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## Compilation on Windows
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The preferred build method on Windows is by using MSYS2 which is a collection
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of packages providing unix-like tools to build native Windows software.
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Requirements: about 12 GB of free space
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The resulting binary is a 32-bit build of Retroshare which will also work
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fine on a 64-bit system.
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### MSYS2 INSTALLATION
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Download MSYS2 from [MSYS2](http://www.msys2.org/). Get the i686 version
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if you run a 32-bit Windows or the x86_64 if you run a 64-bit Windows.
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Run the installer and install MSYS2.
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At the end of the installation, it'll automatically open an MSYS shell terminal.
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You can also find it on the start menu as MSYS2 MSYS. This is the shell you'll
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use to install packages with pacman and do maintenance but NOT to build
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RetroShare.
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First, update your MSYS2 environment to the latest version by typing:
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pacman -Syu
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Close the terminal window.
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Run MSYS2 MSYS again and finish updating with:
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pacman -Su
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Install the default programs needed to build:
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pacman -S base-devel git wget p7zip gcc perl ruby python2
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Install the 32-bit toolchain:
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pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-toolchain
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Install all needed dependencies:
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pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-miniupnpc
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pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-libmicrohttpd
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pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-libxslt
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pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-xapian-core
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pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-sqlcipher
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pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-qt5
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We're done installing MSYS2, close the shell terminal.
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### BUILDING RETROSHARE
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Now run the MSYS2 MinGW 32-bit shell terminal (it's in the start menu).
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We will use it to checkout Retroshare and build it:
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git clone https://github.com/RetroShare/RetroShare.git
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Go to the RetroShare directory and configure to your liking, for example:
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cd RetroShare
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qmake -r -Wall -spec win32-g++ "CONFIG+=debug" "CONFIG+=rs_autologin"
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Now we're ready to build Retroshare. Use the '-j' option with the number of
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cores you have for a faster build, for instance if you have 4 cores:
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mingw32-make -j4
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Make sure your current Retroshare is not running. Then just run:
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retroshare-gui/src/debug/retroshare.exe
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You'll get debug output in the terminal and a running Retroshare instance.
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