Topic: Building headless Bitcoin and Bitcoin-qt on Windows - page 56. (Read 419390 times)

I have managed to do it.

I just started again but this time turned off the music and concentrated lol.

Are there any successful windows users out there (here) that compile on windows, for windows, bitcoind & bitcoin-qt? Am I the only one in the universe

I sure would like to get a windows "gang" together, in a new thread perhaps, discussing and creating an .sln for free VC++ Express 2005 (which then could be easily "upped" to 2008, 2010, 2012).

I do use the free Qt creator, but it seems "bloated" and slow (I do have other stuff running.) and I'm not really familiar with it. I know that there are "hooks" to get one from Qt creator to VS 2008 (?) and VS 2010. But those products (Visual Studios) are not free...

The Qt windows app bitcoin-qt.exe, seems lacking in some respects. I offered a splash screen mod,
https://github.com/old-c-coder/bitcoin-git/commit/289d78d6aaf3ea4bbafd681b96cd8029b3b3b30d
but so far no comments. Maybe I am alone in the windows world?

But let me say that the bitcoin-qt interface of buttons, dialog boxes, tool tips, etc. are easily "snapped/wired" up in VC++ Express. It's just the "meat" behind that is needed.

And there seems to be windows only ways to build BerkeleyDB, openssl and boost. What seems hard is the windows build for levelDB. At least that is my reading, i.e. steps 3.0 & 3.1 for leveldb in windows.

Other than myriad details of "cooking" all the syntactic sugar/salt/saccharin of C++ from G++(Linux) into CL(MS) and how to test, that's all I see in the way (famous last words).

Ron

 
Wait until you want to compile bitcoin-qt! It's really not that bad.

Ron

I am thinking that I delete everything and start from scratch? Think that might be a good idea? And you are right, I did the first attempt with 1.52 and the next with 1.54 it has been a while since I compiled Bitcoin, a long while.

I am seeing the compiler (G++) looking for both boost 1_52_0 and 1_54_0 code in the above screen capture!

Nitrogenetics gave in his step 2.3 a download of boost 1_53_0

Now you are showing gcc (g++) being aimed at both boost 1_52_0 and boost 1_54_0! So how did they get into your system? Or are they there at all? Maybe you didn't fully "appreciate" his step 3.2, where you must tailor makefile.mingw to your configuration. Note the BOOST_SUFFIX?=... in your makefile.mingw

Me, I'm all boost 1_53_0

It is not enough that you follow nitrogenetics "recipe". You must understand what is being accomplished and how you must tailor it to your hard drive and system requirements.

One of my makefile.mingw files looks like this in that area:
#DEPSDIR?=/usr/local
#BOOST_SUFFIX?=-mgw46-mt-sd-1_52
BOOST_SUFFIX?=-mgw46-mt-sd-1_53

# -I"$(DEPSDIR)/include"
# -I"c:/boost_1_53_0/boost/test/included" \
# maybe -I"c:/boost_1_53_0/boost/test" \

INCLUDEPATHS= \
 -I"$(CURDIR)" \
 -I"c:/boost_1_53_0" \
 -I"c:/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix" \
 -I"c:/openssl-1.0.1c/include"

# -L"$(DEPSDIR)/lib"
# -L"c:/boost_1_53_0"

LIBPATHS= \
 -L"$(CURDIR)/leveldb" \
 -L"c:/boost_1_53_0/stage/lib" \
 -L"c:/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix" \
 -L"c:/openssl-1.0.1c"

LIBS= \
 -l leveldb \
 -l memenv \
 -l boost_system$(BOOST_SUFFIX) \
 -l boost_filesystem$(BOOST_SUFFIX) \
 -l boost_program_options$(BOOST_SUFFIX) \
 -l boost_thread$(BOOST_SUFFIX) \
 -l boost_chrono$(BOOST_SUFFIX) \
 -l db_cxx \
 -l ssl \
 -l crypto

I don't have one "dependencies" directory. I have branches for various versions of boost, openssl, BerkeleyDB.

I just swap a line or two when I want to try something. Actually I just changed one line in the INCLUDEPATHS and one line in the LIBPATHS to go from openssl-1.0.1c to openssl-1.0.1e and everything works fine. This is for bitcoind.exe

Now how about a few Satoshis

Ron

Ok, I think I have it looking in the right places but I am now getting this error, anyone have any ideas please?

