Hi all, I recently went through the process of building bitcoind on windows.
I found the official build-msw.txt to be a bit lacking, so I thought that documenting the steps here on the forums could save some time to people wanting to compile their own windows binary.
Please note this is mostly for testing purposes. Always use official executables on production environments.
The following instructions are intended for use with the latest 0.9.1. See additional notes if compiling an older 0.8.6 version.
1. Prepare your build system.
I strongly suggest setting up a clean windows virtual machine via Virtualbox or similar.
1.1 Install msys shell:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Installer/mingw-get-setup.exe/download
From MinGW installation manager -> All packages -> MSYS
mark the following for installation:
msys-base-bin
msys-autoconf-bin
msys-automake-bin
msys-libtool-bin
then click on Installation -> Apply changes
Make sure no mingw packages are checked for installation or present from a previous install. Only the above msys packages should be installed. Also make sure that msys-gcc and msys-w32api packages are not installed.
error in your wording!! also make sure that mysys-gcc and mysys-w32api ARE installed. not not installed otherwise gcc - v errors outI found the official build-msw.txt to be a bit lacking, so I thought that documenting the steps here on the forums could save some time to people wanting to compile their own windows binary.
Please note this is mostly for testing purposes. Always use official executables on production environments.
The following instructions are intended for use with the latest 0.9.1. See additional notes if compiling an older 0.8.6 version.
1. Prepare your build system.
I strongly suggest setting up a clean windows virtual machine via Virtualbox or similar.
1.1 Install msys shell:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Installer/mingw-get-setup.exe/download
From MinGW installation manager -> All packages -> MSYS
mark the following for installation:
msys-base-bin
msys-autoconf-bin
msys-automake-bin
msys-libtool-bin
then click on Installation -> Apply changes
Make sure no mingw packages are checked for installation or present from a previous install. Only the above msys packages should be installed. Also make sure that msys-gcc and msys-w32api packages are not installed.
and you would think this goes without saying but i have to say because i just made a school boy error. OPEN CMD BY RIGHT CLICK RUN AS ADMIN!!!!! that will save you hours if not days/weeks of why wont db compile or make.