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wiki:development:build-howto-mswin:x2goclient [2018/06/07 06:48]
ionic Typos, spelling, formatting, ... 		wiki:development:build-howto-mswin:x2goclient [2019/05/22 23:56]
ionic [Manual Copying] Update VcXsrv instructions (new files, find command).
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 <code> <code>
 $ copy debian\changelog txt\ $ copy debian\changelog txt\
-git --no-pager log --since "2 years ago" --format="%ai %aN (%h) %n%n%x09*%w(68,0,10) %s%d%n" > ChangeLog.gitlog+$ git --no-pager log --since "2 years ago" --format="%ai %aN (%h) %n%n%x09*%w(68,0,10) %s%d%n" > ChangeLog.gitlog
 $ copy ChangeLog.gitlog txt\git-info $ copy ChangeLog.gitlog txt\git-info
 </code> </code>
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 The 2 binaries to copy are: The 2 binaries to copy are:
  
-  - x2goclient.exe (from the ''client_build\release'' folder) +  - ''x2goclient.exe'' (from the ''client_build\release'' folder) 
-  - x2gohelper.exe (from the ''client_build\release'' folder)+  - ''x2gohelper.exe'' (from the ''client_build\release'' folder)
  
 However, you must decide where you wish to copy them. However, you must decide where you wish to copy them.
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 ==== Pack/Compress X2Go Client ==== ==== Pack/Compress X2Go Client ====
  
-You may want to pack X2Go Client to reduce it size. You can do it with [[http://upx.sourceforge.net/|upx]], which is available for Windows, Linux and Cygwin.+You may want to pack X2Go Client to reduce it size. You can do it with [[https://upx.github.io/|upx]], which is available for Windows, Linux and Cygwin.
  
-Official regular builds of X2Go Client are packed. Official debug builds of X2Go Client are not.+Official regular builds of X2Go Client are packed. Official debug builds of X2Go Client are not. There is no difference between nightly and release versions - both pack the release binary, while not packing the debug binary.
  
 It is available in [[http://code.x2go.org/gitweb?p=x2goclient-contrib.git;a=tree;hb=HEAD|x2goclient-contrib.git]]. The current version is located at: It is available in [[http://code.x2go.org/gitweb?p=x2goclient-contrib.git;a=tree;hb=HEAD|x2goclient-contrib.git]]. The current version is located at:
 <code> <code>
-x2goclient-contrib\upx\3.91_bin\upx.exe+x2goclient-contrib\upx\3.95_bin\upx.exe
 </code> </code>
  
 The 2 files to pack are: The 2 files to pack are:
-  - x2goclient.exe +  - ''x2goclient.exe'' 
-  - x2gohelper.exe+  - ''x2gohelper.exe''
  
 ===== Building nxproxy & OpenSSH (Optional) ===== ===== Building nxproxy & OpenSSH (Optional) =====
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 Download and start the [[https://cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe|Cygwin 32-bit installer]]. Download and start the [[https://cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe|Cygwin 32-bit installer]].
  
-Choose your Cygwin directory. For example c:\cygwin. Follow installer instructions.+Choose your Cygwin directory. For example C:\cygwin. Follow installer instructions.
  
 For the X2Go-WinBuilder VM, install to D:\cygwin.YYYY-MM-DD instead. For the X2Go-WinBuilder VM, install to D:\cygwin.YYYY-MM-DD instead.
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 <code> <code>
-setup-x86.exe -P "autoconf,automake,gcc-core,gcc-g++,git,libX11-devel,libjpeg-devel,libpng-devel,libmpfr4,make,zlib-devel,wget,libedit-devel,libncurses-devel,openssl-devel,patch,bashdb,bash-completion,chere,colorgcc,colordiff,diffutils,dos2unix,cygcheck-dep,cygutils-extra,indent,mc,renameutils,vim,git-completion,patchutils,openssh,xz,unzip,nano,bzip2,time"+$ setup-x86.exe -P "autoconf,automake,gcc-core,gcc-g++,git,libX11-devel,libjpeg-devel,libpng-devel,libmpfr4,make,zlib-devel,wget,libedit-devel,libncurses-devel,openssl-devel,patch,bashdb,bash-completion,chere,colorgcc,colordiff,diffutils,dos2unix,cygcheck-dep,cygutils-extra,indent,mc,renameutils,vim,git-completion,patchutils,openssh,xz,unzip,nano,bzip2,time"
 </code> </code>
  