C:\bitcoin\bitcoin-master\src>mingw32-make -f makefile.mingw
g++ -mthreads -O2 -w -Wall -Wextra -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter -g -DWIN32 -D_WINDOWS -DBOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB -DBOOST_SPIRIT_THREADSAFE -DUSE_IPV6=1 -IC:/bitcoin/bitcoin-master/src/
leveldb/include -IC:/bitcoin/bitcoin-master/src/leveldb/helpers -I"C:/bitcoin/bitcoin-master/src" -I"c:/deps/boost_1_54_0" -I"c:/deps/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix" -I"c:/deps/openssl-1.0.1e/include" -Wl,--
dynamicbase -Wl,--nxcompat -Wl,--large-address-aware -o bitcoind.exe -L"C:/bitcoin/bitcoin-master/src/leveldb" -L"C:\deps\boost_1_54_0\stage\lib" -L"c:/deps/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix" -L"c:/deps/openssl
-1.0.1e" leveldb/libleveldb.a obj/alert.o obj/version.o obj/checkpoints.o obj/netbase.o obj/addrman.o obj/crypter.o obj/key.o obj/db.o obj/init.o obj/bitcoind.o obj/keystore.o obj/core.o obj/main.o ob
j/net.o obj/protocol.o obj/bitcoinrpc.o obj/rpcdump.o obj/rpcnet.o obj/rpcmining.o obj/rpcwallet.o obj/rpcblockchain.o obj/rpcrawtransaction.o obj/script.o obj/sync.o obj/util.o obj/wallet.o obj/walle
tdb.o obj/hash.o obj/bloom.o obj/noui.o obj/leveldb.o obj/txdb.o obj/chainparams.o -l leveldb -l memenv -l boost_system-mgw46-mt-sd-1_54 -l boost_filesystem-mgw46-mt-sd-1_54 -l boost_program_options-m
gw46-mt-sd-1_54 -l boost_thread-mgw46-mt-sd-1_54 -l boost_chrono-mgw46-mt-sd-1_54 -l db_cxx -l ssl -l crypto -l kernel32 -l user32 -l gdi32 -l comdlg32 -l winspool -l winmm -l shell32 -l comctl32 -l o
le32 -l oleaut32 -l uuid -l rpcrt4 -l advapi32 -l ws2_32 -l mswsock -l shlwapi
obj/alert.o: In function `thread), std::basic_string >':
c:/deps/boost_1_52_0/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:279: undefined reference to `boost::thread::start_thread()'
obj/init.o: In function `thread&), boost::_bi::list1 > > > >':
c:/deps/boost_1_52_0/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:223: undefined reference to `boost::thread::start_thread()'
obj/init.o: In function `thread':
c:/deps/boost_1_52_0/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:223: undefined reference to `boost::thread::start_thread()'
obj/init.o: In function `thread), boost::_bi::list1 > > > >':
c:/deps/boost_1_52_0/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:223: undefined reference to `boost::thread::start_thread()'
obj/bitcoind.o: In function `thread > > >':
c:/deps/boost_1_52_0/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:223: undefined reference to `boost::thread::start_thread()'
obj/bitcoind.o: In function `Z7AppInitiPPc':
C:\bitcoin\bitcoin-master\src/bitcoind.cpp:117: undefined reference to `boost::thread::join()'
obj/main.o: In function `thread > > >':
c:/deps/boost_1_52_0/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:223: undefined reference to `boost::thread::start_thread()'
obj/net.o: In function `thread, boost::_bi::value > > >':
c:/deps/boost_1_52_0/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:223: undefined reference to `boost::thread::start_thread()'
obj/net.o: In function `thread, boost::_bi::value, boost::_bi::v
alue > > >':
c:/deps/boost_1_52_0/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:223: undefined reference to `boost::thread::start_thread()'
obj/net.o: In function `thread, boost::_bi::value > > >':
c:/deps/boost_1_52_0/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:223: undefined reference to `boost::thread::start_thread()'
obj/bitcoinrpc.o: In function `ZN5boost12thread_group8join_allEv':
c:/deps/boost_1_52_0/boost/thread/detail/thread_group.hpp:74: undefined reference to `boost::thread::join()'
obj/bitcoinrpc.o: In function `thread, boost::_bi::list1 > > >':
c:/deps/boost_1_52_0/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp:223: undefined reference to `boost::thread::start_thread()'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
mingw32-make: *** [bitcoind.exe] Error 1

Well I got stuck in again before I saw this post and changed the path variable of MingW back to the C: which is how I wanted it at the start. I then downloaded Boost 1_54_0 and I did make all the changes that were detailed in the Makefile.

