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Development Windows setup
This page describes the procedures for setting up a Windows machine to compile dRonin firmware and GCS software.
Git 2.6.4 or later - You must use a 32-bit version. Older versions are known to fail. The latest release should be fine.
Python 2.7.x - get the latest Python 2.7.x release from http://www.python.org/download/releases
Qt 5.5.0 - http://download.qt.io/archive/qt/5.5/5.5.0/qt-opensource-windows-x86-mingw492-5.5.0.exe (use version with MinGW included, and make sure you check it on installation). Please do not install a newer release as you will likely run into regressions.
JDK (only required for compiling Android GCS) - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html
The following has been validated as providing a working build environment on Windows Server 2008 R2 when using the default paths that the installers provide.
- Install git. You will use this to clone the dRonin repository to your machine. It also provides a bash shell and other Unix-like tools.
- Install Python 2.7.4. Python is used when building firmware.
- Install Qt SDK. Qt provides much of the GUI framework behind GCS. Also, the compiler and some necessary Unix command line tools are provided.
- Install JDK if you want to compile AndroidGCS
- Install NSIS Unicode if you want to build installer packages.
- Setup your paths. You will need to add "C:\Qt\Qt5.5.0\5.5\mingw492_32\bin" (for Qt version 5.5.0) to your system PATH to run regular GCS builds from the build directory. Skipping this step will lead to errors about missing DLLs such as
Qt5Cored.dll
.
_a)_ For Windows 10: Proceed to Control Panel\System and Security\System. Click on "Advanced System Settings", then click on "Environment Variables..." towards the bottom right of the popup window. Select the "Path" row in the top selection box and click "Edit". Finally click "New" and paste "C:\Qt\Qt5.5.0\5.5\mingw492_32\bin" into the new line. Click "OK" to close out of the popup windows, and close the Control Panel.
Start a shell using the "Git bash" program shortcut in the right-click context menu.
Clone the repository to your computer by typing git clone https://github.com/d-ronin/dronin
Type this command to install a bash_profile suitable for developing the project: cp dronin/make/winx86/bash_profile ~/.bash_profile
. Next, ensure that the bash_profile is executable by typing chmod 755 ~/.bash_profile
. You may have to edit bash_profile if you have changed any installation paths from the default. Then exit from the terminal and start a new "Git bash" instance.
Next, change into the dRonin source directory with cd dronin
and type make arm_sdk_install
to install the ARM SDK tools. Next run make openssl_install
to install openssl and associated utilities. Finally, run make zip_install
to install zip compression tools used in packaging.
After this you can type make all
and compile everything!