Hi! Am 29.02.2016 20:33 schrieb "Mark Grandi" <<a href="mailto:markgrandi@gmail.com">markgrandi@gmail.com</a>>: > well, since you seem keen on building it yourself, here are my (very rough) notes from the time i built the 2.6.0 installer > ><a href="https://gist.github.com/mgrandi/b3706bb399200859b89c"> https://gist.github.com/mgrandi/b3706bb399200859b89c</a> Ok, "keen on" is probably a bit exaggerated, and you're more likely to finish the job than me. But thank you very much for your input! I'll give it a try, using VS 2015 this time... Matthias >> On Feb 29, 2016, at 12:30 PM, Matthias Kluwe <<a href="mailto:mkluwe@gmail.com">mkluwe@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> >> 2016-02-29 15:29 GMT+01:00 Alexander Belchenko <<a href="mailto:alexander.belchenko@gmail.com">alexander.belchenko@gmail.com</a>>: >> >>> Please, take a look at<a href="https://launchpad.net/bzr-windows-installers"> https://launchpad.net/bzr-windows-installers</a> >>> >>> This project tried to script the build process. >>> Unfortunately it's not very easy to build due to many dependencies. >> >> >> Wow, that's quite a list. >> >> Building something on Windows without having a package manager means a >> lot of manual work. And call me paranoid: Having to download binaries >> from<a href="http://sf.net"> sf.net</a> makes me nervous... >> >> Ok, I'm giving the whole thing a try. I'm not sure if I have to use >> the *exact* depenency versions (the installers project is a bit >> dated), but let's see how far I can get (and if this works in the VM I >> downloaded from Microsoft). >> >> Regards, >> Matthias >> >>> 2016-02-29 16:17 GMT+02:00 Matthias Kluwe <<a href="mailto:mkluwe@gmail.com">mkluwe@gmail.com</a>>: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> What exactly are the requirements for building the Windows installer? >>>> After a brief look into the bzr directory I failed to find build >>>> instructions. >>>> >>>> Ok, running the Makefile suggests some kind of 'make' should be available. >>>> Is an installation of MinGW sufficient? >>>> >>>> Furthermore, the 'iscc' command seems to belong to Inno Setup, and >>>> obviously Python2 is needed. I would try to obtain these by chocolatey. >>>> >>>> Additionally, the older standalone installers included several GUI add-ons >>>> such as Bazaar Explorer, qbzr and TortoiseBzr. Any idea on how to accomplish >>>> this? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Matthias