contrib/win32/win32-build.txt
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     1 The standalone Windows installer for Mercurial is built in a somewhat
       
     2 jury-rigged fashion.
       
     3 
       
     4 It has the following prerequisites. Ensure to take the packages
       
     5 matching the mercurial version you want to build (32-bit or 64-bit).
       
     6 
       
     7   Python 2.6 for Windows
       
     8       http://www.python.org/download/releases/
       
     9 
       
    10   A compiler:
       
    11     either MinGW
       
    12       http://www.mingw.org/
       
    13     or Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Express Edition
       
    14       http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/Download-2008.aspx
       
    15 
       
    16   Python for Windows Extensions
       
    17       http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/
       
    18 
       
    19   mfc71.dll (just download, don't install; not needed for Python 2.6)
       
    20       http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/
       
    21 
       
    22   Visual C++ 2008 redistributable package (needed for >= Python 2.6 or if you compile with MSVC)
       
    23     for 32-bit:
       
    24       http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b2da534-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf
       
    25     for 64-bit:
       
    26       http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=bd2a6171-e2d6-4230-b809-9a8d7548c1b6
       
    27 
       
    28   The py2exe distutils extension
       
    29       http://sourceforge.net/projects/py2exe/
       
    30 
       
    31   GnuWin32 gettext utility (if you want to build translations)
       
    32       http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gettext.htm
       
    33 
       
    34   Inno Setup
       
    35       http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php#qsp
       
    36 
       
    37       Get and install ispack-5.3.10.exe or later (includes Inno Setup Processor),
       
    38       which is necessary to package Mercurial.
       
    39 
       
    40   ISTool - optional
       
    41       http://www.istool.org/default.aspx/
       
    42 
       
    43   add_path (you need only add_path.exe in the zip file)
       
    44       http://www.barisione.org/apps.html#add_path
       
    45 
       
    46   Docutils
       
    47       http://docutils.sourceforge.net/
       
    48 
       
    49   CA Certs file
       
    50       http://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem
       
    51 
       
    52 And, of course, Mercurial itself.
       
    53 
       
    54 Once you have all this installed and built, clone a copy of the
       
    55 Mercurial repository you want to package, and name the repo
       
    56 C:\hg\hg-release.
       
    57 
       
    58 In a shell, build a standalone copy of the hg.exe program.
       
    59 
       
    60 Building instructions for MinGW:
       
    61   python setup.py build -c mingw32
       
    62   python setup.py py2exe -b 2
       
    63 Note: the previously suggested combined command of "python setup.py build -c
       
    64 mingw32 py2exe -b 2" doesn't work correctly anymore as it doesn't include the
       
    65 extensions in the mercurial subdirectory.
       
    66 If you want to create a file named setup.cfg with the contents:
       
    67 [build]
       
    68 compiler=mingw32
       
    69 you can skip the first build step.
       
    70 
       
    71 Building instructions with MSVC 2008 Express Edition:
       
    72   for 32-bit:
       
    73     "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86
       
    74     python setup.py py2exe -b 2
       
    75   for 64-bit:
       
    76     "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64
       
    77     python setup.py py2exe -b 3
       
    78 
       
    79 Copy add_path.exe and cacert.pem files into the dist directory that just got created.
       
    80 
       
    81 If you are using Python 2.6 or later, or if you are using MSVC 2008 to compile
       
    82 mercurial, you must include the C runtime libraries in the installer. To do so,
       
    83 install the Visual C++ 2008 redistributable package. Then in your windows\winsxs
       
    84 folder, locate the folder containing the dlls version 9.0.21022.8.
       
    85 For x86, it should be named like x86_Microsoft.VC90.CRT_(...)_9.0.21022.8(...).
       
    86 For x64, it should be named like amd64_Microsoft.VC90.CRT_(...)_9.0.21022.8(...).
       
    87 Copy the files named msvcm90.dll, msvcp90.dll and msvcr90.dll into the dist
       
    88 directory.
       
    89 Then in the windows\winsxs\manifests folder, locate the corresponding manifest
       
    90 file (x86_Microsoft.VC90.CRT_(...)_9.0.21022.8(...).manifest for x86,
       
    91 amd64_Microsoft.VC90.CRT_(...)_9.0.21022.8(...).manifest for x64), copy it in the
       
    92 dist directory and rename it to Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest.
       
    93 
       
    94 Before building the installer, you have to build Mercurial HTML documentation
       
    95 (or fix mercurial.iss to not reference the doc directory):
       
    96 
       
    97   cd doc
       
    98   mingw32-make html
       
    99   cd ..
       
   100 
       
   101 If you use ISTool, you open the C:\hg\hg-release\contrib\win32\mercurial.iss
       
   102 file and type Ctrl-F9 to compile the installer file.
       
   103 
       
   104 Otherwise you run the Inno Setup compiler.  Assuming it's in the path
       
   105 you should execute:
       
   106 
       
   107   iscc contrib\win32\mercurial.iss /dVERSION=foo
       
   108 
       
   109 Where 'foo' is the version number you would like to see in the
       
   110 'Add/Remove Applications' tool.  The installer will be placed into
       
   111 a directory named Output/ at the root of your repository.
       
   112 If the /dVERSION=foo parameter is not given in the command line, the
       
   113 installer will retrieve the version information from the __version__.py file.
       
   114 
       
   115 If you want to build an installer for a 64-bit mercurial, add /dARCH=x64 to
       
   116 your command line:
       
   117   iscc contrib\win32\mercurial.iss /dARCH=x64
       
   118 
       
   119 To automate the steps above you may want to create a batchfile based on the
       
   120 following (MinGW build chain):
       
   121 
       
   122   echo [build] > setup.cfg
       
   123   echo compiler=mingw32 >> setup.cfg
       
   124   python setup.py py2exe -b 2
       
   125   cd doc
       
   126   mingw32-make html
       
   127   cd ..
       
   128   iscc contrib\win32\mercurial.iss /dVERSION=snapshot
       
   129 
       
   130 and run it from the root of the hg repository (c:\hg\hg-release).