From 4909313b2ad478d8009bdae7838b4b674812f4a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Joyce <rob@redglow.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 17:58:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update instructions for Windows builds.
---
INSTALL.txt | 7 ++++---
README_win32.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index c61236d7c..029474659 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
Installation Instructions
- Last Modified: March 2010
+ Last Modified: Feb 2012
REQUIREMENTS
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ Tested Platform:
- SunOS 4-5.*
- Windows
-System:
-- C compiler
+Build System:
+- C/C++ compiler
+- Java compiler / JDK
- GNU Make
Optional Programs:
diff --git a/README_win32.txt b/README_win32.txt
index f6daaf990..495694343 100644
--- a/README_win32.txt
+++ b/README_win32.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit
- Last Modified: Sept 2008
+ Last Modified: Feb 2012
====================================================================
The Sleuth Kit (TSK) runs on Windows. If you simply want the
@@ -15,9 +15,22 @@ One is to use Microsoft Visual Studio. The VS solution file is in
the win32 directory. Refer to the BUILDING.txt file in that directory
for details.
-You can also compile Windows executables on Linux using mingw32.
-Simply give the "--host=i586-mingw32msvc" argument when running the
-'./configure' script and use 'make' to compile.
+You can also compile Windows executables using mingw32. If you're
+using mingw32 on Linux, simply give the "--host=i586-mingw32msvc"
+argument when running the './configure' script and use 'make' to
+compile. If you're using mingw32 on Windows, './configure' and
+'make' will work directly.
+
+Note that compilation requires a JDK be installed, and by default
+the Oracle JDK on Windows is installed in a path such as
+C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_16\. GNU autotools do not handle
+paths containing spaces, so you will need to copy the JDK to a
+directory without spaces in the name, such as C:\jdk1.6.0_16\, then
+add C:\jdk1.6.0_16\bin to $PATH before running './configure'
+
+Note also that libtool may fail on mingw32 on Windows if
+C:\Windows\system32 is on $PATH before /usr/bin. The fix is to have
+the C:\Windows directories at the _end_ of your mingw $PATH.
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