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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 2.6.3 - http://git-scm.com/downloads (older versions of git_bash have problems with the Makefiles so be sure you're on a recent build. Version 2.6.3 has been confirmed working.) (Try the 32-bit version if the 64-bit version is causing problems.)
Python 2.7.4 - http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.4/
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)
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
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.
After this you can type make all and compile everything!
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.