MY head is spinning as I have done exactly what is written in the tutorial section by section.

It just keep putting up that same error.

 
So you are trying to make a bitcoind.exe since you are doing a (step 3.3)
mingw32-make -f makefile.mingw

and you see a cannot find ...
cannot find -lboost_system-mgw46-mt-sd-1_52_0

This suggests that you never edited the makefile.mingw, (according to the previous step 3.2)
If you did step 2.3, you installed boost 1.53.0

Do I get a few Satoshis?

Ron

Ok, it seems just my actually using my brain for once that I managed to get the boost to work, strangely by copying my MingW folder to D:\MingW. Must be pointing to that directory for some reason as my main drive is C.

Hoever, a new problem, on the mingw32-make -f makefile.mingw command in the Windows CMD prompt I get this error :

d:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.6.2/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lboost_system-mgw46-mt-sd-1_52_0
d:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.6.2/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lboost_filesystem-mgw46-mt-sd-1_52_0
d:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.6.2/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lboost_program_options-mgw46-mt-sd-1_52_0
d:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.6.2/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lboost_thread-mgw46-mt-sd-1_52_0
d:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.6.2/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lboost_chrono-mgw46-mt-sd-1_52_0
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
mingw32-make: *** [bitcoind.exe] Error 1

Does anyone know what could be the problem?

I have searched loads and tired quiet a few things and also a few methods of my own but just cannot get it to work, the 30 Degree Centigrade heat at the moment in the UK is not helping either lol.

Please help me someone, I beg of you? 

This boost is annoying me no end, everything else has gone so smooth but I have added everything people have told me and follow the guide to the T. I just don't know what I am missing.

Yeah I have gone that but still get this error:

Building Boost.Build engine
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Any ideas?

Thanks for you help so far.

as to those "loose" dlls, I still think it is in my message #41,
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2177060

the problem is in bitcoin-qt.pro, I believe. When I added the change as described in the link above, of course then doing step 4.3
qmake "USE_UPNP=-" bitcoin-qt.pro to create the makefile.release.

Beware that qmake is "sensitive" to changes in white space, tabs, etc.! Sort of "pythony"!

If you modify the source files and don't rename or delete any, then for bitcoind, you only have to do step 3.3, i.e.
mingw32-make -f makefile.mingw
(I have that line in a batch file)

for bitcoin-qt, just step the last line in step 4.3, i.e.
mingw32-make -f Makefile.Release
(again I have it in a batch file)

Ron

If it says it can't find gcc, then did you do nitrogenetics step 1.3? Which is
Add MinGW bin folder to your PATH environment variable (C:\MinGW\bin if you used installer defaults)

Ron

Hi everyone, I have followed this tutorial word for word but everytime I try to compile boost I get this error - C:\deps\boost_1_54_0>bootstrap.bat mingw
Building Boost.Build engine
'gcc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Does anyone know what i am doing wrong as I do not want to botch it and try and carry on with this error?

Thanks

This may be a stupid question, but when I make modifications to the source, which make do I need to run?  The Qt make, or the mingw make?  I've been doing both as the Qt make doesn't seem to pickup non-qt source changes.

Also, it is not picking up Qt and Mingw static libraries (ie. I'm having to redistribute them).  Where do I point the gcc to incoporate them in the exe?  -static in LDFLAGS doesn't seem to do it (at least not alone).

I remember that I had some sort of issue with the 0.8.99 version? I think it didn't like my block chain and insisted I reload all 246,000 of them, or maybe it wanted to "resync" them, whatever that means? Which took 24 hours on my system Not sure, but using 0.8.2 or 0.8.3 was much better. I actually think 0.8.2 or 0.8.3 are "better" than 0.8.1, which is where I began.

I don't think the 0.8.99 version from github is a "final" version ready for "consumption"? I use both
https://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/ download button
https://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/latest/download?source=dlp which is 0.8.3 or
some other github choice, such as
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tree/v0.8.3 you may have to "prowl" around the branches and tags tabs and fork->clone various until you find one with a version of 0.8.3 (in clientversion.h)

I find that selecting an 0.8.2 gets an 0.8.0 etc. Maybe it's me? I don't know.

