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== Building ICU common and i18n projects for Boost ==
= Building ICU common and i18n projects for Boost =


You do not need to build the whole of ICU just to get icudt.lib, icuuc.lib and icuin.lib required by boost regex for unicode aware regex
You do not need to build the whole of ICU just to get icudt.lib, icuuc.lib and icuin.lib required by boost regex for unicode aware regex. The "common" project makes icudt.lib icuuc.lib and the "i18n" project makes icuin.lib


The "common" project makes icudt.lib icuuc.lib and the "i18n" project makes icuin.lib
The release configuration of ICU can be built with SDK only. Visual Studio is only needed to create debug versions. Visual Studio Express is sufficient and it can be run in command mode.


=== Specimen Build Platform/Environment ===
== Specimen Build Platform/Environment ==


*windows server 2008 R2 SP1 64
*windows server 2008 R2 SP1 64
*install sdk7.1 minimally
*install sdk7.1 minimally
*install visual studio c++ 2010 express (if building debug versions)
*install visual studio c++ 2010 express (optional if not building debug libs)


=== Get ICU Source ===
VS is needed for building debug versions even while doing command line build. It might even be needed for building release versions if the projects arent setup quite right for msbuild+sdk only. Presence of VS doesnt mean that we are going to use GUI


extract all to f:\icu4c-4_6_1-src
== Get ICU Source ==
 
Download


  http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/4.6.1/icu4c-4_6_1-src.zip
  http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/4.6.1/icu4c-4_6_1-src.zip


open sdk7.1 command prompt and get into icu source folder
"extract all" to
 
f:
cd \icu4c-4_6_1-src\icu\source
 
=== Building x64 ===
 
==== x64/Release ====
 
<pre>
setenv /release
 
cd common
msbuild /p:Platform=x64 /p:Configuration=Release
cd ..
 
cd i18n
msbuild /p:Platform=x64 /p:Configuration=Release
cd ..
</pre>
 
Check the lib64 folder for icudt.lib, icuuc.lib and icuin.lib
 
==== x64/Debug ====
 
Producing the proper debug versions of icu may not be necessary if your objective is only to produce release versions of the boost libraries (and you use the work-around to avoid the need for icu debug libraries)
 
setenv /debug
 
NOTE: To produce the DEBUG version of the libraries, you need Visual Studio's bscmake on the path. This must be done after setenv.
 
<pre>
vsvars32 x64
 
cd common
msbuild /p:Platform=x64 /p:Configuration=Debug
cd ..
 
cd i18n
msbuild /p:Platform=x64 /p:Configuration=Debug
cd ..
</pre>
 
Check the lib64 folder for icuucd.lib and icuind.lib
 
 
=== Building x86 Debug and Release ===
 
<pre>
f:
cd \icu4c-4_6_1-src\icu\source
 
setenv /release /x86
 
cd common
msbuild /p:Platform=win32 /p:Configuration=Release
cd ..
 
cd i18n
msbuild /p:Platform=win32 /p:Configuration=Release
cd ..
 
@if not exist ..\lib\icudt.lib @echo ..\lib\icudt.lib not built!
@if not exist ..\lib\icuin.lib @echo ..\lib\icuin.lib not built!
@if not exist ..\lib\icuuc.lib @echo ..\lib\icuuc.lib not built!
 


setenv /debug /x86
f:\icu4c-4_6_1-src


vsvars32 x86
== Script to build x86 x64 Release+Debug ==


cd common
Can make VS2005 VS2008 VS2010 if you amend parameters in the heading
msbuild /p:Platform=win32 /p:Configuration=Debug
cd ..


cd i18n
rem xp 2008 win7 for VS2005 VS2008 VS2010 respectively
msbuild /p:Platform=win32 /p:Configuration=Debug
set SETENV_TARGET=2008
cd ..


http://code.google.com/p/exodusdb/source/browse/trunk/buildicu.cmd


@if not exist ..\lib\icuind.lib @echo ..\lib\icuind.lib not built!
[[older instructions]]
@if not exist ..\lib\icuucd.lib @echo ..\lib\icuucd.lib not built!
</pre>

Latest revision as of 13:03, 23 June 2011

Building ICU common and i18n projects for Boost

You do not need to build the whole of ICU just to get icudt.lib, icuuc.lib and icuin.lib required by boost regex for unicode aware regex. The "common" project makes icudt.lib icuuc.lib and the "i18n" project makes icuin.lib

The release configuration of ICU can be built with SDK only. Visual Studio is only needed to create debug versions. Visual Studio Express is sufficient and it can be run in command mode.

Specimen Build Platform/Environment

  • windows server 2008 R2 SP1 64
  • install sdk7.1 minimally
  • install visual studio c++ 2010 express (optional if not building debug libs)

VS is needed for building debug versions even while doing command line build. It might even be needed for building release versions if the projects arent setup quite right for msbuild+sdk only. Presence of VS doesnt mean that we are going to use GUI

Get ICU Source

Download 

http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/4.6.1/icu4c-4_6_1-src.zip

"extract all" to 

f:\icu4c-4_6_1-src

Script to build x86 x64 Release+Debug

Can make VS2005 VS2008 VS2010 if you amend parameters in the heading 

rem xp 2008 win7 for VS2005 VS2008 VS2010 respectively
set SETENV_TARGET=2008

http://code.google.com/p/exodusdb/source/browse/trunk/buildicu.cmd

older instructions

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