On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:32 PM, Martin Pecka <pe...@seznam.cz> wrote: > Hello DT developers. > > I know there is some discussion about Windows ports of DT. And I even know > there is a PR that looks promising and is adding Windows support the > "proper" and user-friendly way. However, it still seems to me you're > undecided if the Windows port is a wanted "feature" or not. > But today I've tested a way that allows to compile DT on Windows 10 with no > code modifications at all (well, with one character being edited in > src/CMakeLists.txt). Which means no additional burden for the regular > Linux/Mac developers. My suggestion doesn't result in an installer or > binary, but just in a compilation guide, where it can be clearly written > that bugreports for this DT "distribution" will be ignored. And since every > user that compiles DT on Windows would have to read this guide, he should > also read and remember not to post bugreports. > > My approach uses the Windows Subsystem for Linux added in Win10 ( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux ), which is "a > compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables (in ELF format) > natively on Windows 10". This practically means you can run bash in your > Windows console, and that bash runs in a fictional Ubuntu 14.04. But this > "fictional Ubuntu" can do most of the things real Ubuntu can do, most > notably installing software via apt-get and compiling using gcc. I was > really impressed by the subset of things that are working seamlessly. > > Together with Xming (X server port for Windows), this allows for quite easy > compilation and running of Darktable on Windows. > > I've recorded the needed steps in the following Gist: > https://gist.github.com/peci1/222a6bdfa028aa043f9c509c78bf9bc4 . It's mostly > just about adding newer versions of libraries to the fictional Trusty > system, and then using the standard Ubuntu compilation guide from DT wiki. > (I think it's generally also a guide on how to build DT on real Trusty > system). > > Recent news ( > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/10/windows-10-linux-subsystem-ubuntu-16-04 ) > mentioned it will even be possible to get Xenial instead of Trusty on > Windows. That would even mean darktable could be compiled on Windows with > exactly the steps from Xenial compilation guide. However, I'm not able to > test this ATM (it's not yet released to public, and I run some other > software that requires Trusty). > > My question/suggestion is: should I add this guide to the official DT wiki? Forcing something down our throat sure will help. Go on.
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