered for building the 0.92.x stable branch.}}

	'''For 32 bit: see [[Compiling Inkscape on Windows]]'''		'''For 32 bit: see [[Compiling Inkscape on Windows]]'''

Patrick87: /* Building */ Remove wrong information on "DESTDIR". It does not work with cmake-generated makefiles on Windows, e.g. see https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.0/variable/CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.html

2017-05-09T19:06:19Z

Building: Remove wrong information on "DESTDIR". It does not work with cmake-generated makefiles on Windows, e.g. see https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.0/variable/CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.html

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	</pre>		</pre>

	Collect all the needed files and create a selfcontaing directory:		Collect all the needed files and create a selfcontaing directory in <code>./build/inkscape/</code>:

	<pre>		<pre>
	mingw32-make ~~DESTDIR=mydir~~ install		mingw32-make install
	</pre>		</pre>

	See [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11307465/destdir-and-prefix-of-make this article] in stackoverflow about the difference in DESTDIR and PREFIX of make. After this step we have a mydir/Program Files/inkscape/ where everything ''should'' be. ''(Note: Using relative paths with <code>DESTDIR</code> is currently broken. Usually you can just omit the command to simply install into <code>./build/inkscape/</code>)''

	As cmake hides the actual compiler calls, here is a way how to see what make is doing.		As cmake hides the actual compiler calls, here is a way how to see what make is doing.

Patrick87: Add note regarding MSYS2

2017-03-25T22:56:40Z

Add note regarding MSYS2

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			{{Note\|We're currently investigating to move to '''[http://www.msys2.org/ MSYS2]''' for building Inkscape on Windows. Please see '''[[Compiling Inkscape on Windows with MSYS2]]''' for the updated instructions.

			You're encouraged to test the new method and give feedback regarding any issues you might encounter. If no severe issues are found it's likely this will become the recommended method for building trunk in future and might also be considered for building the 0.92.x stable branch.}}

	'''For 32 bit: see [[Compiling Inkscape on Windows]]'''		'''For 32 bit: see [[Compiling Inkscape on Windows]]'''

Patrick87: /* Compiling Inkscape using CMake */

2017-02-14T20:38:59Z

Compiling Inkscape using CMake

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	=== Compiling Inkscape using CMake ===		=== Compiling Inkscape using CMake ===

	''Note: To significantly ~~reduced~~ the time needed for incremental rebuilds consider [[CMake#Using CMake with Ninja to build Inkscape\|using CMake in combination with Ninja]].''		''Note: To significantly reduce the time needed for incremental rebuilds consider [[CMake#Using CMake with Ninja to build Inkscape\|using CMake in combination with Ninja]].''

	Go to the directory containing your Inkscape source and create the build output directory. In example:		Go to the directory containing your Inkscape source and create the build output directory. In example:

Patrick87: /* Compiling Inkscape using CMake */ add note about Ninja

2017-02-14T20:38:32Z

Compiling Inkscape using CMake: add note about Ninja

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	=== Compiling Inkscape using CMake ===		=== Compiling Inkscape using CMake ===

			''Note: To significantly reduced the time needed for incremental rebuilds consider [[CMake#Using CMake with Ninja to build Inkscape\|using CMake in combination with Ninja]].''

	Go to the directory containing your Inkscape source and create the build output directory. In example:		Go to the directory containing your Inkscape source and create the build output directory. In example:

Patrick87: /* Compiling Inkscape using CMake */ add some information on how to deal with CMake functionality (yeah, I mean errors...)

2017-01-27T20:18:45Z

Compiling Inkscape using CMake: add some information on how to deal with CMake functionality (yeah, I mean errors...)

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	mingw32-make VERBOSE=1 -j 2		mingw32-make VERBOSE=1 -j 2
	</pre>		</pre>

			; If something goes wrong
			Execute the following commands from the <code>build</code> directory
			<pre>
			rm -r CMakeFiles
			rm CMakeCache.txt
			</pre>
			and start with running CMake (see above) again.

			; If something goes very wrong
			Remove the <code>build</code> directory and start over.

	=== Compiling Inkscape using btool (deprecated) ===		=== Compiling Inkscape using btool (deprecated) ===

Patrick87: /* Compiling Inkscape using CMake */ sync with Compiling Inkscape on Windows (we should really optimize that and avoid duplication...)

2017-01-27T20:11:29Z

Compiling Inkscape using CMake: sync with Compiling Inkscape on Windows (we should really optimize that and avoid duplication...)

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	=== Compiling Inkscape using CMake ===		=== Compiling Inkscape using CMake ===
	Go to source ~~code directory~~ and create the build output directory. In example:		Go to the directory containing your Inkscape source and create the build output directory. In example:

	<pre>		<pre>

Patrick87: /* Compiling Inkscape using CMake */ add note about non-functioning DESTDIR

2017-01-27T20:09:30Z

Compiling Inkscape using CMake: add note about non-functioning DESTDIR

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	</pre>		</pre>

	See [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11307465/destdir-and-prefix-of-make this article] in stackoverflow about the difference in DESTDIR and PREFIX of make. After this step we have a mydir/Program Files/inkscape/ where everything ''should'' be.		See [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11307465/destdir-and-prefix-of-make this article] in stackoverflow about the difference in DESTDIR and PREFIX of make. After this step we have a mydir/Program Files/inkscape/ where everything ''should'' be. ''(Note: Using relative paths with <code>DESTDIR</code> is currently broken. Usually you can just omit the command to simply install into <code>./build/inkscape/</code>)''

	As cmake hides the actual compiler calls, here is a way how to see what make is doing.		As cmake hides the actual compiler calls, here is a way how to see what make is doing.

Patrick87: /* Compiling Inkscape using btool (deprecated) */ Explain which versions should be built with btool

2017-01-27T20:04:00Z

Compiling Inkscape using btool (deprecated): Explain which versions should be built with btool

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	=== Compiling Inkscape using btool (deprecated) ===		=== Compiling Inkscape using btool (deprecated) ===

			''Note: This method was the default up to Inkscape 0.91. It still works in 0.92 but compiling using CMake [[#Compiling Inkscape using CMake\|as described above]] is the preferred option.''

	Compile <code>btool</code> (the command line tool that handles the actual build) using		Compile <code>btool</code> (the command line tool that handles the actual build) using