1 Building with Visual C++, prerequises
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3 This document describes how to compile, build and install curl and libcurl
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4 from sources using the Visual C++ build tool. To build with VC++, you will
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5 of course have to first install VC++. The minimum required version of
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6 VC is 6 (part of Visual Studio 6). However using a more recent version like
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7 2008 (vc9) is strongly recommended.
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9 VC++ is also part of the Windows Platform SDK. You do not have to install
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10 the full Visual Studio or Visual C++ if all you want is to build curl.
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12 The Platform SDK can be fetched here, freely:
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14 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb980924
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16 If you wish to support zlib, openssl, ssh2, you will have to download
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17 them separately and copy them to the deps directory as shown below:
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28 It is also possible to create the deps directory in some other random
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29 places and tell the Makefile its location using the WITH_DEVEL option.
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31 Building with Visual C++
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34 Open a Visual Studio Command prompt or the SDK CMD shell.
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36 Using the CMD Shell:
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37 choose the right environment via the setenv command (see setenv /?)
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38 for the full list of options. setenv /xp /x86 /release for example.
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40 Using the Visual Studio command prompt Shell:
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41 Everything is already pre-configured by calling one of the command
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44 Once you are in the console, go to the winbuild directory in the Curl
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46 cd curl-src\winbuild
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48 Then you can call nmake /f Makefile.vc with the desired options (see below).
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49 The builds will be in the top src directory, builds\ directory, in
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50 a directory named using the options given to the nmake call.
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52 nmake /f Makefile.vc mode=<static or dll> <options>
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54 where <options> is one or many of:
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55 VC=<6,7,8,9,10> - VC versions
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56 WITH_DEVEL=<path> - Paths for the development files (SSL, zlib, etc.)
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57 Defaults to sibbling directory deps: ../deps
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58 Libraries can be fetched at http://pecl2.php.net/downloads/php-windows-builds/
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59 Uncompress them into the deps folder.
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60 WITH_SSL=<dll or static> - Enable OpenSSL support, DLL or static
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61 WITH_ZLIB=<dll or static> - Enable zlib support, DLL or static
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62 WITH_SSH2=<dll or static> - Enable libSSH2 support, DLL or static
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63 ENABLE_SSPI=<yes or no> - Enable SSPI support, defaults to yes
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64 ENABLE_IPV6=<yes or no> - Enable IPv6, defaults to yes
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65 ENABLE_IDN=<yes or no> - Enable use of Windows IDN APIs, defaults to yes
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66 Requires Windows Vista or later, or installation from:
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67 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=AD6158D7-DDBA-416A-9109-07607425A815
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68 ENABLE_WINSSL=<yes or no> - Enable native Windows SSL support, defaults to yes
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69 GEN_PDB=<yes or no> - Generate Program Database (debug symbols for release build)
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70 DEBUG=<yes or no> - Debug builds
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71 MACHINE=<x86 or x64> - Target architecture (default is x86)