README.mingw32

Compilation instructions for Aeskulap on MINGW32
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This document describes the cross-compilation process
from Linux for Windows using the MINGW32 cross-compiler.

First you have to install the MINGW32 cross-compiler:
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I did this under Debian and Ubuntu where the mingw32 package is available.
TODO - instructions for other distributions


Get the DCMTK binaries for MINGW32:
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Download the binary package from:
http://www.bms-austria.com/~pipelka/aeskulap/dcmtk-mingw32/dcmtk-mingw32-bin.zip

Unzip the package into the /usr/mingw32 directory (has to be created first).


Get the GKTMM development environment for MINGW32:
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Download the package from:
http://www.bms-austria.com/~pipelka/aeskulap/gtkmm-mingw32/gtkmm-mingw32.zip

Unzip contents of the GTK dir (inside the package) into the /usr/mingw32 directory.


Create the pkg-config environment:
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Paste the following script into /usr/bin/i586-mingw32msvc-pkg-config
and make it executable:

#!/bin/sh

oldprefix=/target
prefix=/usr/mingw32

output=`PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=${prefix}/lib/pkgconfig /usr/bin/pkg-config "$@"`
result=$?

echo -n ${output} | sed -e "s|-\([IL]\)${oldprefix}|\-\1${prefix}|g"
exit $result 


Get the Aeskulap sources from CVS:
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cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sv.gnu.org:/sources/aeskulap co aeskulap


Compile the sources:
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cd aeskulap
sh autogen.sh
./configure.mingw32
make

After that you may install the binary with:

make install (as root)

or

make install-strip (as root)
This will strip all debugging information and dramatically reduce the size of the binary.