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diff --git a/INSTALL.win32 b/INSTALL.win32 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b43c72c --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALL.win32 @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +BUILDING THE WIN32 INSTALLER +---------------------------- + +You will need additional packages installed beyond what is necessary +for a build: + + pacman -S dos2unix mingw-w64-i686-nsis mingw-w64-i686-ntldd + pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-SDL2_gfx unzip zip + +You will also need the INetC and MD5dll plugins for NSIS: + + https://nsis.sourceforge.io/mediawiki/images/c/c9/Inetc.zip + https://nsis.sourceforge.io/mediawiki/images/d/d7/Md5dll.zip + +Unzip these somewhere and then copy the 32-bit ANSI versions of the library +into place: + + cp Plugins/x86-ansi/INetC.dll /mingw32/share/nsis/Plugins/ansi/ + cp md5dll/ANSI/md5dll.dll /mingw32/share/nsis/Plugins/ansi/ + +If this is a new release of UQM, and content packs have not already been +regenerated, consult INSTALL.pkgs for the steps to update it. These steps +include updates to the "packages.nsh" file and the "uqm-installer.nsi" files, +so you should inspect these files to make sure that it's announcing the +correct version and downloading the correct versions of the content packs. + +With these things in place, create the release build: + + cd sc2 + ./build.sh uqm clean + ./build.sh uqm + +Make sure that you select a release build so that uqm.exe will be built +instead of uqm-debug.exe. Assuming the build works according to plan, +you will then run the installer creator out of its directory: + + cd build/win32_install + ./build-win32-installer.sh + +If all goes well, this will build KeyJam application, import, rename, and +convert the necessary ancillary files, and then build an NSIS-based +installer that will install them. |