POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.windows : povdos needed : Re: povdos needed Server Time
25 Apr 2024 19:59:06 EDT (-0400)
  Re: povdos needed  
From: Tim H
Date: 8 Nov 2015 13:00:24
Message: <563f8db8@news.povray.org>
There was at one point a command line windows povray.  I believe it was 
official, seem to recall downloading it from the official site. 
Probably the relevant Windows console code was long ago removed?

On 11/8/2015 7:11 AM, Rocco wrote:
> Hi!
>
> After some searching, I think I'm on the right path to compile a console version
> of POVRay for Windows using MinGW64. I have all dependencies compiled without
> problem, the problem now is to make changes to use Windows console because the
> source code is configured in the Unix philosophy, using Unix functions for
> console, so unavailable for Windows.
>
> As I have no time to investigate on this right now, I share here my experience
> so far, maybe it will be useful...
>
> Tools and compilers needed
> ==========================
>   * MinGW64 from http://mingw-w64.yaxm.org/doku.php
>
>   * pkg-config from
>
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/dependencies/pkg-config_0.23-3_win32.zip
>    glib :
> http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/glib/2.28/glib_2.28.1-1_win32.zip
>
>   * MSYS Extensions from
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS/Extension/
>    crypt : libcrypt-1.1_1-3-msys-1.0.13-dll-0.tar.lzma
>    crypt : crypt-1.1_1-3-msys-1.0.13-bin.tar.lzma
>    m4 : m4-1.4.16-2-msys-1.0.17-bin.tar.lzma
>    perl : perl-5.8.8-1-msys-1.0.17-bin.tar.lzma
>
>   * MSYS Dev from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS/msysdev/
>    autoconf : autoconf-2.68-1-msys-1.0.17-bin.tar.lzma
>    automake : automake-1.11.1-1-msys-1.0.13-bin.tar.lzma
>
>   * MSYS Base from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS/Base/
>    bash : bash-3.1.23-1-msys-1.0.18-bin.tar.xz
>    coreutils : coreutils-5.97-3-msys-1.0.13-bin.tar.lzma
>    coreutils : coreutils-5.97-3-msys-1.0.13-ext.tar.lzma
>    findutils : findutils-4.4.2-2-msys-1.0.13-bin.tar.lzma
>    gawk : gawk-3.1.7-2-msys-1.0.13-bin.tar.lzma
>    grep : grep-2.5.4-2-msys-1.0.13-bin.tar.lzma
>    libiconv : libiconv-1.14-1-msys-1.0.17-dll-2.tar.lzma
>    gettext : libintl-0.18.1.1-1-msys-1.0.17-dll-8.tar.lzma
>    regex : libregex-1.20090805-2-msys-1.0.13-dll-1.tar.lzma
>    termcap : libtermcap-0.20050421_1-2-msys-1.0.13-dll-0.tar.lzma
>    make : make-3.81-3-msys-1.0.13-bin.tar.lzma
>    msys-core : msysCORE-1.0.18-1-msys-1.0.18-bin.tar.lzma
>    msys-core : msysCORE-1.0.18-1-msys-1.0.18-ext.tar.lzma
>    sed : sed-4.2.1-2-msys-1.0.13-bin.tar.lzma
>    termcap : termcap-0.20050421_1-2-msys-1.0.13-bin.tar.lzma
>
>   * Microsoft assembler 64 bit MASM (ML64.exe is part of Windows SDK, DDK
>    or Visual Studio, I found it in my Visual Studio Express 2013 in
>    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\bin\x86_amd64
>
>   * CMake from http://www.cmake.org/
>
> Dependencies
> ============
>   Needed
>   ======
>   boost  http://www.boost.org
>   zlib  http://www.zlib.net/
>   jpeg  http://www.ijg.org/files/
>   png  http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
>   tiff  http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/
>
>   Optional
>   ========
>   openexr  http://www.openexr.com/
>   sdl 1.2  http://www.libsdl.org
>
> Prepare a build environment
> ===========================
> When I build with MinGW, I always have this directory
> layout :
>
> - The MinGW environment is installed in C:\MinGW.
> - The CMake binaries are extracted in C:\MinGW\CMake
> - The MSYS binaries (all MSYS-related stuff above) are
>    extracted in C:\MinGW\MSYS
>   => In MSYS, this directory is mapped as /
> - pkg-config and its DLLs can be placed in C:\MinGW\MSYS
>    (also copy msys-intl-8.dll to intl.dll in C:\MinGW\MSYS\bin
>
> Run the postinstall\pi.bat script to initialize the environment
> and set some directories (follow the instructions).
>
> After first launch of MSYS, a directory is available : /home/<user>/
> The source code packages go to /home/user/source
> The build directory (with binaries and libs) is /build
>
> So, excluding other files, this is how the directory structure looks like :
> C:\MinGW
>    cmake
>    mingw64
>    msys
>      build
>      home
>        <user>
>          source
>
> After installation, I create a .bat file to set environment variables needed
> (for example, to use CMake). This file is buildenv.bat and I place it in
> /home/<user/. When using MSYS, I simply start the MSYS.bat in C:\MinGW\msys.
>
> All the configure scripts have the prefix /build when using MSYS. When building
> with other tools (for example CMake), I map a drive letter (Z) to the /build
> folder.
