[Guide] Compile Feathercoin 0.8.5 on Windows 7 x64 - Guide to Compileing FAQ.

lizhi

This is a quick guide to compiling the latest Feathercoin code. I download Feathercoin-0.8.5-master-0.8 from github , I compily it success with MinGW 4.6.2 inside windows 7 SP1 32bit .

Step One:Pre-installation and Compile
Because MinGW 4.6.2 lack of support library in win7,I need install them.
1ã€pkg-config-0.28.tar.gz
2ã€zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz
3ã€libpng-1.2.26.tar.gz

1ï¼‰install pkg-config
I download pkg-config-0.28.tar.gz from [url=http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/]http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/[/url]
His dir is “C:\pkg-config-0.28”
cd /c/pkg-config-0.28
cd glib
mkdir bld
cd bld
export CFLAGS=" -march=i486 "
export LIBS=
…/configure --prefix=/mingw
make
make install

cd /c/pkg-config-0.28
./configure --with-internal-glib
make
make install
pkg-config.exe in C:\MinGW462\msys\1.0\local\bin

edit C:\MinGW462\msys\1.0\etc\profile
if [ -z “$PKG_CONFIG” ]; then
export PKG_CONFIG=“/c/MinGW462/msys/1.0/home/lizhi/bin/pkg-config.exe”
fi

if [ -z “$PKG_CONFIG_PATH” ]; then
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=“/mingw/lib:/usr/local/lib”
fi

2ï¼‰libpng
I download zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz, so his dir is “C:\zlib-1.2.3”
cd /c/zlib-1.2.3
./configure
make
make install

#export LDFLAGS=“-L/usr/local/zlib/lib”
#export CPPFLAGS=“-I/usr/local/zlib/include”

I download libpng-1.2.26.tar.gz, so his dir is “C:\libpng-1.2.26”
cd /c/libpng-1.2.26
cp scripts/makefile.linux ./makefile
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/libpng
make
make install
Lib file is in “C:\MinGW462\msys\1.0\local\libpng\lib”

#export png_CFLAGS=“-I/usr/local/libpng/include”
#export png_LIBS=“-L/usr/local/libpng/lib”

3ï¼‰qrencode-3.4.3
I download qrencode-3.4.3.tar.gz from [url=http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/]http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/[/url]
so his dir is “C:\qrencode-3.4.3”
C:\MinGW462\msys\1.0\msys.bat
cd /c/qrencode-3.4.3
CFLAGS=“-lpthread”
./configure --prefix=/mingw
Copy libpng*.a to C:\qrencode-3.4.3\.libs
edit Makefile,add list:
LIBS = ./.libs/libpng12.a ./.libs/libpng12.dll.a ./.libs/libpng.a ./.libs/libpng.dll.a ./.libs/libz.a
CFLAGS = -Wall -g -O2 -lpthread
make
make install

Step Twe: Compile 0.8.5 on windows

Compile leveldb
C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\msys.bat
cd /d/FTC/FeatherCoin-master/Feathercoin-0.8.5-master-0.8/src/leveldb
TARGET_OS=NATIVE_WINDOWS make libleveldb.a libmemenv.a

2)Compile Feathercoin-0.8.5-master-0.8
edit some code in addressbookpage.cpp , code:
#ifndef USE_QRCODE
ui->showQRCode->setVisible(false);
#else
ui->showQRCode->setVisible(true);
#endif
save it.

cd D:\FTC\FeatherCoin-master\Feathercoin-0.8.5-master-0.8
qmake “USE_QRCODE=1” “USE_UPNP=-” feathercoin-qt.pro