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   * ''automake''   * ''automake''
   * ''gcc-core''   * ''gcc-core''
-  * ''gcc-g\+\+''+  * ''gcc-g%%++%%''
   * ''git''   * ''git''
   * ''imake''   * ''imake''
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 For building of OpenSSH Server, you will also need: For building of OpenSSH Server, you will also need:
-  * libedit-devel +  * ''libedit-devel'' 
-  * libncurses-devel +  * ''libncurses-devel'' 
-  * openssl-devel +  * ''openssl-devel'' 
-  * patch+  * ''patch''
  
 For OpenSSH you should install both, binary and source packages. Toggle the "Src" checkbox beside the package name. Source package will be installed in ''/usr/src'' directory in your Cygwin installation. For OpenSSH you should install both, binary and source packages. Toggle the "Src" checkbox beside the package name. Source package will be installed in ''/usr/src'' directory in your Cygwin installation.
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 If you are doing official builds, install these **source** packages for both nxproxy and openssh: If you are doing official builds, install these **source** packages for both nxproxy and openssh:
-  * dash +  * ''dash'' 
-  * cygwin +  * ''cygwin'' 
-  * gcc (select source for: gcc-core) +  * ''gcc'' (select source for: ''gcc-core'') 
-  * libedit (select source for: libedit0) +  * ''libedit'' (select source for: ''libedit0'') 
-  * libjpeg-turbo (select source for: libjpeg-devel) +  * ''libjpeg-turbo'' (select source for: ''libjpeg-devel'') 
-  * libpng15 (select source for: libpng-devel) (X2Go Client 4.0.3.x) +  * ''libpng15'' (select source for: ''libpng-devel'') (X2Go Client 4.0.3.x) 
-  * libpng (select source for: libpng-devel) (X2Go Client 4.0.4.x+) +  * ''libpng'' (select source for: ''libpng-devel'') (X2Go Client 4.0.4.x+) 
-  * ncurses (select source for: libncurses-devel) +  * ''ncurses'' (select source for: ''libncurses-devel'') 
-  * openssh (source, but not binary) +  * ''openssh'' (source, but not binary) 
-  * openssl +  * ''openssl'' 
-  * zlib (select source for: zlib-devel)+  * ''zlib'' (select source for: ''zlib-devel'')
  
 ==== Building nxproxy 3.5 ==== ==== Building nxproxy 3.5 ====
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 Open SSH Server binaries are ready. You can copy it into the program packaging folder (''dist/'' or ''nsis/x2goclient/'') of X2Go Client, or the x2goclient-contrib folder: Open SSH Server binaries are ready. You can copy it into the program packaging folder (''dist/'' or ''nsis/x2goclient/'') of X2Go Client, or the x2goclient-contrib folder:
-  * sftp.exe +  * ''sftp.exe'' 
-  * sftp-server.exe +  * ''sftp-server.exe'' 
-  * ssh-keygen.exe +  * ''ssh-keygen.exe'' 
-  * sshd.exe+  * ''sshd.exe''
  
 For example: For example:
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 First, copy these files over without changing their filenames. First, copy these files over without changing their filenames.
-  * cygcrypto-1.0.0.dll +  * ''cygcrypto-1.0.0.dll'' 
-  * cygedit-0.dll +  * ''cygedit-0.dll'' 
-  * cyggcc_s-1.dll +  * ''cyggcc_s-1.dll'' 
-  * cygncursesw-10.dll +  * ''cygncursesw-10.dll'' 
-  * cygssp-0.dll +  * ''cygssp-0.dll'' 
-  * cygwin1.dll +  * ''cygwin1.dll'' 
-  * cygz.dll+  * ''cygz.dll''
  
 For example: For example:
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 === Libraries === === Libraries ===
  
