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This document assumes that you want to use MSYS in order to parse the Windows-based makefile and compile with MinGW. If you don't want to bother downloading an IDE, you've come to the right place.
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Step 1: Getting MSYS
You can download Code::Blocks from its website here: MinGW - Minimal SYStem. It doesn't matter where you install MSYS, but be sure and add MSYS's /bin/ directory to your $PATH$ environment variables, which you can find in System Properties -> Advanced.
Step 2: Setting up the Compiler
You need the latest version of MinGW from this website. You need the latest stable versions of the following packages...
- mingw-runtime
- mingw32-make
- w32api
- binutils
- gcc
- g++
Download all of them and extract them to C:\mingw. If you're using Windows and don't have an archiver capable of handling tar.gz files, stop living in the stone age and download 7-Zip. If you are compiling ODAMEX for the purpose of debugging, grab gdb as well.
Step 3: Unpack Files
- Untar ALL MinGW files from the archives you just downloaded into a single directory, then right click on My Computer->Properties->Go to Advanced Tab->Environment Variables->System Variables and scroll down till you find the Path variable, click edit and add the following line:
;drive:\mingwdir\bin
drive:\ being the drive you installed mingw to (eg c:\)
mingwdir is self-explanatory (eg mingw\)
NOTE: Include the semi-colon at the start, or else it won't work.
NOTE: In your mingw/bin dir, you should see a file named i386-mingw32-msvc-sdl-config, rename this to sdl-config.
Step 4: Download SDL Packages
- Download the following SDL packages and untar/zip them to your MinGW dir.
Create a Directory for Code
- Create a new dir somewhere, right click inside it and click SVN Checkout, type in svn://odamex.net:2000/ in the url field and click OK, wait until it says Completed in the Action column of the window.
Compile with Makefile
- Open a command prompt and go to your odamex trunk dir and type: make -f Makefile.win all
HINT: To get help on the makefile, type make -f Makefile.win help