Changes between Version 46 and Version 47 of Windows build instructions

Timestamp:

Jun 7, 2017 3:36:39 PM (7 years ago)

Author:

Frank Mehnert

Comment:

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Windows build instructions

@@ -5 +5 @@
 == Prerequisites ==
 
- * '''Windows 7''',  '''Windows Vista''', '''Windows Server 2003''' or '''Windows XP SP3'''.
+ * '''Windows 10''', '''Windows 8.1''', '''Windows 8''' or '''Windows 7'''.
 
  * '''Visual Studio 2010 with service pack 1'''.
 
  * '''Windows Platform SDK v7.1''' [[BR]]
- http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279
+ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279 [[BR]]
+ ''Use `--with-sdk=` to specify the path for configure.vbs.''
 
  * '''Windows Driver Development Kit (WDK) v7.1'''. [[BR]]
- http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=11800
+ http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=11800 [[BR]]
+ ''Use `--with-ddk=` to specify the path for configure.vbs.''
 
  * '''MingW''' (32-bit Windows only): [[BR]]
@@ -21 +23 @@
  W32API: http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/w32api-3.5.tar.gz?download [[BR]]
  Binutils: http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/binutils-2.13.90-20021006-2.tar.gz?download [[BR]]
- ''Note that neither GCC v3.4.2 nor v3.4.5 is currently able to build a working recompiler. So, make sure you are using the 3.3.x versions! ''
+ ''Note that neither GCC v3.4.2 nor v3.4.5 is currently able to build a working recompiler. So, make sure you are using the 3.3.x versions! '' [[BR]]
+ ''Use `--with-mingw32` and `--with-w32api=` to specify the path to configure.vbs.''
 
  * '''MingW''' (64-bit Windows only). [[BR]]
- GCC 4.5.4: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/rubenvb/gcc-4.5-release/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-4.5.4-release-win64_rubenvb.7z/download
+ GCC 4.5.4: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/rubenvb/gcc-4.5-release/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-4.5.4-release-win64_rubenvb.7z/download [[BR]]
+ ''Use `--with-mingw-w64=` to specify the path for configure.vbs.''
 
- * '''Qt v4.7.x or later''' [[BR]]
- Note! This has to be built with the Visual C++ compiler mentioned above.
+ * '''Qt v5.6.x or later''' [[BR]]
+ Note! This has to be built with the Visual C++ compiler mentioned above. [[BR]]
+ ''Use `--with-qt5=` to specify the path for configure.vbs.''
 
- * '''SDL v1.2.7 or later''' development package (VC6): [[BR]]http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php
+ * '''SDL v1.2.7 or later''' development package (VC6): [[BR]]http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php [[BR]]
+ ''Use `--with-libsdl=` to specify the path for configure.vbs.''
 
- * '''libxml2''' and '''libxslt1''' libraries. Sources and 32bit binaries can be downloaded from: [[BR]]
+ * the '''libxml2''' library. Sources and 32bit binaries can be downloaded from: [[BR]]
  http://xmlsoft.org/downloads.html [[BR]]
- http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/downloads.html
+ http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/downloads.html [[BR]]
+ ''Use `--with-libxml2=` to specify the path for configure.vbs.''
 
  * the '''zlib''' library. Grab the sources from: [[BR]]
- http://www.zlib.net/
+ http://www.zlib.net/ [[BR]]
 
  * the '''cURL''' library. Grab the binaries from: [[BR]]
  http://curl.haxx.se/download.html [[BR]]
- (use the devel version ''without'' SSL support)
+ (use the devel version ''without'' SSL support) [[BR]]
+ ''Use `--with-libcurl=` to specify the path for configure.vbs.''
 
- * '''OpenSSL 1.0.1'''. Grab the binaries from: [[BR]]
- http://www.openssl.org/related/binaries.html
+ * '''OpenSSL 1.1.0'''. Grab the binaries from: [[BR]]
+ https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html [[BR]]
+ ''Use `--with-openssl=` to specify the path for configure.vbs.''
 
  * '''code signing utilities''' (64-bit Windows only). [[BR]]
@@ -51 +60 @@
  https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/files/NSIS%202/2.51/
 
- * Optional: '''gSOAP 2.7.12''', only needed if you want to build the webservice API server. Grab the sources from: [[BR]]
+ * Optional: '''gSOAP 2.8.36''', only needed if you want to build the webservice API server. Grab the sources from: [[BR]]
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/gsoap2/files/gSOAP/gSOAP%202.7.12%20stable/
 
- * Optional: '''Python 2.x''', only needed if you want to build Python API bindings, both webservice and COM. Grab the binaries from: [[BR]]
- http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.5/
+ * Optional: '''Python 2.7.x''', only needed if you want to build Python API bindings, both webservice and COM. Grab the binaries from: [[BR]]
+ http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.10/ [[BR]]
+ ''Use `--with-python=` to specify the path for configure.vbs.''
 
  * Optional: '''Java SE 6 JDK''', only needed if you want to build Java API bindings, both webservice and COM. Grab the binaries from: [[BR]]
@@ -71 +81 @@
  2. Change to the root directory of the sources and enter our build shell environment: `env.bat`.
 
- 3. To build a release package, type `kmk`. This produces the binaries in `out\win.x86\release\bin`. If you want to build a debug version, enter `kmk KBUILD_TYPE=debug`.
+ 3. To manually override any tool or change Config.kmk settings, create LocalConfig.kmk in the root directory of the sources and place the setting there. For instance, to create a non-hardened build ('''only for testing!'''), add `VBOX_WITHOUT_HARDENING = 1` to LocalConfig.kmk.
+
+ 4. To build a release package, type `kmk`. This produces the binaries in `out\win.x86\release\bin`. If you want to build a debug version, enter `kmk KBUILD_TYPE=debug`.
 
 
@@ -122 +134 @@
 
 Starting !VirtualBox is accomplished by invoking one of its frontends, such as
-
-{{{
-VBoxSDL.exe
-}}}
-
-or 
 {{{
 VirtualBox.exe
 }}}
+
+or
+{{{
+VBoxHeadless.exe
+}}}