Build from source on Windows

Starting with a fresh install of 64-bit Windows 7, this describes the steps required to fully build EPS Conduits from source:

Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Express for Windows Desktop

• see http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=40787
• or see http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs
• download and install wdexpress_full.exe

Installing CMake

• see http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html
• download and install http://www.cmake.org/files/v3.0/cmake-3.0.0-win32-x86.exe
• select the option "Add CMake to the system PATH for all users"

Installing Boost

• see http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/
• or see http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/1.55.0-build2/
• download latest build for 64-bit Microsoft Visual Studio v12.0: http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/1.55.0-build2/boost_1_55_0-msvc-12.0-64.exe
• note the default installation directory such as C:\local\boost_1_55_0\ since it will be needed when it comes time to build

Installing Doxygen

• see http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/download.html#srcbin
• download and install the latest, such as ftp://ftp.stack.nl/pub/users/dimitri/doxygen-1.8.7-setup.exe

Installing Graphviz

• see http://www.graphviz.org/Download_windows.php
• download and install the latest, such as http://www.graphviz.org/pub/graphviz/stable/windows/graphviz-2.38.msi
• select the option "Install Graphviz for everyone"
• click Start -> Control Panel -> System And Security -> System -> Advanced System Settings -> Environment Variables
• modify the system's PATH to include "C:\Program Files (x86)\Graphviz2.38\bin"

Installing OpenSSL

• pre-requisite is the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Redistrutable Package (x64)
  • note the version number is important, it must be the 64-bit 2008 version!
  • see http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15336
  • download and install vcredist_x64.exe
• see https://www.openssl.org/related/binaries.html
• download and install the latest non-light 64-bit version, such as http://slproweb.com/download/Win64OpenSSL-1_0_1h.exe
• select the option "Copy OpenSSL DLLs to the OpenSSL binaries /bin directory"

Installing NSIS

• see http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download
• download and install the latest, such as v3.0

Using CMake to create project files

• open up a Visual Studio command-prompt shell
• you may already have an icon for this on your desktop
• otherwise, click on Start -> All Programs -> Visual Studio 2013 -> Visual Studio Tools -> Developer Command Prompt for VS2013
• run the following commands:

  cd C:\src\eps
  md build
  cd build
  cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBOOST_ROOT=C:\boost_1_55_0 -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=C:\boost_1_55_0\lib64-msvc-12.0 -G "Visual Studio 12 Win64" ..

Building EPS

• click Start -> All Programs -> Visual Studio 2013 -> VS Express 2013 For Desktop
• click File -> Open Project -> C:\src\eps\build\EPSConduits.sln
• choose 64-bit instead of 32-bit:
  • click Build -> Configuration Manager -> Active Solution Platform -> New...
  • create a new configuration named x64
  • select the new x64 configuration
• click Build -> Build Solution

Building from the command-line

• open up a Visual Studio command-prompt shell
• you may already have an icon for this on your desktop
• otherwise, click on Start -> All Programs -> Visual Studio 2013 -> Visual Studio Tools -> Developer Command Prompt for VS2013
• or see "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\bin\x86_amd64\vcvarsx86_amd64.bat"
• run the following commands:

  cd C:\src\eps\build
  msbuild.exe EPSConduits.sln /verbosity:minimal /property:Configuration=Release,Platform=x64 /target:clean,dox,eps_common,eps_network,eps-client,eps-server
  msbuild.exe PACKAGE.vcxproj /verbosity:minimal /property:Configuration=Release,Platform=x64

Note

The build instructions for Windows were last updated for v0.0.2-643 on 2014-10-19.