Building gtk-gnutella for Windows

I built gtk-gnutella for the Windows platform using MinGW. gtk-gnutella is an application that allows you to share files in the gnutella P2P network. Here I show how I built GTK-gnutella step-by-step:

1. Install MinGW

   
   

   First of all, I installed MinGW. GCC 4.4 and higher versions are recommended.

   
   
   

2. Compile Pthread and Regex (Optional)

   
   

   Build pthread and regex as shown in the following posts.

   
   
   
   
   • MinGW: Posix Threads for Win32
   
   
   • MinGW: Porting GNU Regex to Windows
   
   
   
   
   

3. Build GTK+ Library

   
   

   Follow the instruction in the following post to compile the whole GTK+ library.

   
   
   • Compiling GTK+ for Windows with MinGW (for Windows XP and up)
   
   
   

4. Build GnuTLS (Optional)

   
   

   I think GnuTLS is optional but it provides secure communication between gnutella clients. I chose to build GTK-gnutella with gnuTLS features. So I compiled GnuTLS as shown in this post.

   
   
   

5. Unpack the Source

   
   

   Then, I downloaded the gtk-gnutella source and unpacked it in my HOME directory.

   
   

   cd $HOME
   
   tar xjvf gtk-gnutella-0.96.6.tar.bz2
   
   cd gtk-gnutella-0.96.6

   
   
   

6. Run the Configure script

   
   

   Then, I ran ./Configure. For convenience, I am providing here my config.sh file generated by the Configure script. You can copy this file to your source tree before running the Configure script.

   
   

   #!/bin/sh
   #
   # This file was produced by running the Configure script. It holds all the
   # definitions figured out by Configure. Should you modify one of these values,
   # do not forget to propagate your changes by running "Configure -der". You may
   # instead choose to run each of the .SH files by yourself, or "Configure -S".
   #
   
   # Package name      : gtk-gnutella
   # Source directory  : .
   # Configuration time: Wed Aug 15 14:50:53 HST 2012
   # Configured by     : Ken
   # Target system     : mingw32_nt-6.1 a7n8x 1.0.17(0.4832) 2011-04-24 23:39 i686 msys 
   
   : Configure command line arguments.
   config_arg0='./Configure'
   config_args=''
   config_argc=0
   
