wxWidgets 2.4.2 (MSW, GCC) installation instructions

[rickg22]

Finally I made a step-by-step tutorial on installing and configuring wxWidgets 2.4.2 under Microsoft Windows (TM).

Enjoy!

[mandrav]

Great stuff Rick
I just added a note that MSYS is not actually required... It works just the same without it

Yiannis.

[rickg22]

Um, then my setup's the one not working  So how can I compile wxWidgets WITHOUT msys?

[mandrav]

But, you 're using nothing MSYS-specific. Just 'cd' and 'mingw32-make'. Did I miss something? I read it very carefully.
And I don't have MSYS installed here...

Yiannis.

[cyberkoa]

I manage to compile codeblock but get a few warnings . And when I try to run it , the normal windows error message pop "codeblocks.exe is causing error .. "

However , I do not follow exactly the steps in wiki , in fact I am testing the options 2 .
 
I plan to reinstall MSYS , MingW and wxwidgets-2.4.2 , and build again .

Just have a question , if I compile the wxwidgets with UNICODE=1 , will there be any problem ? because I may want to build Unicode application with the wxwidgets.

Thanks for all the guidance , if I manage to compile successfully with the options 2 , I shall add in the wiki later.

[Anonymous]

I hv tried again but still failed.

Therefore, I decided to use the method in wiki , however, I got the same result.  (I deleted the CVS and download again)

Still trying to figure out what had happened.

[David Perfors]

I try to compile wx2.4.2 according the manual, but ut says it couldn't find setup.h

Code

cp ../../include/wx/msw/setup.h ../../lib/mswdlld/wx/setup.h
process_begin: CreateProcess((null), cp ../../include/wx/msw/setup.h ../../lib/mswdlld/wx/setup.h, ...) failed.
make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
mingw32-make: *** [../../lib/mswdlld/wx/setup.h] Error 2

It is a complete fresh install (wxAll). Any ideas?

--edit--
I see what the problem is, no cp.exe
Solution: get the extra.zip package (probably only when you didn't install msys)

[rickg22]

Cool! Can you put that in the wiki, too?

[mandrav]

I see what the problem is, no cp.exe Smile
Solution: get the extra.zip package (probably only when you didn't install msys)

That's why I missed it!
With C::B full install we supply cp.exe and, if I remember correctly, I *think* I have posted a link to extra.zip some time ago...

Thanks mispunt

Yiannis.

[David Perfors]

updated, perhaps it is possible to remove the msys completly?

[mandrav]

updated, perhaps it is possible to remove the msys completly?

Sure thing. Go on and edit it.

Yiannis.

[David Perfors]

Two things:
Thirst, I can't reach the wiki page via the menu (it is edit only)
Secons, where do I have to set ${WX_VER}? It should be set somewhere, but I don't know where.

[rickg22]

The tutorial linked to a non-existent version of the wx242 article. Fixed. Now you can edit the wiki

NOTE: You have to sign up for the wiki (it uses a different login than the forums')

Update: I just changed the "Setup MSYS" section. But the part about building wxWidgets still needs to be updated.

[Anonymous]

Two things:
Thirst, I can't reach the wiki page via the menu (it is edit only)
Secons, where do I have to set ${WX_VER}? It should be set somewhere, but I don't know where.

You can set it under menu "Project" > build option > Custom variable

add in a variable WX_VER and value 242

I added in when I encounter a failure compiling one of the plugin yesterday. Today , re download from CVS, the project files already added in this variable.

[cyberkoa]

forget to login when replying  ... it's me