From 38bc97bd3e0f332423531bbe137ac7cfaf00cac8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pingzing Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 19:36:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify windows build instructions --- README.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5741e2c1..90926ada 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -44,10 +44,30 @@ export OPENSSL_LIB_DIR=`brew --prefix openssl`/lib On Windows, consider building with [mingw-w64](http://mingw-w64.org/). Build script will try to find mingw in `PATH` environment variable to provide Cargo with location where openssl libs from mingw-w64 package may be found. -If you followed guide [Building on Windows](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust#building-on-windows) -from rust repo, then you should have [MSYS2](http://msys2.github.io/) with -`mingw-w64-openssl` installed as part of `mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain` -(or `mingw-w64-i686-toolchain`) package. + +mingw-w64 can be easily installed by using [MSYS2](http://msys2.github.io/). Install MSYS2 according to the instructions, and then, from an MSYS2 Shell, install mingw-w64: + +32-bit: +```bash +pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-gcc +``` + +64-bit +```bash +pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc +``` + +and then install the mingw-w64 toolchain. + +32-bit: +```bash +pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain +``` + +64-bit: +```bash +pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-toolchain +``` Alternatively, install OpenSSL from [here][1]. Cargo will not be able to find OpenSSL if it's installed to the default location. You can either copy the `include/openssl`