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First, install MSYS2 using the one-click installer or directly unzipping the archive from their repository
If you are going to use QtCreator you should install msys2 in the default install folder, c:\msys64
Open a MSYS2 shell and update the system packages :
pacman --noconfirm --needed -Sy bash pacman pacman-mirrors msys2-runtime
Close the shell and open a new one to update the remaining packages :
pacman --noconfirm -Su
You are now ready to install openFrameworks.
Download and unzip the msys2 version of oF.
Open an MSYS shell and install OF dependencies:
cd your_oF_directory/scripts/msys2
./install_dependencies.sh
Open an MINGW32 shell and compile oF libraries:
cd your_oF_directory/libs/openFrameworksCompiled/project
make
You can speed-up compilation using parallel build make -j${NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS}
Compile the example (for example the 3DPrimitivesExample)
cd your_oF_directory/examples/3d/3DPrimitivesExample
make
At this point, make run or double-click on the exe file to launch.
Every example has a Makefile you can configure using the files config.make and addons.make.
config.make: This file has options to add search paths, libraries, etc., the syntax is the usual syntax in makefiles, there's help comments inside the file.
addons.make: if you want to use an addon which is inside the addons folder, just add its name in a new line in this file.
Windows applications compiled with msys2 need some system dlls to run. If you are going to run the application in a different machine where you don't wont to install msys2 you can run:
make copy_dlls
from the msys2 terminal and it'll copy the necesary dlls to the project bin folder. Now you can copy that bin folder to any computer and it will run right away without having to install msys2.
This is still experimental so if you find any problem please report it on github
With msys2 you can also use QtCreator as an IDE, you can find more information in the corresponding setup guide:
http://openframeworks.cc/setup/qtcreator
- "I have a TLSv1_1_client_method missing error" when I double-click the exe ?"
The executable looks for ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll and it first finds a version that doesn't support TLS v1.1. Often it happens with Intel iCls software. The solution is to move the your_msys2_directory\mingw32\bin path before the conflicting path. If the conflicting path is in the system PATH and you do not have administrative privileges, copy/link ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll from your_msys2_directory\mingw32\bin to the executable folder.
- "I'm on a corporate network with a proxy. I cannot download packages with pacman."
You may need to set HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY environment variables.
From a DOS/CMD prompt :
set http_proxy=http://your_proxy:your_port
set http_proxy=http://username:password@your_proxy:your_port
set https_proxy=https://your_proxy:your_port
set https_proxy=https://username:password@your_proxy:your_port
Don't forget to escape special characters in your password...
many thanks!! OFteam