Hi Damon
I have some personal notes on installing JTSDK for Windows here, with links
etc to the relevant info:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B116IwQIUFNTSl9FNllsRFlOenc/view?usp=sharin
g
You will need a good internet connection as some of the downloads are quite
large.
73
Charlie G3WDG
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From: Bill Somerville [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 07 October 2017 11:44
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] building WSJT-X for windows using JTSDK
On 07/10/2017 03:02, Damon Register wrote:
> *as well as canned commands to manage the whole source control and build
process*.
Are you telling me that there is a command or script that does
all the steps necessary?
Hi Damon,
yes, that is correct. I don't use the JTSDK myself but I'm sure someone who
does can help. I think there is a help command that lists all the commands
and options.
The INSTALL file does list the commands to build WSJT-X, it is all in the
first section entitled "Building from Source". The instructions are
basically the same for all platforms. The complexity comes from obtaining
all the prerequisite components, this is particularly so on Windows which
has no useful package management system. WSJT-X is partly written in C++ and
uses the Qt C++ framework for many cross-platform utilities and for the user
interface, C++ components cannot, in general, be built using a variety of
compilers so we must use the same build tools as Qt tool kit installed uses.
The Qt project makes this easy by including the development tools with their
package on Windows. There are two options, either MS VC or MinGW, our
project requires the MinGW variant. There are many other prerequisite
components on Windows which are necessary to bring it somewhere close to a
usable development environment but the JTSDK was developed by Greg, KI7MT,
for exactly the purpose of managing that complexity.
If you want an exercise in pain and frustration then go ahead and install
all the Windows prerequisites and tools manually but you will find it much
easier to use the JTSDK which basically reduces it all to one command once a
few well documented steps to install some components that cannot be legally
bundled with the JTSDK package.
73
Bill
G4WJS.
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