Building headless Bitcoin and Bitcoin-qt on Windows

[paradiselife]

It would be nice if guide could get updated

[Bram]

MINIUPNPC_INCLUDE_PATH=C:/deps/
MINIUPNPC_LIB_PATH=C:/deps/miniupnpc

Does the Include Path need to be C;/deps/miniupnpc
Does the LIB_Path need to be C:/deps/miniupnpc/lib

[nitrogenetics]

net.cpp points to miniupnpc folder so you need to actually set the parent folder on MINIUPNPC_INCLUDE_PATH

[Bram]

I am so close!

I am getting this error when I do the mingw32-make -f Makefile.Release.



https://i.imgur.com/ALNa67W.jpg?1

I made all the changes to the files.

[BitcoinTate]

I am so close!

I am getting this error when I do the mingw32-make -f Makefile.Release.





I made all the changes to the files.

After making all the changes with the updated instructions (qt 5.2) I am getting the exact same error with mingw32-make -f Makefile.Release.

[Sejnt]

I'm not getting any errors with QT5.2
Still didn't solve my closing error :<

[BitcoinTate]

I'm not getting any errors with QT5.2
Still didn't solve my closing error :<

What are the exact specs you are using?

[Sejnt]

What are the exact specs you are using?

MinGW 4.8.1 from the link in the main thread
Boost 1.54 (or 1.55 - happens on both)
QT 5.1.1 (or 5.2.0 - happens on both)
Miniupnpc 1.8
OpenSSL 1.0.1e
BerkeleyDB 4.8.30 NC
Litecoin source code from GitHub

https://i.imgur.com/KY0lSbM.gif

(happens even with all needed DLLs in the directory)

Before I tried with:

- QT 4.8.5 and MinGW 4.8.1
APPCRASH on the start (not because of missing DLLs)

- QT 4.8.5 and MinGW 4.6.2
Could not compile BerkeleyDB

Gonna try another coin now.

[skyisthelimit]

I gave up nothing is working for me

[BitcoinTate]

At step 1.4, what is the proper way to install 4.8 to the Mingw folder?

I think this was where the issue of not being able to find the boost files came from for me even with the correct paths. I copied them to the mingw32 sub folder instead of the main bin folder.

Is it best to copy all folders in the gcc 4.8 download and merge them with the existing files in the C:/Mingw/ folder?

1.4 Install GCC from MinGW-builds project:
Download and unpack x32-4.8.1-release-posix-dwarf-rev5.7z
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwbuilds/files/host-windows/releases/4.8.1/32-bit/threads-posix/dwarf/x32-4.8.1-release-posix-dwarf-rev5.7z/download

[skyisthelimit]

At step 1.4, what is the proper way to install 4.8 to the Mingw folder?

I think this was where the issue of not being able to find the boost files came from for me even with the correct paths. I copied them to the mingw32 sub folder instead of the main bin folder.

Is it best to copy all folders in the gcc 4.8 download and merge them with the existing files in the C:/Mingw/ folder?

1.4 Install GCC from MinGW-builds project:
Download and unpack x32-4.8.1-release-posix-dwarf-rev5.7z
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwbuilds/files/host-windows/releases/4.8.1/32-bit/threads-posix/dwarf/x32-4.8.1-release-posix-dwarf-rev5.7z/download

for that part I put it in c:/

It would be nice if the guide could be a little more noob friendly lol

[Sejnt]

At step 1.4, what is the proper way to install 4.8 to the Mingw folder?

I unpacked it to C:\MinGW\mingw32

Then added C:\MinGW\mingw32\bin to the PATH

[nitrogenetics]

What are the exact specs you are using?

MinGW 4.8.1 from the link in the main thread
Boost 1.54 (or 1.55 - happens on both)
QT 5.1.1 (or 5.2.0 - happens on both)
Miniupnpc 1.8
OpenSSL 1.0.1e
BerkeleyDB 4.8.30 NC
Litecoin source code from GitHub



(happens even with all needed DLLs in the directory)

Before I tried with:

- QT 4.8.5 and MinGW 4.8.1
APPCRASH on the start (not because of missing DLLs)

- QT 4.8.5 and MinGW 4.6.2
Could not compile BerkeleyDB

Gonna try another coin now.

