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| author | Luqman Aden <laden@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> | 2014-06-26 20:07:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Luqman Aden <laden@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> | 2014-06-26 20:17:24 -0400 |
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README: Add instructions for building on windows.
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5927fb292d8..73e91f6b93a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -58,6 +58,23 @@ documentation. 3. Read the [tutorial]. 4. Enjoy! +### Building on Windows + +To easily build on windows we can use [MSYS2](http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/): + +1. Grab the latest MSYS2 installer and go through the installer. +2. Now from the MSYS2 terminal we want to install the mingw64 toolchain and the other + tools we need. + + $ pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-toolchain + $ pacman -S base-devel + +3. With that now start `mingw32_shell.bat` from where you installed MSYS2 (i.e. `C:\msys`). +4. From there just navigate to where you have Rust's source code, configure and build it: + + $ ./configure --build=i686-pc-mingw32 + $ make && make install + [repo]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust [tarball]: http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-nightly.tar.gz [tutorial]: http://doc.rust-lang.org/tutorial.html |