Changeset 35585 for local

Timestamp:

2021-10-14T15:02:00+13:00 (3 years ago)

Author:

davidb

Message:

Updated notes on what to do to compile on Windows 64-bit

File:

• local/greenstone3/windows-64bit/README.txt (modified) (1 diff)

local/greenstone3/windows-64bit/README.txt

@@ -1 @@
-
-## 64-bit
-
-## ****!!!! -- Currently Unused, as GDBM compilation for Windows not 64-bit friendly
+#----
+# Supporting command-line tools to compile up Greenstone3 as native 64-bit binaries
+# (i.e., so works with 64-bit JDK)
 
 # JDK8
-#unzip zulu8.56.0.21-ca-jdk8.0.302-win_x64.zip
-#mv zulu8.56.0.21-ca-jdk8.0.302-win_x64 zulu-jdk8
+
+  unzip zulu8.56.0.21-ca-jdk8.0.302-win_x64.zip
+  mv zulu8.56.0.21-ca-jdk8.0.302-win_x64 zulu-jdk8
+
+# Perl -- This zip does not provide a top-level folder, so use '-d' on uzip
+
+  unzip strawberry-perl-5.18.4.1-64bit-portable -d strawberry-perl5
 
 
-## wget https://strawberryperl.com/download/5.18.4.1/strawberry-perl-5.18.4.1-64bit-portable.zip
-## mv strawberry-perl-5.18.4.1-64bit-portable strawberry-perl5
+# Ant              -- This is already unzipped and checked in
+
+# VisualStudio     -- This is assumed to be installed in your System area
+
+# Subversion (svn) -- This is assumed to already be on our PATH
 
 
-##https://www.azul.com/downloads/?version=java-11-lts&os=windows&architecture=x86-64-bit&package=jdk
-##https://cdn.azul.com/zulu/bin/zulu11.50.19-ca-jdk11.0.12-win_x64.zip
+# Running gs3-devel.bat sets PATH and other relevant environment variables
+# appropriately
 
-##unzip zulu11.50.19-ca-jdk11.0.12-win_x64.zip
-##mv zulu11.50.19-ca-jdk11.0.12-win_x64 zulu-jdk11
+.\gs3-devel.bat
+cd ..
+
+# Then compile Greenstone3 in the ususal way
+
+  ant
+  ant prepare
+  ant install
+  # ...
+
+#----
+
+
+####
+# Notes on where resources came from ...
+####
+
+##
+# JDK8
+##
+
+# The JDK zip file came from Azul
+
+  firefox "https://www.azul.com/downloads/?version=java-8-lts&os=windows&architecture=x86-64-bit&package=jdk#download-openjdk"
+
+# => download zip
+
+# At time of writing, that was:
+
+  wget "https://cdn.azul.com/zulu/bin/zulu8.56.0.21-ca-jdk8.0.302-win_x64.zip"
+  
+
+# As an alternative to JDK8 you might like to work with JDK11
+# At the time of writing
+
+  firefox https://www.azul.com/downloads/?version=java-11-lts&os=windows&architecture=x86-64-bit&package=jdk
+  wget "https://cdn.azul.com/zulu/bin/zulu11.50.19-ca-jdk11.0.12-win_x64.zip"
+
+  unzip zulu11.50.19-ca-jdk11.0.12-win_x64.zip
+  mv zulu11.50.19-ca-jdk11.0.12-win_x64 zulu-jdk11
+
+
+##
+# Perl
+##
+
+The Perl zip file came from Strawberry Perl
+
+  wget https://strawberryperl.com/download/5.18.4.1/strawberry-perl-5.18.4.1-64bit-portable.zip
+
+