[HOWTO] compile altcoin for windows on linux using mxe and mingw - page 15.

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How to mod this to compile Bitcoin?

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Quote from: john75077 on August 13, 2015, 12:02:48 PM

How do I use this to make the daemon for Ubuntu?

You don't. this thread is specifically about cross compiling wallets for windows, using linux as your compile OS.

Quote from: sdmathis on August 06, 2015, 12:03:48 PM

Great tutorial. It works perfectly. Thank you very much.

I have one question. You stated that some altcoins need QT4 instead of QT5. Do I have to choose just one or the other, or can I install both? Will any problems occur if both are installed?

Thanks.

It is possible to have both qt4 and qt5 available for cross compiling at the same time. I personally have chosen to NOT build any qt4 wallet anymore and instead update the wallet's source to support a qt5 build. This, however is a time consuming task so it may not be worth it for you.

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How do I use this to make the daemon for Ubuntu?

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Great tutorial. It works perfectly. Thank you very much.

I have one question. You stated that some altcoins need QT4 instead of QT5. Do I have to choose just one or the other, or can I install both? Will any problems occur if both are installed?

Thanks.

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Everything is compiling so far when I execute the script as root, if there is any other issues ill let you know. - It compiled with no issues! I don't have much for BTC if you leave your address ill send you something for the help.

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Quote from: john75077 on August 04, 2015, 09:02:29 AM

Morning,

I decided to give this a try since I'm new to the whole bitcoin / altcoin scene. This is the error I am getting when I try to compile, and I didnt see a Makefile.Release...

Code:

[build]     qtxlsxwriter         i686-w64-mingw32.static                        
[done]      qtxlsxwriter         i686-w64-mingw32.static                                    156204 KiB     0m57.310s
[no-build]  qt5                  i686-w64-mingw32.static
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
./compile-blk.sh: line 6: i686-w64-mingw32.static-qmake-qt5: command not found
make: Makefile.Release: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `Makefile.Release'.  Stop.

Which step am I missing?

I am compiling this using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS x86_64

Verify that your PATH env var contains the correct location for mxe

Code:

export PATH=/mnt/mxe/usr/bin:$PATH

john75077

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Morning,

I decided to give this a try since I'm new to the whole bitcoin / altcoin scene. This is the error I am getting when I try to compile, and I didnt see a Makefile.Release...

Code:

[build]     qtxlsxwriter         i686-w64-mingw32.static                        
[done]      qtxlsxwriter         i686-w64-mingw32.static                                    156204 KiB     0m57.310s
[no-build]  qt5                  i686-w64-mingw32.static
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
./compile-blk.sh: line 6: i686-w64-mingw32.static-qmake-qt5: command not found
make: Makefile.Release: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `Makefile.Release'.  Stop.

Which step am I missing?

I am compiling this using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS x86_64

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If you have levelDB issue (libleveldb.a / libmemenv.a), plz follow below instruction.

Code:

cd %coin_folder%/src/leveldb
TARGET_OS=NATIVE_WINDOWS make libleveldb.a libmemenv.a CC=/mnt/mxe/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32.static-gcc CXX=/mnt/mxe/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32.static-g++

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Quote from: main.h on June 04, 2015, 10:45:26 AM

Compile boost:

Code:

cd /mnt/mxe
make MXE_TARGETS="i686-w64-mingw32.static" boost

if error message:
Missing requirement: libtool
than

Code:

sudo apt-get install libtool-bin

Quote from: main.h on June 04, 2015, 10:45:26 AM

Step 3.
Now we need compile boost and qt5 for our environment (need a couple of hours for this).

less than one hour if i5+SSD

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Hello!
In this tutorial I show you how to cross compile altcoin-qt using mxe and mingw.
What is mxe? Well this is set of makefiles allowing you compile an cross environment with needed packages (mingw-w64, qt, boost, etc) without pain.

For example I will compile blackcoin-qt for 32-bit Windows on 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, but this method should work with another altcoins.

Step 1.
Firstly we need install cross compile environment.

Install mxe dependencies:

Code:

sudo apt-get install p7zip-full autoconf automake autopoint bash bison bzip2 cmake flex gettext git g++ gperf intltool libffi-dev libtool libltdl-dev libssl-dev libxml-parser-perl make openssl patch perl pkg-config python ruby scons sed unzip wget xz-utils

For 64-bit Ubuntu also install:

Code:

sudo apt-get install g++-multilib libc6-dev-i386

Step 2.