Had a look at litecoin-qt also.
Using the released 0.8.6.1 source it worked almost out of the box. Just had to replace
ui->treeWidget->header()->setClickable(true);
with
ui->treeWidget->header()->setSectionsClickable(true);

in coincontroldialog.cpp to make it work with qt 5.2

[BitcoinTate]

At step 1.4, what is the proper way to install 4.8 to the Mingw folder?

I unpacked it to C:\MinGW\mingw32

Then added C:\MinGW\mingw32\bin to the PATH

Will try that. Thank you!

[nitrogenetics]

At step 1.4, what is the proper way to install 4.8 to the Mingw folder?

Unpack it somewhere (eg c:\) then add the bin folder (eg C:\mingw32\bin) to your PATH.

[Sejnt]

in coincontroldialog.cpp to make it work with qt 5.2

I have already replaced that.
I mean the wallet works and all but pops out a lot of errors when trying to close it.

[BitcoinTate]

At step 1.4, what is the proper way to install 4.8 to the Mingw folder?

Unpack it somewhere (eg c:\) then add the bin folder (eg C:\mingw32\bin) to your PATH.

Awesome, will do! Thanks!

[nitrogenetics]

in coincontroldialog.cpp to make it work with qt 5.2

I mean the wallet works and all but pops out a lot of errors when trying to close it.

Same here, it was still syncing with the testnet when I replied.
Might be a good idea to file a bug report about it

[BitcoinTate]

Still getting this Error with the latest build instructions upon the QT mingw32-make -f Makefile.Release command.

..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/thread/win32/shared_mutex.hpp:53:52: warning: derefer
encing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Wstrict-aliasing]
In file included from ..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/system/system_error.hpp:14:0,
                 from ..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/thread/exceptions.hpp:22,
                 from ..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/thread/win32/thread_primitives.
hpp:16,
                 from ..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/thread/win32/basic_timed_mutex.
hpp:14,
                 from ..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/thread/win32/mutex.hpp:9,
                 from ..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/thread/mutex.hpp:14,
                 from src/allocators.h:10,
                 from src\qt\walletmodel.h:6,
                 from src\qt\bitcoin.cpp:9:
..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/system/error_code.hpp: At global scope:
..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/system/error_code.hpp:222:36: warning: 'boost::system
::posix_category' defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
     static const error_category &  posix_category = generic_category();
                                    ^
..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/system/error_code.hpp:223:36: warning: 'boost::system
::errno_ecat' defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
     static const error_category &  errno_ecat     = generic_category();
                                    ^
..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/system/error_code.hpp:224:36: warning: 'boost::system
::native_ecat' defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
     static const error_category &  native_ecat    = system_category();
                                    ^
Makefile.Release:12891: recipe for target 'build/bitcoin.o' failed
mingw32-make: *** [build/bitcoin.o] Error 1

C:\bitcoin3>

[BitcoinTate]

Still getting this Error with the latest build instructions upon the QT mingw32-make -f Makefile.Release command.

..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/thread/win32/shared_mutex.hpp:53:52: warning: derefer
encing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Wstrict-aliasing]
In file included from ..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/system/system_error.hpp:14:0,
                 from ..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/thread/exceptions.hpp:22,
                 from ..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/thread/win32/thread_primitives.
hpp:16,
                 from ..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/thread/win32/basic_timed_mutex.
hpp:14,
                 from ..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/thread/win32/mutex.hpp:9,
                 from ..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/thread/mutex.hpp:14,
                 from src/allocators.h:10,
                 from src\qt\walletmodel.h:6,
                 from src\qt\bitcoin.cpp:9:
..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/system/error_code.hpp: At global scope:
..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/system/error_code.hpp:222:36: warning: 'boost::system
::posix_category' defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
     static const error_category &  posix_category = generic_category();
                                    ^
..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/system/error_code.hpp:223:36: warning: 'boost::system
::errno_ecat' defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
     static const error_category &  errno_ecat     = generic_category();
                                    ^
..\deps\boost_1_55_0/boost/system/error_code.hpp:224:36: warning: 'boost::system
::native_ecat' defined but not used [-Wunused-variable]
     static const error_category &  native_ecat    = system_category();
                                    ^
Makefile.Release:12891: recipe for target 'build/bitcoin.o' failed
mingw32-make: *** [build/bitcoin.o] Error 1

C:\bitcoin3>

Finally! Succes! It compiled!  

I had to re-apply the patch after I split it at line 180 and put the second half in the src/qt folder. For some reason the patch was only applied to the src/ folder files and not the src/qt files when it ran for the first time.