[vbox-dev] Build OSE on Win7 x64

[Vladimir Chtchetkine]

Thank you, Mark.

Can you please share a bit what you did to do (at least partial) build? At
this time I can't even pass the configuration step (well, I could by
changing configure.vbs script, but this is a bit too hacky for me), so your
experience in that would be a big help and time saver. Of course if I manage
to build it I will share what it takes. I'm not greedy :-)

Cheers,

Vladimir

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Mark Roddy <mark.roddy at virtualcomputer.com
> wrote:

>  Hey when you get it working please post a detailed description of what
> you did. I have been trying to get a reasonable build environment for
> windows using recent toolchains working for a while now, and it has not been
> fun and I have not yet managed to get a complete build.
>
>
>
> The build requirements at virtualbox.org are hopelessly out of date. There
> are a few messages in this list archive that document what others have done
> with some rev or other of the OSE. It would be real nice if the developers
> would update the build instructions to something that works and is
> supportable and that doesn’t require editing standard include files from
> assorted build tools.
>
>
>
> *From:* vbox-dev-bounces at virtualbox.org [mailto:
> vbox-dev-bounces at virtualbox.org] *On Behalf Of *Vladimir Chtchetkine
> *Sent:* Friday, April 29, 2011 2:48 PM
> *To:* vbox-dev at virtualbox.org
> *Subject:* [vbox-dev] Build OSE on Win7 x64
>
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
>
>
> Sorry if this Q is not appropriate for this list, but I couldn't find a
> better option.
>
> So, I'm trying to build VBox on my Win7 x64 machine, and can't event get
> past the configuration. The build requirement posted on virtualbox.org,
> although clear, seem to be unachievable this day and age. At least as far as
> getting gcc 3.3.x is concerned. I couldn't find its installation anywhere,
> and gcc 4.x.x doesn't pass the config checker. It's also not clear whether I
> can use VisualStudio 2008 to build VBox (seems like 2005 is OK, as well as
> 2010, but not 2008?) So, I guess, my question is are there any specific
> instructions on how to build VBox on Win7 x64?
>
>
>
> Again, sorry if this is wrong place to ask this typ of Q. If you can point
> me somwhere else where it's more appropriate ("Building Vistual Box" topic
> on the forum seems to be dead) I will appreciate it.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
>
> Vladimir
>
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