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Wladimir J. van der Laan 14 years ago
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- Build on Windows - Build on Windows
Build instructions Build instructions
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Debian
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First, make sure that the required packages for Qt4 development of your First, make sure that the required packages for Qt4 development of your
distribution are installed, for Debian and Ubuntu these are: distribution are installed, for Debian and Ubuntu these are:
@ -62,6 +65,25 @@ Alternatively, install Qt Creator and open the `bitcoin-qt.pro` file.
An executable named `bitcoin-qt` will be built. An executable named `bitcoin-qt` will be built.
Windows
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Windows build instructions:
- Download the `QT Windows SDK`_ and install it. You don't need the Symbian stuff, just the desktop Qt.
- Download and extract the `dependencies archive`_ [#]_, or compile openssl, boost and dbcxx yourself.
- Copy the contents of the folder "deps" to "X:\QtSDK\mingw", replace X:\ with the location where you installed the Qt SDK. Make sure that the contents of "deps/include" end up in the current "include" directory and such.
- Open the .pro file in QT creator and build as normal (ctrl-B)
.. _`QT Windows SDK`: http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/sdk-windows-cpp
.. _`dependencies archive`: http://download.visucore.com/bitcoin/qtgui_deps_1.zip
.. [#] PGP signature: http://download.visucore.com/bitcoin/qtgui_deps_1.zip.sig (signed with RSA key ID `610945D0`_)
.. _`610945D0`: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x610945D0
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