>
> Build environment (buildenv.bat) file
> =====================================
> @ECHO OFF
> COLOR 1F
> TITLE Build environment
> ECHO Build environment
> ECHO =================
>
> SET PATH=C:\MinGW\msys\build\bin;%PATH%
> SET PATH=C:\MinGW\msys\build\lib;%PATH%
>
> SET PATH=C:\MinGW\mingw64\bin;%PATH%
> SET PATH=C:\MinGW\cmake\bin;%PATH%
> SET PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\bin\x86_amd64
>
> SUBST Z: C:\MinGW\msys\build
>
> CD C:\MinGW\msys\home
> CMD
>
> Install tools
> =============
> MinGW64
>   Download from : http://mingw-w64.yaxm.org/doku.php
>   mingw-w64-install.exe
>
>   => C:\MinGW
>
> MSYS build environment
>   Download from : http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS/Base/
>   => C:\MinGW\MSYS
>
> CMake : http://www.cmake.org/
>   => C:\MinGW\CMake
>
> MASM 64 (or compatible assembler) : ml64.exe is included with Windows SDK,
> DDK or Visual Studio.
>
> Directories
> %source% = C:\MinGW\MSYS\home\<user>\source
> %build% = C:\MinGW\MSYS\build
> %mingw% = C:\MinGW
> %prefix% = /build (MSYS), Z:\ (CMake)
>
> Set build virtual drive : subst z: %prefix%
>
> Build environment
>   set path=%mingw%\mingw64\bin;%path%
>   set path=%mingw%\cmake\bin;%path%
>   set path=%mingw%\swig;%path%
>
> Compilation
> ===========
> Please follow the order of dependencies.
>
> ZLib (CMake)
> ============
> cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%prefix%
> mingw32-make
> mingw32-make install
>
> ZLib (MSYS)
> ===========
> mingw32-make -fwin32/makefile.gcc SHAREDLIB=libz.dll
> mkdir -p %prefix%/bin
> mkdir -p %prefix%/include
> mkdir -p %prefix%/lib
>
> cp libz.dll %prefix%/bin
> cp zlib.h %prefix%include
> cp lib.dll.a %prefix%/lib
>
> JPEG (MSYS)
> ===========
> ../configure --prefix=%prefix%
> make
> make install
>
> PNG (CMake)
> ==========
> cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles"
>   -DZLIB_ROOT=%prefix%\lib
>   -DPNG_TESTS=OFF
>   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%prefix%
> mingw32-make
> mingw32-make install
>
> TIFF (MSYS)
> ===========
> ../configure --prefix=%prefix%
>   --with-zlib-include-dir=%prefix%/include
>   --with-zlib-lib-dir=%prefix%/lib
>   --with-jpeg-include-dir=%prefix%/include
>   --with-jpeg-lib-dir=%prefix%/lib
> make
> make install
>
> Boost
> =====
> Open buildenv.bat and cd to boost dir
> booststrap.bat gcc --prefix=Z:\
> b2 toolset=gcc release
> b2 toolset=gcc --prefix=Z:\ --variant=release --layout=tagged install
>
> OpenEXR (CMake)
> ===============
>
> // Build IlmBase
> cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles"
>   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%prefix%
>   -DNAMESPACE_VERSIONING=OFF
> mingw32-make
> mingw32-make install
>
> // Build OpenEXR
> Needs a modification, see https://github.com/openexr/openexr/issues/95
>
> Edit IlmImf/ImfSystemSpecific.h, line 57 replace #ifdef __GNUC__ with
> #if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
>
> set path=%prefix\bin;%path%
> set path=%prefix%\lib;%path%
>
> cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles"
>   -DZLIB_ROOT="%prefix%"
>   -DILMBASE_PACKAGE_PREFIX="%prefix%"
>   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%prefix%"
>   -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fpermissive"
>   -DNAMESPACE_VERSIONING=OFF
>
> mingw32-make
> mingw32-make install
>
> !!! OpenEXR.pc was not created, I had to create it manually in
> /build/lib/pkgconfig
>
> Content of OpenEXR.pc :
>
> prefix=/build
> exec_prefix=/build
> libdir=/build/lib
> includedir=/build/include
> OpenEXR_includedir=@includedir@/OpenEXR
>
> Name: OpenEXR
> Description: OpenEXR image library
> Version: 2.2.0
>
> Libs: -L${libdir} -lIlmImf
> Cflags: -I${OpenEXR_includedir}
> Requires: IlmBase
> Libs.private: -lz
>
>
> SDL (MSYS)
> ==========
> ../configure --prefix=/build
> make
> make install
>
> POV-Ray (MSYS)
> ==============
> // Patches
> vfesession.h, vfeplatform.h
>   #define uint unsigned int
>
>
> In source folder cd unix
> ../prebuild.sh
> cd ..
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%prefix%/lib
> export LD_FLAGS=%prefix%/lib
> export C_INCLUDE_PATH=%prefix%/include
> export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=%prefix%/include
> export PATH=%prefix%/bin:$PATH
> export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=%prefix%/lib/pkgconfig
> ../configure COMPILED_BY="your name <e-mail>" LIBS="-L/build/lib
> -lboost_system-mt" --prefix=/build
> make
> make install
>
>
>
>
>


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