How to compile and create an installer for Groestlcoin Core for Windows 64 bit

Started by jackielove4u, November 20, 2018, 08:01:59 PM

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The following were tested in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 18.04, some dependencies can be different in other distros

    • aptitude update -y && aptitude upgrade -y && apt-get update -y && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get dist-upgrade -y
    • dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=4096
    • mkswap /swapfile
    • swapon /swapfile
    • echo "/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
    • sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libboost-all-dev libdb5.3 libdb5.3-dev libdb5.3++-dev libtool automake libevent-dev bsdmainutils -y
    • sudo apt-get install git ntp make g++ gcc autoconf cpp ngrep iftop sysstat autotools-dev pkg-config libminiupnpc-dev libzmq3-dev -y
    • sudo apt-get install curl librsvg2-bin libtiff-tools bsdmainutils cmake imagemagick libcap-dev libz-dev libbz2-dev python-setuptools
    • sudo apt-get install g++-aarch64-linux-gnu g++-4.8-aarch64-linux-gnu gcc-4.8-aarch64-linux-gnu binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf g++-4.8-arm-linux-gnueabihf gcc-4.8-arm-linux-gnueabihf binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf g++-4.8-multilib gcc-4.8-multilib binutils-gold
    • sudo apt install g++-mingw-w64-x86-64
    • sudo update-alternatives --config x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ # Set the default mingw32 g++ compiler option to posix.
    • sudo apt install g++-mingw-w64-i686 mingw-w64-i686-dev
    • sudo update-alternatives --config i686-w64-mingw32-g++  # Set the default mingw32 g++ compiler option to posix.
    • sudo apt install nsis
    • git clone https://github.com/groestlcoin/groestlcoin
    • cd groestlcoin
    • cd depends
    • make HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32
    • cd ..
    • ./autogen.sh
    • ./configure --prefix=`pwd`/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32
    • make
    • make deploy

The following were tested in Windows 10 with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), some dependencies can be different in other Windows versions

    • start OptionalFeatures.exe
    • Enable 'Windows Subsystem for Linux'
    • Click 'OK' and restart if necessary
    • Open Microsoft Store and search for "Ubuntu 18.04"
    • Click Install
    • Open a cmd prompt and type "Ubuntu1804"
    • Create a new UNIX user account (this is a separate account from your Windows account)
    • sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
    • sudo apt install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config bsdmainutils curl git nsis -y
    • sudo apt install g++-mingw-w64-x86-64
    • sudo update-alternatives --config x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ # Set the default mingw32 g++ compiler option to posix.
    • sudo apt install g++-mingw-w64-i686 mingw-w64-i686-dev
    • sudo update-alternatives --config i686-w64-mingw32-g++  # Set the default mingw32 g++ compiler option to posix.
    • git clone https://github.com/groestlcoin/groestlcoin
    • PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -e 's/:\/mnt.*//g')
    • cd groestlcoin
    • cd depends
    • make HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32
    • cd ..
    • ./autogen.sh
    • CONFIG_SITE=$PWD/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/
    • make
    • make deploy
    • Find the installer on C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu18.04onWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\rootfs\home\username\groestlcoin