Building on Windows
Building Exodus on Windows
Setting up Exodus Build Environment on Windows
Install and configure MS VC++ Step_by_step_instructions#INSTALL_COMPILER
Install and configure Postgresql: Step_by_step_instructions#INSTALL_DATABASE
Install Subversion client: http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html
Get Boost Libraries
Install or build Boost 1_46_1 Release binary libraries
If you want to debug Exodus (ie develop it) install or build Boost: 1_46_1 Debug binary libraries
Building Boost 32/64 on Windows or ready made: http://exodusdb.googlecode.com/files/boost-vc100-x86x64-rd.zip
Building ICU 32/64 on Windows or ready made: http://exodusdb.googlecode.com/files/icu-vc100-x86x64-rd.zip
Install Subversion
You can ignore its suggestion to reboot after installation.
Download Exodus Source/Build Files
NB always use HTTPS not http for the subversion link below - just in case you need to commit any changes back up into the subversion repository.
GUI
- Create a folder called "exodus" F:\exodus
- Right exodus click and choose "SVN checkout"
- url of respository: HTTPS://exodusdb.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
TUI
svn co HTTPS://exodusdb.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ c:\exodus
Configuring Exodus for Building
copy the config0.bat to config.bat and edit it to reflect your configuration
If you are only building x64 then you dont need to set the x32 variables
Build Using Visual Studio
The exodus_all.sln relies on environment variables to identify location of boost, postgresql. All the necessary environment variables are set in config.bat.
To open visual studio with all the right environment variables set you must run dev.bat which calls config.bat and then opens your solution
run dev.bat which sets up the environment and opens visual studio
- Select Configuration: Release or Debug
- Select Platform: x64 or Win32
- Build the solution
- Run the solution - should get an exodus/cmd command console
- type configexodus
Build Using Command Line
make.bat clean.bat
Packaging Exodus
pack.bat
