How-To: compile and play mpa-sil on Windows

BookofAeons · January 8, 2017, 02:36

This is the procedure that worked for me. The trick was to avoid anything 64-bit like the plague.

Download and run setup-x86.exe from cygwin's website.
In addition to the default packages, select "make" and "mingw64-i686-gcc-core" in the devel category.
When asked, allow the installation of required dependencies.
In Sil's SRC folder, edit the header of MakeFile.cyg to remove -mno-cygwin and point to the proper version of gcc and windres. It should look as follows:
Code:
```
CC = i686-w64-mingw32-gcc 
WRES = i686-w64-mingw32-windres 
LIBS = -s -mwindows -e _mainCRTStartup -lwinmm 
CFLAGS = -Wall -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -DWINDOWS
```
Open cygwin and cd to Sil's SRC folder.
Type "make -f Makefile.cyg install"
The resulting program will require cygwin1.dll, found in cygwin\bin. You can either copy it to Sil's folder, or add cygwin\bin to your system path.

I believe this is everything, but it's possible I overlooked something relevant in the flurry of things I tried.

Pete Mack · January 8, 2017, 02:48

I've had no problem with MinGW compiling sil, though the makefile needed a tiny bit of tweaking.

BookofAeons · January 8, 2017, 03:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete Mack

I've had no problem with MinGW compiling sil, though the makefile needed a tiny bit of tweaking.

Could you share your procedure here? More options is always better!

protopulse · January 8, 2017, 03:56

Yep, can confirm the above works. The default gcc does not make a functional executable even after you remove the -mno-cygwin flag. You need to change the gcc as well.

bagori nd · January 8, 2017, 17:34

any advice on compiling on OS X?

BookofAeons · January 9, 2017, 20:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by bagori nd

any advice on compiling on OS X?

Borrowed a mac laptop to give it a shot. Compile.txt makes it sound so easy; too bad MakeFile.crb doesn't actually exist >.> I guess I can confirm the naive procedure doesn't work? /shrug

Took a brief look at XCode and it seemed promising, but that was more than the laptop's owner was comfortable with.

Pete Mack · January 9, 2017, 20:52

Attached Makefile, adapted from V.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BookofAeons

Could you share your procedure here? More options is always better!

kuniqs · January 19, 2017, 05:28

Are there any precompiled binaries for Windows out there?

January 8, 2017, 02:36	#1
BookofAeons Rookie Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 6	How-To: compile and play mpa-sil on Windows This is the procedure that worked for me. The trick was to avoid anything 64-bit like the plague. Download and run setup-x86.exe from cygwin's website. In addition to the default packages, select "make" and "mingw64-i686-gcc-core" in the devel category. When asked, allow the installation of required dependencies. In Sil's SRC folder, edit the header of MakeFile.cyg to remove -mno-cygwin and point to the proper version of gcc and windres. It should look as follows: Code: CC = i686-w64-mingw32-gcc WRES = i686-w64-mingw32-windres LIBS = -s -mwindows -e _mainCRTStartup -lwinmm CFLAGS = -Wall -O2 -fno-strength-reduce -DWINDOWS Open cygwin and cd to Sil's SRC folder. Type "make -f Makefile.cyg install" The resulting program will require cygwin1.dll, found in cygwin\bin. You can either copy it to Sil's folder, or add cygwin\bin to your system path. I believe this is everything, but it's possible I overlooked something relevant in the flurry of things I tried.

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