Building DOSBox with MinGW - Revision history

Rainwarrior: /* Compiling DOSBox */ that last line is another step

2018-07-14T00:37:12Z

Compiling DOSBox: that last line is another step

Rainwarrior: maybe give a tip about INSTALL too

2018-07-13T21:26:00Z

maybe give a tip about INSTALL too

Rainwarrior: linking guide by DosFreak in case it's helpful

2018-07-13T21:11:37Z

linking guide by DosFreak in case it's helpful

Rainwarrior: mv Visual C 2008 Express to Visual Studio

2018-07-13T20:34:38Z

mv Visual C 2008 Express to Visual Studio

Rainwarrior: /* Compiling DOSBox */ adding suggestion that you might want a SVN checkout instead of just the snapshot

2018-07-13T20:17:16Z

Compiling DOSBox: adding suggestion that you might want a SVN checkout instead of just the snapshot

Rainwarrior: /* Adding networking support to DOSBox (Optional) */ bold for SDLnet.c filename

2018-07-13T19:52:36Z

Adding networking support to DOSBox (Optional): bold for SDLnet.c filename

Rainwarrior: /* Adding screenshot support (Optional) */ libpng's configure script is currently broken with MinGW, here's a way to correct it

2018-07-13T19:51:54Z

Adding screenshot support (Optional): libpng's configure script is currently broken with MinGW, here's a way to correct it

Rainwarrior: /* Adding networking support to DOSBox (Optional) */ SDLnet.c will fail compilation for some windows error defines (ERROR_BUFFER_OVERLOW, NO_ERROR), this is one way to fix it (don't know a better way)

2018-07-13T19:45:28Z

Adding networking support to DOSBox (Optional): SDLnet.c will fail compilation for some windows error defines (ERROR_BUFFER_OVERLOW, NO_ERROR), this is one way to fix it (don't know a better way)

Rainwarrior: /* Adding screenshot support (Optional) */ libpng-1.6.18 has moved to older-releases folder, using xz for updated link because it's smaller

2018-07-13T19:40:31Z

Adding screenshot support (Optional): libpng-1.6.18 has moved to older-releases folder, using xz for updated link because it's smaller

Rainwarrior: /* Adding support for compressed audio on diskimages (Optional) */ SDL_sound vs MinGW no longer appears to have this compile issue

2018-07-13T19:38:15Z

Adding support for compressed audio on diskimages (Optional): SDL_sound vs MinGW no longer appears to have this compile issue

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:37, 14 July 2018
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	** Optionally, copy the SDL_net.dll file located under '''SDL_net-1.2.8\.libs''', e.g. '''C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\home\Administrator\SDL_net-1.2.8\.libs''' to the folder you created		** Optionally, copy the SDL_net.dll file located under '''SDL_net-1.2.8\.libs''', e.g. '''C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\home\Administrator\SDL_net-1.2.8\.libs''' to the folder you created

−	Start up DOSBox, and see if it works.	+	* Start up DOSBox, and see if it works!

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:26, 13 July 2018
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	An alternative guide is also available on the forums: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=55706		An alternative guide is also available on the forums: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=55706
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		+	Additional build setup notes may be found in the latest '''INSTALL''' file: https://sourceforge.net/p/dosbox/code-0/HEAD/tree/dosbox/trunk/INSTALL

	== Installing MinGW ==		== Installing MinGW ==

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	This page will guide you through setting up MinGW to compile a current (SVN/CVS) version of DOSBox. Because of updates to compilers and libraries, this guide will not work with the 0.74 (the last official release, which is currently over 6 years old) source files.		This page will guide you through setting up MinGW to compile a current (SVN/CVS) version of DOSBox. Because of updates to compilers and libraries, this guide will not work with the 0.74 (the last official release, which is currently over 6 years old) source files.
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		+	An alternative guide is also available on the forums: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=55706

	== Installing MinGW ==		== Installing MinGW ==

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−	DOSBox is a complicated project. This document aims to provide a step by step description of how to use the MinGW developement environment to successfully build DOSBox. An alternative is to use [[Building DOSBox with Visual ~~C 2008 Express~~\|Microsoft Visual Studio]].	+	DOSBox is a complicated project. This document aims to provide a step by step description of how to use the MinGW developement environment to successfully build DOSBox. An alternative is to use [[Building DOSBox with Visual Studio\|Microsoft Visual Studio]].

	This page will guide you through setting up MinGW to compile a current (SVN/CVS) version of DOSBox. Because of updates to compilers and libraries, this guide will not work with the 0.74 (the last official release, which is currently over 6 years old) source files.		This page will guide you through setting up MinGW to compile a current (SVN/CVS) version of DOSBox. Because of updates to compilers and libraries, this guide will not work with the 0.74 (the last official release, which is currently over 6 years old) source files.

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 == Compiling DOSBox ==
-* Download the latest official DOSBox SVN source files from here: http://source.dosbox.com/dosboxsvn.tgz
+* If you plan on rebuilding periodically with the latest code, you can check out the Subversion repository here: https://sourceforge.net/p/dosbox/code-0/HEAD/tree/dosbox/trunk/
-(There are also enhanced SVN versions containing additional fixes and/or features that are not officially part of DOSBox, see [[SVN Builds]] for more details)
+* Otherwise you can download a snapshot of the latest DOSBox SVN source here: http://source.dosbox.com/dosboxsvn.tgz
-* Copy the file to your MSYS home folder
+* See also [[SVN Builds]] for a list of unofficial alternative versions of DOSBox that you may wish to try instead. Many of them have additional features.
-* Extract the file
    tar xvf dosboxsvn.tgz
 * Let's configure DOSBox, and tell it to use the static C library (-static-libgcc) and C++ library (-static-libstdc++) and stripping the final EXE of debug information (-s)

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    cd SDL_net-1.2.8
    ./configure --prefix=/mingw
-* SDLnet.c will have to be modified slightly to compile. Open it with a text editor and add the following #include near the top of the file:
+* '''SDLnet.c''' will have to be modified slightly to compile. Open it with a text editor and add the following #include near the top of the file:
    #include <winerror.h>
 * And now compile them

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    cd libpng-1.6.18
    ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=/mingw
 * And now to compile and install the files
    make

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    cd ..
 Cool, that wasn't too hard, onto libpng
-* Download libpng from here http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.18/libpng-1.6.18.tar.gz/download
+* Download libpng from here https://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/older-releases/1.6.18/libpng-1.6.18.tar.xz/download
 * Copy the downloaded file to your MSYS home folder
 * Switch to the MSYS command prompt
 * Extract the file
-   tar xvf libpng-1.6.18.tar.gz
+   tar xvf libpng-1.6.18.tar.xz
 * Configure the library
    cd libpng-1.6.18

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 * Switch to the MSYS command prompt
 * Extract the file
-   tar xvf SDL_sound-1.0.3
+   tar xvf SDL_sound-1.0.3.tar.gz
-* Unfortunately sdl_sound isn't going to compile on MinGW so we are going to have to edit some of the source files.
+* Configure and compile
    cd SDL_sound-1.0.3
    ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=/mingw LIBS="-lvorbisfile -lvorbis -logg"