then I edit Makefile.Release file, add “-lpthread” to LIBS var.
LIBS = -L’c:/Qt/4.8.5/lib’ -lmingwthrd -lmingw32 -lqtmain build/bitcoin-qt_res.o -lqrencode D:/FTC/FeatherCoin-master/Feathercoin-0.8.5-master-0.8/src/leveldb/libleveldb.a D:/FTC/FeatherCoin-master/Feathercoin-0.8.5-master-0.8/src/leveldb/libmemenv.a -lshlwapi -LC:\boost_1_53_0\stage\lib -LC:\db-4.8.30.NC\build_unix -LC:\openssl-1.0.1e -lssl -lcrypto -ldb_cxx -lws2_32 -lmswsock -lole32 -loleaut32 -luuid -lgdi32 -lboost_system-mgw46-mt-s-1_53 -lboost_filesystem-mgw46-mt-s-1_53 -lboost_program_options-mgw46-mt-s-1_53 -lboost_thread-mgw46-mt-s-1_53 -lboost_chrono-mgw46-mt-s-1_53 -lQtGui4 -lQtNetwork4 -lQtCore4 -lpthread

mingw32-make -f Makefile.Release
Get feathercoin-qt.exe(8084K) in release dir.

Success.it work perfect. Qrencode :Correct.

About “Quit” menu ,when I quit client , it is not crashes. Glad to solve this problem ;) ,Otherwise it will stab me in my sleep.

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lizhi

Can We publish 0.8.5 client before Christmas ? I think that it had completed.

Bushstar

The translation have not been done yet. I would expect your client to say Litecoin in a few places. If you go to the help menu it may well say ‘About Litecoin’. Can you check?

In the following directory…

Feathercoin-0.8.5/src/qt/locale

…there are the locale files. There are the plain text .ts files and corresponding .qm binaries. There has been quite a bit of fine tuning to the translations over time and we do not want to generate them from scratch. Just edit the existing .ts files and generate new .qm files.

wrapper

Great work Lizhi, well done.

Your guide should really help people compile the new client for windows themselves, or compiling and testing new versions.

Ernesto

good explain ;D

etag

the dependancies will not build for me…is this outdated?

wrapper

Can you give more details of the problem? It should still be valid.

It is for the new Feathercoin-Qt 0.8.5 client, remember though…

Electro

hi

I have errors here (bold)

[code] 3ï¼‰qrencode-3.4.3
I download qrencode-3.4.3.tar.gz from http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/
so his dir is “C:\qrencode-3.4.3”
C:\MinGW462\msys\1.0\msys.bat
cd /c/qrencode-3.4.3
CFLAGS=“-lpthread”
[b] ./configure --prefix=/mingw[/b]
[b] Copy libpng*.a to C:\qrencode-3.4.3\.libs[/b]
edit Makefile,add list:
LIBS = ./.libs/libpng12.a ./.libs/libpng12.dll.a ./.libs/libpng.a ./.libs/libpng.dll.a ./.libs/libz.a
CFLAGS = -Wall -g -O2 -lpthread
make
make install[/code]

./configure; Gives me PKG config error
libpng*.a; Cannot copy to qrencode-3.4.3\.libs as folder .libs doesn’t exist.

Could you help?

Thanks

lizhi

about C:\libpng-1.2.26\.libs\libpng.a and libpng12.a, After successful libpng-1.2.26 compilation ,It is generated.
Copy them to C:\qrencode-3.4.3\.libs

Kevlar

[quote name=“lizhi” post=“49640” timestamp=“1388817074”]
about C:\libpng-1.2.26\.libs\libpng.a and libpng12.a, After successful libpng-1.2.26 compilation ,It is generated.
Copy them to C:\qrencode-3.4.3\.libs
[/quote]

I’ve gotten REALLY far following this guide, despite a few snags along the way.

But now I’m stuck on compiling levelDB. It seems I’m missing some basic windows DLLs? Can anyone help?

[quote]
g++ -I. -I./include -fno-builtin-memcmp -D_REENTRANT -DOS_WINDOWS -DLEVELDB_PLATFORM_WINDOWS -DWINVER=0x0500 -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1 -O2 -DNDEBUG -c util/env_win.cc -o util/env_win.o
util/env_win.cc: In member function â€˜virtual void leveldb::Win32::Win32Env::StartThread(void (*)(void*), void*)â€™:
util/env_win.cc:887:5: error: â€˜::_beginthreadâ€™ has not been declared
::_beginthread(function,0,arg);
^
Makefile:202: recipe for target ‘util/env_win.o’ failed
make: *** [util/env_win.o] Error 1
[/quote]