You might want to look over in the JTSDK reflector for Windows build assistance:
https://groups.io/g/JTSDK/topics > On Oct 19, 2025, at 3:41 PM, Mike Hornsby via wsjt-devel > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I also attempted to do a windows 11 build of wsjtx. Ran into same issues and > did not get any further. > > Was able to build easily on various raspberry pi’s and older pcs. PCs using > Linux mint thanks to instructions from: > http://www.kk5jy.net/wsjtx-build/ > > Much evidence exists on this list for not using windows to run wsjtx. Issues > with Com ports, constant updates, Microsoft withdrawal of support for > versions … windows has always been problematic as any new application install > can update libraries and configurations that can impact other applications. > > Added to this, for handicap types of uses I would build a WSJTx raspberry pi > like appliance that is stand alone and plug and play. > > To keep it as simple an and low cost as possible, I would start with a 20 > meter only version that operates on the radio VOX interface. Anyone have any > stats on FT8 traffic by band? > > Also, I know from experience, with a 20 watts and a 20 meter ham stick, or if > you have an attic or yard, a speaker wire dipole, you can work the globe. > > GL ES 73 > Mike KC8yom > > > > > > > > > >> On Oct 19, 2025, at 12:54 PM, grday--- via wsjt-devel >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> >> Hello WSJTX developers: >> >> I am trying to build WSJTX from the tarball >> wsjtx-3.0.0_improved_PLUS_250924.tgz >> as recommended by dg2ycb several weeks ago, but have encountered >> a barrier for which I am looking for a suggestion. >> >> I need to build WSJTX on a Windows 11 system. >> I think I have made pretty good progress in the sense that I have >> gotten what I believe to be all of the dependant packages to build and >> install, including Qt 5.15.2, boost, fftw, hamlib, all of the mingw >> compilers, etc. >> >> I think I am close to getting wsjtx to build, but right now I am >> pretty much stimied. >> >> I began by installing Qt 5.15.2 and jtsdk64-tools. Within the >> jtsdk64-tools directory framework and from the mingw64 shell I installed >> the various dependencies via the package manager. >> >> The wsjtx source is setup to be built via the CMake build utility >> with which I am currently a novice. I have tried to build wsjtx from a >> build directory via the following commands: >> >> cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" \ >> -DWSJT_GENERATE_DOCS=OFF \ >> -DCMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS="-std=legacy -fallow-argument-mismatch" \ >> -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \ >> >> -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/c/Qt/5.15.2/mingw81_64;/c/JTSDK64-Tools/tools/msys64/mingw64" >> \ >> .. >> >> cmake --build . --parallel >> >> The diagnostic that I get is: >> >> [ 38%] Performing configure step for 'hamlib' >> 'C:\JTSDK64-Tools\src\wsjtx\build\hamlib-prefix\src\hamlib\configure' is not >> recognized as an internal or external command, >> operable program or batch file. >> >> I tried building and installing hamlib separately which appeared >> to work ok but then I found that the building of wsjtx is very tightly >> coupled to the building of hamlib in the CMake build scripts. I tried >> tweaking the top level CMakeLists.txt file, specificly the call to >> ExternalProject_Add(hamlib to use the bash shell to execute configure >> but that did not work. >> >> I also tried setting the CONFIG_SHELL environment variable, i.e., >> >> export CONFIG_SHELL=/usr/bin/sh >> >> but it had no effect. >> >> Any suggestions will be much appreciated. >> >> As further background, I myself am a blind developer who has >> volunteered to make some modifications to the UDP daemon for the >> purpose of extending the current API so that more of the WSJTX functionality >> is available via an external accessibility agent. I myself am not a >> radio operator and have no call sign but my goal is to make more WSJTX >> functions available to the WSJTX blind user group. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Gary R. Day >> _______________________________________________ >> wsjt-devel mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
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