-  - Add MinGW 4.8's libraries (copy from ''D:\i686-4.8.2-release-posix-dwarf-rt_v3-rev3\mingw32\bin''). (Note that the inclusion of '\' character before the '+' character is to work around a horrible issue in dokuwiki; the actual filenames do not have the '\" character.)+  - Add MinGW 4.8's libraries (copy from ''D:\i686-4.8.2-release-posix-dwarf-rt_v3-rev3\mingw32\bin'').
     * ''libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll''     * ''libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll''
-    * ''libstdc\+\+-6.dll''+    * ''libstdc%%++%%-6.dll''
     * ''libwinpthread-1.dll''     * ''libwinpthread-1.dll''
   - Add OpenSSL libraries (copy from your OpenSSL installation directory)   - Add OpenSSL libraries (copy from your OpenSSL installation directory)
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   - zlib library for libssh (available [[http://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-win32/3rd-party/zlib/|here on our site]]) (binaries originally from [[http://www.zlib.net/ | the zlib project]] site)   - zlib library for libssh (available [[http://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-win32/3rd-party/zlib/|here on our site]]) (binaries originally from [[http://www.zlib.net/ | the zlib project]] site)
     * ''zlib1.dll''     * ''zlib1.dll''
-  - If you want to use X2Go Client on older versions of Windows, you should put the "Microsoft Visual C\+\+ Redistributable 2013 Package"'s dll files into your X2Go Client package directory. (Originally downloaded from the [[http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29|Microsoft download site]]).+  - If you want to use X2Go Client on older versions of Windows, you should put the "Microsoft Visual C%%++%% Redistributable 2013 Package"'s dll files into your X2Go Client package directory. (Originally downloaded from the [[http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29|Microsoft download site]]).
     * ''msvcp120.dll''     * ''msvcp120.dll''
     * ''msvcr120.dll.dll''     * ''msvcr120.dll.dll''
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 Also, if you are doing an official X2Go Project build, remove these files that X2Go Client does not need and would take up extra space: Also, if you are doing an official X2Go Project build, remove these files that X2Go Client does not need and would take up extra space:
   * ''iconv.dll''   * ''iconv.dll''
 +  * ''libiconv-2.dll''
   * ''libgcc-s-sjlj-1.dll''   * ''libgcc-s-sjlj-1.dll''
   * ''libiconv-2.dll''   * ''libiconv-2.dll''
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 Using Debian's strip-nondeterminism (a perl script that calls a perl library, both of which can be extracted from their deb's & run fine under Cygwin): Using Debian's strip-nondeterminism (a perl script that calls a perl library, both of which can be extracted from their deb's & run fine under Cygwin):
 <code> <code>
-$ cd /cygdrive/c/x2gobuilds/x2goclient-contrib/VcXsrv/1.20.0.0_bin/fonts +$ cd /cygdrive/c/x2gobuilds/x2goclient-contrib/VcXsrv/1.20.1.4_bin/fonts 
-$ find . -name *.gz | xargs strip-nondeterminism+$ find . -iname '*.gz' -exec strip-nondeterminism '{}' ';'
 </code> </code>
 If you are doing an official X2Go Project build, create this file in the VcXsrv folder: If you are doing an official X2Go Project build, create this file in the VcXsrv folder:
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 ===== Creating an NSIS Installer ===== ===== Creating an NSIS Installer =====
  
-Install NSIS Unicode (currently, 2.46.5): http://www.scratchpaper.com/+Install NSIS (currently, 3.04): https://nsis.sourceforge.io 
 + 
 +Previously, we used NSIS Unicode, but this project is stale and NSIS 3.x nowadays supports Unicode.
  
 Then, edit ''nsis/x2goclient.nsi'' and replace all instances of ''X2GOCLIENT_VERSION'' with the actual version, and any string at the end. For example, if you were doing a test build of fixing bug 123 on top of 4.0.3.2, use ''4.0.3.2-bug123'' as the version string. Then, edit ''nsis/x2goclient.nsi'' and replace all instances of ''X2GOCLIENT_VERSION'' with the actual version, and any string at the end. For example, if you were doing a test build of fixing bug 123 on top of 4.0.3.2, use ''4.0.3.2-bug123'' as the version string.
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