Note that the layout from the sourceforge download is slightly different, but the general pattern is the same, so the directory where bitcoin-qt.pro is where one compiles from.

All that I do is make sure my 7 paths are correct in the .pro, then add the missing directory in the makefiles it produces and it compiles.

Compiling all of the sources takes ~15 minutes or so for bitcoind or bitcoin-qt on my system. If I am just changing a few files, much faster ~1 or so for one or two compiles and a "link" as it were.

Hope this helps

Ron

Well, I'm getting closer thanks to your help, Ron, unfortunately it seems to be one thing after another with this program. :S

Adding the .dlls solved my entry point issue, however, now when I try to run, I get the message that bitcoin-qt.exe has stopped working.

Error details:

 Problem Event Name:   BEX
  Application Name:   bitcoin-qt.exe
  Application Version:   0.8.99.0
  Application Timestamp:   51df9173
  Fault Module Name:   StackHash_0a9e
  Fault Module Version:   0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp:   00000000
  Exception Offset:   00fb38d0
  Exception Code:   c0000005
  Exception Data:   00000008
  OS Version:   6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
  Locale ID:   1033
  Additional Information 1:   0a9e
  Additional Information 2:   0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
  Additional Information 3:   0a9e
  Additional Information 4:   0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

I did some research, and apparently this is caused by a buffer overflow, triggering windows data execution prevention to stop the program?

I tried adding bitcoin-qt.exe to the DEP exception list, but windows wouldn't let me, saying bitcoin MUST run with DEP enabled.

So I tried turning off DEP completely (temporarily), same error.

And yes, I did recompile bitcoin and try again after the first time I got the error.  Is there some kind of workaround for this? All the threads and Q/As I find usually stop at "add program x to DEP ignore list".

Isn't it time to explore a native 64-bit version? I remember with wxwidgets that a 64-bit version was built for Windows for Solidcoin.

Hello wsmith?

From what you describe, it seems you are at nitrogenetics's step 4.3, where he says and I quote:

"Compiling with UPNP support will require miniupnpc libraries. See: http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/
Qt (QtCore4.dll QtGui4.dll QtNetwork4.dll) and MinGW (libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll and libstdc++-6.dll) libraries will need to be distributed along with the executable."

As a first approximation, have you tried "exposing" those above mention 5 dlls to bitcoin-qt at run time?

But as I said in message #41,
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2177060

As qmake "concocts" makefile.release/debug from bitcoin-qt.pro, the output to the DOS screen suggests that it is turning UPNP on and off and on...

Remember that every time you run qmake on bitcoin-qt.pro it will overwrite any changes you make to makefile.release/debug! Unless you squirrel them away somewhere

Have you really editted bitcoin-qt.pro to reflect the paths on all 7 lines as per step 4.2? 3 boost lines, 2 BerkeleyDB lines and 2 openssl lines? Note that this file also has long lines that are 2K+! And did you comment out the code suggested on line 112? More like 117 or so on mine!

Hope this helps.

As an addendum to message #41, I have had success in running bitcoind & bitcoin-qt with a wallet.dat file that may now have any name and be in any directory! It is no longer tethered to the data directory! And I have a bitcoin-qt splash screen that "Stands up for itself" and isn't "stepped on" by any passing window or pop-up! 

(Shameless plug) See
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcoin-qt-splash-screen-now-a-top-screen-252539 and
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/walletdat-renamed-to-any-filename-in-any-location-for-bitcond-bitcoin-qt-240119

Ron

Hello again Ron.

Okay, so, in order to eliminate the possibility of stupid mistakes, I backed up all the way to the beginning, and started from scratch.  Double and triple-checked that directory paths were correct, and that I was accurately following nitrogenetics'  directions.  bitcoind.exe was created successfully, and all the dependencies were extracted and compiled properly.  Start to finish, no error messages.

However, I am STILL getting the message that the procedure entry point for QtCore4.dll can't be found, when I attempt to run bitcoin-qt.exe.  And I am friggin' stumped.

I'm using QT Creator to edit the files...I would think that editor would be able to handle the long lines of code you mentioned.  Do you really think that's what could be causing my issue?  I would think that would cause compile errors, not such a specific .dll error.