README.win64

Prepare the build environment
=============================

Download msys2-x86-64 installer from from https://www.msys2.org/

After installation start the MSYS console (MSYS2 MSYS in the Start Menu) and 
update the MSYS2:
- update the base system:
	pacman --noconfirm -Syu
- forcibly close the console and start MSYS console again
- update the rest of the system:
	pacman --noconfirm -Su

Install all dependencies
========================

In the MSYS console (MSYS2 MSYS in the Start Menu) install all required 
dependencies:

# pacman -S --noconfirm mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc intltool bison make tar \
mingw-w64-x86_64-desktop-file-utils \
mingw-w64-x86_64-pkg-config \
mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk2 \
mingw-w64-x86_64-gtkglext \
mingw-w64-x86_64-gd \
mingw-w64-x86_64-libwebp

If you plan to build the version from GIT, install additional dependencies:

# pacman -S --noconfirm git automake-wrapper autoconf


Download and install source tree
================================

Download the source package from SourceForge:
  https://sourceforge.net/projects/pcb/files/pcb/
and copy it in user home directory:

C:\msys64\home\<username>

Now start the *Mingw64 console* (MSYS2 Mingw 64-bit in the Start Menu) - all 
remaining steps will be performed in this console. Note that this is not
interchangeable with the MSYS console.

Unpack the source code:

# tar xzf pcb-<version>.tar.gz


Heal the source tree
====================

The source code contains constant definitions which conflicts with the 
definitions from windows headers. Simple renaming them makes the trick:

# cd pcb-<version>
# find ./ -type f -name "*.[ch]"  | \
  xargs sed -i  's/ELEMENT_TYPE/ELEMENT_GENERIC_TYPE/g'


Build and install to default location
=====================================

# ./configure --disable-doc --disable-dbus
# make && make install

Now you can run the PCB from standard mingw location under your windows system,
 for example:

C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\pcb

Build and install to custom location
====================================

If you want to make pcb installation independent from the MSYS2, you need
to install it on custom location and copy all used libraries from MSYS2 to
the same directory where pcb.exe is located:

# ./configure --disable-doc --disable-dbus --prefix=<instdir>
# make && make install

Application is installed in directory relative to mingw root, i.e.:
  C:\msys64\<instdir>

If installation fails with error (it happens in case of repeated 
installation):

 /mingw64/bin/update-desktop-database "<instdir>/share/applications"
 The databases in [C:/msys64/<instdir>/share/applications] could not be updated.

remove the cache file:

# rm <instdir>/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache

and run the "make install" again

The last step is to copy necessary libraries:

# mkdir <instdir>/lib/
# cp -r /mingw64/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0  <instdir>/lib/

# ( cd /mingw64/bin ; \
    cp gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders.exe libatk-1.0-0.dll libbz2-1.dll \
       libcairo-2.dll libcairo-gobject-2.dll libcairo-script-interpreter-2.dll \
       libdatrie-1.dll libexpat-1.dll libffi-6.dll libfontconfig-1.dll \
       libfreetype-6.dll libfribidi-0.dll libgcc_s_seh-1.dll libgd-3.dll \
       libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll libgdkglext-win32-1.0-0.dll \
       libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll libgio-2.0-0.dll libglib-2.0-0.dll \
       libgmodule-2.0-0.dll libgobject-2.0-0.dll libgraphite2.dll \
       libgtkglext-win32-1.0-0.dll libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll libharfbuzz-0.dll \
       libiconv-2.dll libintl-8.dll libjpeg-8.dll liblzma-5.dll \
       libpango-1.0-0.dll libpangocairo-1.0-0.dll libpangoft2-1.0-0.dll \
       libpangowin32-1.0-0.dll libpcre-1.dll libpcre16-0.dll libpcre32-0.dll \
       libpixman-1-0.dll libpng16-16.dll libstdc++-6.dll libthai-0.dll \
       libtiff-5.dll libwebp-7.dll libwinpthread-1.dll libXpm-noX4.dll \
       libzstd.dll zlib1.dll \
       <instdir>/bin/ )

Now you can pack and/or move the whole installation directory 
C:\msys64\<instdir>.



Build the GIT version
=====================

Ensure that git, autoconf and automake are installed (described in "Install 
all dependencies")

Obtain the source tree grpm GIT:

# git clone git://git.geda-project.org/pcb.git

The source tree is cloned into "pcb" directory. Now prepare the source tree:

# cd pcb
# ./autogen.sh


Now you can heal the source tree, configure, build, install and use 
application as described above.