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en:developer:windows_source_install [2021/09/30 07:42] – [Current instructions] anupamaen:developer:windows_source_install [2023/03/13 01:46] – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Source Installation on Windows ====== ====== Source Installation on Windows ======
  
 ======Current instructions====== ======Current instructions======
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 Tested on Windows (Vista) 64 bit. Tested on Windows (Vista) 64 bit.
  
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 **Note:** after compiling with the above steps, your terminal would be left in a state where running GLI would not be able to locate the Greenstone building scripts like ''import.pl''. Therefore, when compilation is finished, open a fresh DOS prompt to run GLI from. **Note:** after compiling with the above steps, your terminal would be left in a state where running GLI would not be able to locate the Greenstone building scripts like ''import.pl''. Therefore, when compilation is finished, open a fresh DOS prompt to run GLI from.
  
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 On 64 bit windows, earlier versions of GS2 on SVN used to have an issue with race conditions (random failing due to asynchronous behaviour) when compiling up apache-httpd as part of GS2. Refer to [[http://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=en:developer:compiling_apache&#compiling_the_apache-httpd_included_with_gs2_on_64_bit_windows_7|Compiling the apache-httpd included with GS2 on 64 bit Windows 7]]. The following instructions were found to generally work with these older versions, but sometimes required recompiling when the first attempt failed. On 64 bit windows, earlier versions of GS2 on SVN used to have an issue with race conditions (random failing due to asynchronous behaviour) when compiling up apache-httpd as part of GS2. Refer to [[http://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=en:developer:compiling_apache&#compiling_the_apache-httpd_included_with_gs2_on_64_bit_windows_7|Compiling the apache-httpd included with GS2 on 64 bit Windows 7]]. The following instructions were found to generally work with these older versions, but sometimes required recompiling when the first attempt failed.
  
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 ======Old instructions====== ======Old instructions======
  
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 **You NEED Visual Studio C++.** (We haven't tried it with Microsoft's free Visual Studio Express yet.) **You NEED Visual Studio C++.** (We haven't tried it with Microsoft's free Visual Studio Express yet.)
  
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 You will need: You will need:
   * Visual Studio, to use its compiling capabilities which work with the Windows makefiles of Greenstone   * Visual Studio, to use its compiling capabilities which work with the Windows makefiles of Greenstone
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en/developer/windows_source_install.txt · Last modified: 2023/03/19 21:17 by kjdon