Hello
I successfully built mixxx on linux.. and it is working smooth, as far as I
have used it. Thank you Sean M. Pappalardo (D.J Pegasus).
This bug caught my attention:
bug#1000784<https://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx/+bug/1000784>
. I would like to work on it. I would like some direction on where to
proceed from here. I mean, I would like to know how I can try to attend or
tackle this bug, as in, where in the source code is the bug present. I
wrote about this(this meaning: I see a bug,but then, I don't know where to
proceed from there) in a previous mail too. And I was told, I was talking
about bug trackers.
But later on, I put that on back burner, and tried building mixxx on my
system(Initially, I tried compiling mixxx on windows, and it proved to be a
herculean task, so I shifted to linux, as suggested by Sean). Now that I
have finished it, I would like to get back to my original goal: start by
solving easy bugs, so that I get familiar and accustomed to the code by the
time of gsoc.
So, any help or tips on how I should proceed would be much appreciated. If
past experience is any indicator, I have always found the replies from the
mailing lists to be very helpful. Thank you.
Cheers
Priyadarsi
On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Sean M. Pappalardo - D.J. Pegasus <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello.
>
>
> On 03/08/2013 11:00 PM, Uma Priyadarsi wrote:
>
>> In step 5, part c, we have to type in the follwing command in Windows
>> SDK command prompt:
>>
>> scons toolchain=msvs winlib=path_to_mixxx-win32lib-**
>> msvc90-release_directory
>>
>
> You need to replace 'path_to_mixxx-win32lib-**msvc90-release_directory'
> with the actual path of where you downloaded the pre-compiled dependencies.
> Which version of Visual C++ do you have and which dependency branch did you
> download? The version used to build the dependencies must match the version
> you build Mixxx with. MSVC 9.0 is VS 2008. I just uploaded a new branch for
> VS 2010/MSVC 10.0: https://code.launchpad.net/~**
> mixxxdevelopers/mixxx/winlib-**msvc10-x86-static<https://code.launchpad.net/~mixxxdevelopers/mixxx/winlib-msvc10-x86-static>
> If you use this one, you must build with the flag staticlibs=1.
>
>
> 1) "When mixxx is done compiling...". Where should I compile mixxx? Or
>> is step 5 the process compiling mixxx?
>>
>
> Yes. We use the terms 'building' and 'compiling' interchangeably, though
> strictly speaking, 'compiling' is making the Mixxx binary itself, where
> 'building' also includes the other things that happen, like copying DLLs
> and the binary to the dist32 directory.
>
>
> 2) I could not find both of the follwing: the directory mixxx/dist32
>> and so obviously didnot find mixxx.exe. Does it mean I have not got the
>> source code properly??
>>
>
> No, that directory will get created as part of the build process, after
> the dependency check succeeds.
>
>
> And also, I'm spending a lot of time just trying to build mixxx.
>>
>
> Unfortunately that's the reality on Windows. It's very particular about
> the compiler version and flags used and takes a good amount of work to get
> right. (When I first started setting up my build environment, it took over
> a week to get Mixxx building completely due to much trial and error.) The
> Windows build instructions on the wiki are written for those who already
> understand how to build software on Windows, otherwise the page would be
> much, much longer.
>
> I'm thinking about rewriting the wiki page to include setting up a build
> environment, but even with that information, so many things can be
> different on different systems (and so many things can go wrong) that it
> still won't answer every possible concern.
>
> In short, if you're new to building software, doing it on Linux is far,
> far easier. Once you decide to try on Windows, you're signing up for some
> pain. :)
>
> Sincerely,
> Sean M. Pappalardo
> "D.J. Pegasus"
> Mixxx Developer - Controller Specialist, Windows package maintainer
>
>
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