Clone mxe github repo (if you just download zip archive from guthub, mxe may not work):

Code:

cd /mnt
git clone https://github.com/mxe/mxe.git

Our environment will be placed in /mnt/mxe

Step 3.
Now we need compile boost and qt5 for our environment (need a couple of hours for this).
If you compile something using mxe and move mxe directory to another place, then mxe will not work because all what you compile linked statically
Compiling boost will fail if memory of your PC less then 2GB. Making swap partition will fix this.

Compile boost:

Code:

cd /mnt/mxe
make MXE_TARGETS="i686-w64-mingw32.static" boost

Compile qt5:

Code:

make MXE_TARGETS="i686-w64-mingw32.static" qttools

If you need qt4 (for some altcoins):

Code:

make MXE_TARGETS="i686-w64-mingw32.static" qt

mxe automatically determine all dependencies and compile it.

Step 4.
Unfortunately mxe not support berkeley db and miniupnpc so we need compile them manually.

Compiling berkley db:
Download and unpack berkeley db:

Code:

cd /mnt
wget http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-5.3.28.tar.gz
tar zxvf db-5.3.28.tar.gz

Make bash script for compilation:

Code:

cd /mnt/db-5.3.28
touch compile-db.sh
chmod ugo+x compile-db.sh

Content of compile-db.sh:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
MXE_PATH=/mnt/mxe
sed -i "s/WinIoCtl.h/winioctl.h/g" src/dbinc/win_db.h
mkdir build_mxe
cd build_mxe

CC=$MXE_PATH/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32.static-gcc \
CXX=$MXE_PATH/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32.static-g++ \
../dist/configure \
	--disable-replication \
	--enable-mingw \
	--enable-cxx \
	--host x86 \
	--prefix=$MXE_PATH/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.static

make

make install

Compile:

Code:

./compile-db.sh

Compiling miniupnpc:
Download and unpack miniupnpc:

Code:

cd /mnt
wget http://miniupnp.free.fr/files/miniupnpc-1.6.20120509.tar.gz
tar zxvf miniupnpc-1.6.20120509.tar.gz

Make bash script for compilation:

Code:

cd /mnt/miniupnpc-1.6.20120509
touch compile-m.sh
chmod ugo+x compile-m.sh

Content of compile-m.sh:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
MXE_PATH=/mnt/mxe

CC=$MXE_PATH/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32.static-gcc \
AR=$MXE_PATH/usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32.static-ar \
CFLAGS="-DSTATICLIB -I$MXE_PATH/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.static/include" \
LDFLAGS="-L$MXE_PATH/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.static/lib" \
make libminiupnpc.a

mkdir $MXE_PATH/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.static/include/miniupnpc
cp *.h $MXE_PATH/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.static/include/miniupnpc
cp libminiupnpc.a $MXE_PATH/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.static/lib

Compile:

Code:

./compile-m.sh

Step 5.
Yay! Making our environment is done! Now we can compile blackcoin.

Add mxe bins to PATH:

Code:

export PATH=/mnt/mxe/usr/bin:$PATH

Download and unpack blackcoin sources:

Code:

cd /mnt
git clone https://github.com/rat4/blackcoin.git

Make bash script for compilation:

Code:

cd /mnt/blackcoin
touch compile-blk.sh
chmod ugo+x compile-blk.sh

Content of compile-blk.sh:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
MXE_INCLUDE_PATH=/mnt/mxe/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.static/include
MXE_LIB_PATH=/mnt/mxe/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.static/lib

i686-w64-mingw32.static-qmake-qt5 \
	BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX=-mt \
	BOOST_THREAD_LIB_SUFFIX=_win32-mt \
	BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH=$MXE_INCLUDE_PATH/boost \
	BOOST_LIB_PATH=$MXE_LIB_PATH \
	OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH=$MXE_INCLUDE_PATH/openssl \
	OPENSSL_LIB_PATH=$MXE_LIB_PATH \
	BDB_INCLUDE_PATH=$MXE_INCLUDE_PATH \
	BDB_LIB_PATH=$MXE_LIB_PATH \
	MINIUPNPC_INCLUDE_PATH=$MXE_INCLUDE_PATH \
	MINIUPNPC_LIB_PATH=$MXE_LIB_PATH \
	QMAKE_LRELEASE=/mnt/mxe/usr/i686-w64-mingw32.static/qt5/bin/lrelease blackcoin-qt.pro

make -f Makefile.Release

Compile:

Code:

./compile-blk.sh

And that all.
Our blackcoin-qt.exe placed in /mnt/blackcoin/release
Hope this help someone

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