Windows

Prerequisites

• Download and install MinGW. CodeLite is built with MinGW w7.1 64 Bit
• Install git for Windows

Build wxWidgets

For this short tutorial, I will assume that you have:

• cloned wxWidgets into C:\src\wxWidgets
• MinGW is installed under C:\MinGW

First, you will need to clone wxWidgets from our repository. To do this, open a CMD shell and type:

git clone https://github.com/eranif/wxWidgets.git
cd C:\src\wxWidgets\
git submodule init
git submodule update

Next, CodeLite requires graphics context to be enabled, however, this is disabled by default under Windows. To enable this, open a terminal and type:

set PATH=C:\MinGW\bin;%PATH%
cd C:\src\wxWidgets\build\msw
mingw32-make -f makefile.gcc setup_h SHARED=1 UNICODE=1 BUILD=release VENDOR=cl

This will generate the file C:\src\wxWidgets\lib\gcc_dll\mswu\wx\setup.h Open this file in a text editor and change the line containing:

#   define wxUSE_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT 0

into:

#   define wxUSE_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT 1

Now, we are ready to start the build process:

cd C:\src\wxWidgets\build\msw
mingw32-make -j8 -f Makefile.gcc SHARED=1 UNICODE=1 BUILD=release VENDOR=cl CXXFLAGS="-fno-keep-inline-dllexport -std=c++11"

Build CodeLite

• Download CodeLite installer for Windows from our Download Page
• Clone CodeLite sources into C:\src\codelite
• Open the workspace C:\src\codelite\LiteEditor.workspace
• Make sure that the project CodeLiteID is selected (the active project uses bold font)
• Select the Win_x64_Release or Win_x86_Release (depending if you want to build a 32 or 64 bit version of CodeLite) and hit F7
• When the compilation is over, close the workspace
• Next, locate the workspace codelite_utils\codelite_utils.workspce and open it
• Select the Win_x64_Release or Win_x86_Release (depending if you want to build a 32 or 64 bit version of CodeLite), hit F7 and wait for the compilation to end
• Close CodeLite
• To update your installation with the new CodeLite, close CodeLite and from a cmd.exe window navigate to C:\src\codelite\Runtime and run the file update64.bat OR update.bat (again, depending on your selected arch).