Build Windows Installer Wix - Holzhaus/mixxx GitHub Wiki
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Mixxx uses the Wix Toolset for building Windows MSI installers. This page contains information on making such packages.
First, we assume you've built & run Mixxx successfully from the instructions on the Compiling on Windows page.
You first need to download and install the Wix Toolset version 3.10
When built with MSVC, Mixxx requires that certain MSVC DLL files be present in order to run. Many people have these already installed on their systems, but many do not (or have different versions,) so we must include them with our packages.
To do that, you need to download the vcredist installation package and install it at the root of your build env directory.
There's a different one for each architecture and compiler combination, as shown below:
| Visual Studio 2005 | x86 | x64/amd64 | IA64 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Studio 2008 | x86 | x64/amd64 | IA64 |
| Visual Studio 2010 | x86 | x64/amd64 | IA64 |
| Visual Studio 2013 | x86, amd64 and IA64 | ||
| Visual Studio 2015 | x86 and amd64 |
It is strongly recommended that you use Visual Studio 2015. If you
choose a different version, make sure the installers are named
vc_redist.x86.exe and vc_redist.x64.exe. Once you've located the
vcredist installer, if you're doing a 32-bit build, copy the x86
installer in the root of your build env. If a 64-bit build, copy the
x64/AMD64 installer.
- Create a
makerelease.batfile containing the following:
REM Clean up after old builds.
del /q /f *.exe
rmdir /s /q dist32
rmdir /s /q dist64
REM XP Compatibility requires the v7.1A SDK
set MSSDK_DIR="c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A"
REM this can be either release or debug. For development you want to use debug
set BUILD_TYPE=release
REM This determines if you build a 32bit or 64bit version of mixxx.
REM 32bit = i386, 64bit = amd64
set ARCHITECTURE=i386
REM set this to the folder where you build the dependencies
set WINLIB_PATH=D:\mixxx-buildserver32
SET BIN_DIR=%WINLIB_PATH%\bin
set QT_VERSION=4.8.7
SET QTDIR=%WINLIB_PATH%\Qt-%QT_VERSION%
echo "Building %ARCHITECTURE% %BUILD_TYPE% for %PLATFORM%".
if "%ARCHITECTURE%" == "i386" (
set TARGET_MACHINE=x86
set VCVARS_ARCH=x86
) else (
set TARGET_MACHINE=amd64
set VCVARS_ARCH=x86_amd64
)
call "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" %VCVARS_ARCH%
rem /MP Use all CPU cores.
rem /FS force synchronous PDB writes (prevents PDB corruption with /MP)
rem /EHsc Do not handle SEH in try / except blocks.
rem /Zc:threadSafeInit- disable C++11 magic static support (Bug #1653368)
set CL=/MP /FS /EHsc /Zc:threadSafeInit-
set PATH=%BIN_DIR%;%PATH%
scons.py mixxx makerelease toolchain=msvs winlib=%WINLIB_PATH% build=%BUILD_TYPE% staticlibs=1 staticqt=1 verbose=0 machine=%TARGET_MACHINE% qtdir=%QTDIR% hss1394=1 mediafoundation=1 opus=1 localecompare=1 optimize=portable virtualize=0 test=1 qt_sqlite_plugin=0 mssdk_dir="%MSSDK_DIR%" build_number_in_title_bar=0 bundle_pdbs=1
Note: If you want to build 64 bits package, use set ARCHITECTURE=amd64 and force32=0
- Execute it
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