Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of WindowsWithoutCygwin

Timestamp:

Mar 24, 2015, 8:17:21 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

mmaxfield@apple.com

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WindowsWithoutCygwin

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 Here are the steps I had to take to build WebKit on Windows 8.1 without Cygwin (Apple Win port)
 
-1. Do NOT install Git from http://www.git-scm.com/download/win or http://msysgit.github.io/. This package will install a sh.exe next to git.exe (so it will therefore be in your $PATH), at a location which has spaces in it. This confuses GNU Make. The GitHub app has a similar problem.
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-2. Install the following programs:
+1. Install the following programs:
   1. Visual Studio. https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs
   2. ActiveState Perl. 64-bit is fine. http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads
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   6. Bison. http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/bison.htm
   7. GNU Make. http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/make.htm
-  8. Subversion. http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32svn/
+  8. Git. http://www.git-scm.com/download/win Note: Make sure you select the option "Use Git from the Windows Command Prompt." This is because it installs a sh.exe in your path, and if the location of that sh.exe has spaces in it, Make gets confused. When I installed this, I unchecked all the options.
 
-3. Make sure all the programs you just installed (except Visual Studio) are accessible through your $PATH. http://www.itechtics.com/customize-windows-environment-variables/ You may be required to reboot after modifying $PATH before new shells will see the updated variable.
+2. Make sure all the programs you just installed (except Visual Studio) are accessible through your $PATH. http://www.itechtics.com/customize-windows-environment-variables/ You may be required to reboot after modifying $PATH before new shells will see the updated variable.
 
-4. > svn checkout https://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/trunk WebKit
+3. > git clone git://git.webkit.org/WebKit.git
 
-5. Download the WebKit Support Libraries to the root of your source tree. If the file is incorrectly named, rename it to WebKitSupportLibrary.zip. Do not extract its contents.
+4. Download the WebKit Support Libraries to the root of your source tree. If the file is incorrectly named, rename it to WebKitSupportLibrary.zip. Do not extract its contents.
 
 TODO: Finish this