Installing the toolchain
This section is preliminary setup - once this has been completed, you can rebuild monotone regularly using only the instructions in the next section.
| Package | Version | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition | 8.0 | http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/download/ |
| Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK | 3/14/2006 | http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0BAF2B35-C656-4969-ACE8-E4C0C0716ADB&displaylang=en |
| Boost | 1.33.1 | http://prdownloads.sf.net/boost/boost_1_33_1.tar.bz2?download |
| iconv | 1.9.2 | http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/libiconv.php |
| zlib | 1.2.3 | http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/zlib.php |
Newer versions of the tools listed above are likely to work without too much trouble.
Installation instructions
Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition - full install.
Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK - full install.
Follow the Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition configuration instructions here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/
Update vsvars32.bat using the instructions here: http://boost.org/tools/build/v1/vc-8_0-tools.html
iconv - full install.
zlib - full install.
boost - follow the VS8 instructions here: http://boost.org/more/getting_started.html
Building monotone
- Install a pre-built monotone binary from http://www.monotone.ca/downloads/
- Follow the instructions at MonotoneProjectServer to get a copy of the monotone repository.
mtn -d path/to/database.mtn -b net.venge.monotone co monotone- In Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition, open monotone/visualc/monotone.sln
- Select either the 'debug' or 'release' target from the toolbar dropdown.
- Review the C++ include path and Linker include path to ensure the paths to ?GnuWin32 (for iconv and zlib) and Boost are correct.
- Build the solution.