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== Setup MinGW-w64 and MSYS2 == | |||
You can find [https://www.msys2.org/ MSYS2 on the official webpage] and detailed installation instructions on the [https://github.com/msys2/msys2/wiki/MSYS2-installation MSYS2 github wiki]. | You can find [https://www.msys2.org/ MSYS2 on the official webpage] and detailed installation instructions on the [https://github.com/msys2/msys2/wiki/MSYS2-installation MSYS2 github wiki]. | ||
The MinGW packages are named mingw-<env>-<package>, where <env> is either x86_64 or i686, depending on your architecture (64-bit and 32-bit, respectively). | The MinGW packages are named mingw-<env>-<package>, where <env> is either x86_64 or i686, depending on your architecture (64-bit and 32-bit, respectively). | ||
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These commands will fetch and install the packages needed for compiling, including (but not limited to) GCC 10.x, GDB, and libwinpthread-git. | These commands will fetch and install the packages needed for compiling, including (but not limited to) GCC 10.x, GDB, and libwinpthread-git. | ||
== Let's get compiling! == | |||
Finally, we are ready to compile the project! | Finally, we are ready to compile the project! | ||
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* If the configure script gives an error about using msys mode, please make sure you are running the '''mingw-w64 win32 shell''' or the '''mingw-w64 win64 shell''', and not the '''msys2 shell''' from the MSYS2 package, when building ScummVM. | * If the configure script gives an error about using msys mode, please make sure you are running the '''mingw-w64 win32 shell''' or the '''mingw-w64 win64 shell''', and not the '''msys2 shell''' from the MSYS2 package, when building ScummVM. | ||
== Ship required for running ScummVM on a "non-MSYS2" machine == | == Ship required libraries for running ScummVM on a "non-MSYS2" machine == | ||
In case you want to distribute your builds to machines without a running MSYS2 installation or if you excluded MSYS2/Mingw-w64 from your PATH, you need to bundle the required .dll files with the executable - otherwise, running ScummVM will fail due to missing dependencies. | In case you want to distribute your builds to machines without a running MSYS2 installation or if you excluded MSYS2/Mingw-w64 from your PATH, you need to bundle the required .dll files with the executable - otherwise, running ScummVM will fail due to missing dependencies. | ||