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@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ Tcl 8.6 for Windows -RCS: @(#) $Id: README,v 1.41 2009/11/09 23:14:57 stwo Exp $ - 1. Introduction --------------- @@ -13,9 +11,6 @@ The information in this file is maintained on the web at: http://www.tcl.tk/doc/howto/compile.html#win -The above URL includes a lengthy discussion of compiler macros necessary -when compiling Tcl extensions that will be dynamically loaded. - 2. Compiling Tcl ---------------- @@ -29,11 +24,29 @@ In order to compile Tcl for Windows, you need the following: or - Msys + Mingw [http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml] + Linux + MinGW-w64 [http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/] + (win32 or win64) + + or + + Cygwin + MinGW-w64 [http://cygwin.com/install.html] + (win32 or win64) + + or + + Darwin + MinGW-w64 [http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/] + (win32 or win64) + + or + Msys + MinGW-w64 [http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/] + (win32 or win64) + + or + + Msys + MinGW [http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml] + (win32 only) -Please note that building under Cygwin is NOT supported, -do not file a bug report about building under Cygwin. In practice, this release is built with Visual C++ 6.0 and the TEA Makefile. @@ -48,19 +61,26 @@ using it, are in the comments of "makefile.vc". A quick example would be: There is also a Developer Studio workspace and project file, too, if you would like to use them. -If you are building with Msys, you can use the configure script that lives -in the win subdirectory. The Msys based configure/build process works just -like the UNIX one, so you will want to refer to ../unix/README for -available configure options. An error will be generated by the configure -script if you try to compile Tcl with the Cygwin version of gcc instead of -the Mingw version. Check your PATH if you get this error. +If you are building with Linux, Cygwin or Msys, you can use the configure +script that lives in the win subdirectory. The Linux/Cygwin/Msys based +configure/build process works just like the UNIX one, so you will want +to refer to ../unix/README for available configure options. + +If you want 64-bit executables (x86_64), you need to configure using +the --enable-64bit option. Make sure that the x86_64-w64-mingw32 +compiler is present. For Cygwin this compiler can be found in the +"mingw64-x86_64-gcc-core" package, which can be installed through +the normal Cygwin install process. If you only want 32-bit executables, +the "mingw64-i686-gcc-core" package is what you need. For Linux, Darwin +and Msys, you can download a suitable win32 or win64 compiler from +[https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/] Use the Makefile "install" target to install Tcl. It will install it according to the prefix options you provided in the correct directory structure. -Note that in order to run tclsh86.exe, you must ensure that tcl86.dll is on -your path, in the system directory, or in the directory containing +Note that in order to run tclsh85.exe, you must ensure that tcl85.dll is +on your path, in the system directory, or in the directory containing tclsh86.exe. Note: Tcl no longer provides support for Win32s. |