How do I compile for Windows?

[Arjak89]

I recently tried my hand at writing a bit of code for Hypseus, but I am struggling with compiling the program to test my additions. There are no instructions for compiling under Windows. What steps do I need to take?

EDIT:

I think I've made some headway over the past few days, but I'm still struggling. I've gotten to the point where I can begin building, but then I get this error:

------ Build All started: Project: hypseus-singe, Configuration: x64-Debug ------
[ 1%] Performing download step (verify and extract) for 'libmpeg2'
CMake Error at libmpeg2-stamp/verify-libmpeg2.cmake:11 (message):
File not found: ../../../src/3rdparty/libmpeg2/libmpeg2-master.tgz

mingw32-make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/libmpeg2.dir/build.make:98: 3rdparty/src/libmpeg2-stamp/libmpeg2-download] Error 1
mingw32-make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:349: CMakeFiles/libmpeg2.dir/all] Error 2
mingw32-make: *** [Makefile:111: all] Error 2

Build All failed.

And yes, the file is right where it's supposed to be.

[DirtBagXon]

Yeah, the Windows build is a pain to setup, I had some help as I am not a Windows developer. You appear to be on the right track, the build process is the same as all other builds, via cmake - I use mingw64 .

Don't try and build libmpeg2 in Windows, I didn't get that to work. Use the already built mingw64 dev package with the libmpeg2 branch.

[Arjak89]

I don't understand what you mean. This is my first time trying to contribute to a Git project, so I don't really know how things work. How do I "use" a dev package? I tried installing the mingw libmpeg2 libraries and it didn't make a difference. I took a look at the libmpeg2 branch, but I don't know what files I'm looking for. Do I need to download the library or compile it?

[DirtBagXon]

The "dev package" in mingw will provide already compiled libmpeg2 libraries and header files so that you don't need to compile them from the hypseus source. This is where you are currently seeing issues.

You then need to use a hypseus source that will link to those already installed headers and libraries, rather than compile the dependency sub-package in the main source tree.

You can do this by either pulling the libmpeg2 branch from this repo, similar to the RetroPie branch git command.

Or you can manually patch the master source branch, the diff for this is here: 607b594

[Arjak89]

I tried "pulling" the libmpeg2 branch, whatever that means.

I was then able to get the project to start building, it seemed to be going well, then I suddenly got this error at the very end:

C:\Users\arjak\Source\Repos\hypseus-singe\src\out\build\x64-Debug\collect2.exe : error : ld returned 1 exit status
mingw32-make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/hypseus.dir/build.make:132: hypseus.exe] Error 1
mingw32-make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:357: CMakeFiles/hypseus.dir/all] Error 2
mingw32-make: *** [Makefile:111: all] Error 2

[DirtBagXon]

ld returned 1 exit status - There is some library linking error here you will need to debug.