--- a/BuildingOnWindows.wiki Fri Jan 13 18:07:48 2012 +0000
+++ b/BuildingOnWindows.wiki Fri Jan 13 18:26:25 2012 +0000
@@ -1,32 +1,41 @@
#summary Instructions for building Hedgewars on Windows
#labels Phase-Implementation,Phase-Design,Phase-Support
-= Prerequisites =
+= Things to download =
+First of all, please use this guide over here ( http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/find-out-32-or-64-bit) to see whether your OS is 32 or 64 bit. You will need it while doing the setup.
- # CMake - http://cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html
- # FreePascal - http://www.freepascal.org/down/i386/win32-ftp.freepascal.org.var
- # Qt SDK - http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/sdk-windows-cpp-offline
- # TortoiseHg ( or command-line mercurial )
- # Source code of Hedgewars
- # Windows building archive - it contains everything you need to compile Hedgewars on Windows.
+ # CMake - download the *Windows (Win32 Installer)*
+ * Link: http://cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html
+ # FreePascal - download the *Download as installer* -
+ * Link: http://www.freepascal.org/down/i386/win32-ftp.freepascal.org.var
+ # Qt SDK
+ * Link: http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/sdk-windows-cpp-offline
+ # Mercurial - pick one (TortoiseHg has a GUI and is more user-friendly)
+ # TortoiseHg - Chose one based on your OS version
+ * Link: http://tortoisehg.bitbucket.org/download/index.html
+ # Command-line mercurial -
+ * Link (OS 32 bits): http://mercurial.selenic.com/release/windows/Mercurial-2.0.2.exe
+ * Link (OS 64 bits): http://mercurial.selenic.com/release/windows/Mercurial-2.0.2-x64.exe
+ # _Windows building archive_ - it contains everything you need to compile Hedgewars on Windows.
+ * Link: <todo>
= Setup =
# Install CMake, but please *ensure* you select "Add CMake to the system PATH for all users", so you can run CMake directly from command line.
# Install FreePascal.
# Install Qt SDK, with the "Custom" option:
- * Check "Qt SDK/Miscellaneous/MinGW <any version>"!
+ * Check "Qt SDK/Miscellaneous/MinGW <any version>"
* Check "Qt SDK/Development Tools/Desktop Qt/Qt <your version>/Desktop Qt <your version> - Mingw (it's the first checkbox)
* Uncheck "Qt SDK/Development Tools/Symbian Toolchains"
* Uncheck "Qt SDK/Development Tools/Harmattan"
# Install TortoiseHg / mercurial
# Restart the computer
- # Download the Hedgewars source, using mercurial:
+ # Download the Hedgewars source:
# Using TortoiseHg
* Right-click in any folder on your computer
* Select Tortoise HG -> Clone.
* In the _Source_ textbox enter: https://hedgewars.googlecode.com/hg/
* Press clone
- # Command-line mercurial
+ # Using Command-line mercurial
* If you have Windows 7 skip the next 3 steps, and instead, SHIFT + Right click in the folder where you want to download the source.
* Start _Run..._ ( WINDOWS Key + R , or Start -> Run... )
* Enter:
@@ -38,7 +47,7 @@
{{{
hg clone https://hedgewars.googlecode.com/hg/ trunk
}}}
- # Extract the Windows Building Archive to the hedgewars source folder, in the *bin* directory
+ # Extract the _Windows Building Archive_ to the hedgewars source folder, in the *bin* directory
# Go to the "bin/build_windows.bat" file, and modify the following:
* SET PASCAL=<put the path to the directory that contains fpc's executable (fpc.exe)> (for example: c:\FPC\2.4.4\bin\i386-win32\)
* SET SET QTDIR=<path to the QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\<your version>> (for example: c:\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.7.3\)