   Author=''
   Date=''
   Header=''
   Id='$Id'
   Locker=''
   Log=''
   RCSfile=''
   Revision=''
   Source=''
   State=''
   _a='.a'
   _exe='.exe'
   _o='.o'
   afs='false'
   afsroot='/afs'
   alignbytes='8'
   aphostname=''
   ar='/mingw/bin/ar'
   archlib='/mingw/lib/gtk-gnutella'
   archlibexp='/mingw/lib/gtk-gnutella'
   archname='i686-mingw'
   archobjs=''
   awk='/bin/awk'
   bash=''
   bin='/mingw/bin'
   binexp='/mingw/bin'
   bison='/bin/bison'
   byacc='byacc'
   byteorder='1234'
   c=''
   cat='/bin/cat'
   cc='/mingw/bin/gcc.exe'
   ccflags='-march=pentium2 -mtune=i586 -pipe -Wall -Wshadow -DMINGW32 -D_POSIX'
   ccname='gcc'
   ccversion=''
   cf_by='Ken'
   cf_time='Wed Aug 15 14:50:53 HST 2012'
   charsize='1'
   chgrp='/bin/chgrp'
   chmod='/bin/chmod'
   chown='/bin/chown'
   clocktype='int'
   comm=''
   compress=''
   contains='grep'
   cp='/bin/cp'
   cpio=''
   cpp='/mingw/bin/cpp'
   cpp_quote=''
   cpp_stuff='42'
   cppfilter=''
   cppflags='-march=pentium2 -mtune=i586 -pipe -Wall -Wshadow -DMINGW32 -D_POSIX'
   cpplast='-'
   cppminus='-'
   cpprun='/mingw/bin/gcc.exe -E'
   cppstdin='/mingw/bin/gcc.exe -E'
   csh=''
   d_access='define'
   d_alarm='undef'
   d_arc4random='undef'
   d_archlib='define'
   d_attribut='define'
   d_backtrace='undef'
   d_bcmp='undef'
   d_bcopy='undef'
   d_bfd_lib='undef'
   d_bindtxtcode='define'
   d_bsd='undef'
   d_built_clz='define'
   d_built_ctz='define'
   d_built_popcount='define'
   d_bzero='undef'
   d_can64='define'
   d_closefrom='undef'
   d_const='define'
   d_dbus='undef'
   d_deflate='define'
   d_dev_poll='undef'
   d_dirent_d_type='undef'
   d_dirnamlen=''
   d_dladdr='undef'
   d_dos='undef'
   d_enablenls='define'
   d_end_symbol='define'
   d_eofnblk='define'
   d_epoll='undef'
   d_etext_symbol='undef'
   d_eunice='undef'
   d_fast_assert='undef'
   d_fork='undef'
   d_ftime='undef'
   d_getaddrinfo='define'
   d_geteuid='undef'
   d_gethname='undef'
   d_getifaddrs='undef'
   d_getinvent='undef'
   d_getlogin='undef'
   d_getppid='undef'
   d_gettblsz='define'
   d_gettext='define'
   d_gettimeod='define'
   d_getuid='undef'
   d_glib='define'
   d_gnulibc='undef'
   d_gnutls='define'
   d_gtk='define'
   d_headless='undef'
   d_herror='undef'
   d_hstrerror='undef'
   d_iconv='define'
   d_ieee754='define'
   d_ilp32='define'
   d_ilp64='undef'
   d_index='undef'
   d_inflate='define'
   d_iptos='undef'
   d_ipv6='define'
   d_isascii='define'
   d_kevent_int_udata='undef'
   d_kqueue='undef'
   d_linux='undef'
   d_locale_charset='undef'
   d_lp64='undef'
   d_lstat='undef'
   d_madvise='undef'
   d_memalign='undef'
   d_memcpy='define'
   d_memmove='define'
   d_mempcpy='undef'
   d_mmap='undef'
   d_msghdr_msg_flags='undef'
   d_nanosleep='undef'
   d_nls='define'
   d_official='define'
   d_open3='define'
   d_os2='undef'
   d_pause='undef'
   d_phostname='undef'
   d_poll='undef'
   d_popen='define'
   d_portable='undef'
   d_posix_fadvise='undef'
   d_posix_memalign='undef'
   d_pread='undef'
   d_preadv='undef'
   d_pwage='undef'
   d_pwchange='undef'
   d_pwclass='undef'
   d_pwcomment='undef'
   d_pwexpire='undef'
   d_pwquota='undef'
   d_pwrite='undef'
   d_pwritev='undef'
   d_recvmsg='undef'
   d_regcomp='define'
   d_regparm='define'
   d_remotectrl='undef'
   d_rusage='undef'
   d_sbrk='undef'
   d_sched_yield='undef'
   d_select='define'
   d_sendfile='undef'
   d_setproctitle='undef'
   d_setsid='undef'
   d_sigaction='undef'
   d_sigprocmask='undef'
   d_sigsetjmp='undef'
   d_sockaddr_in_sin_len='undef'
   d_sockaddr_un='undef'
   d_socker_get='undef'
   d_statfs='undef'
   d_statvfs='undef'
   d_strchr='define'
   d_strlcat='undef'
   d_strlcpy='undef'
   d_sync_atomic='define'
   d_sysctl='undef'
   d_system='define'
   d_times='undef'
   d_ttyname='undef'
   d_uctx_mctx='undef'
   d_uctx_mctx_gregs='undef'
   d_uname='undef'
   d_useglib1='undef'
   d_useglib2='define'
   d_usegtk1='undef'
   d_usegtk2='define'
   d_usleep='define'
   d_voidsig='define'
   d_volatile='define'
   d_vsnprintf='define'
   d_waitpid='undef'
   d_windows='define'
   d_xenix='undef'
   date='/bin/date'
   dbuscflags=''
   dbusconfig='false'
   dbusldflags=''
   defvoidused='15'
   direntrytype=''
   eagain='EAGAIN'
   ebcdic='undef'
   echo='/bin/echo'
   egrep='/bin/egrep'
   emacs=''
   enablenls='true'
   eunicefix=':'
   expr='/bin/expr'
   fieldn='3'
   find=''
   firstmakefile=''
   flex=''
   from=':'
   gcc=''
   gccosandvers=''
   gccversion='4'
   glade='glade-2'
   glibcflags='-mms-bitfields -I/mingw/include/glib-2.0 -I/mingw/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/mingw/include'
   glibconfig='pkg-config glib-2.0 gobject-2.0'
   glibldflags='-L/mingw/lib -lgobject-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lintl  '
   glibpackage='glib-2.0 gobject-2.0'
   glibpth='/mingw/lib'
   glibversion='2'
   gmake=''
   gmsgfmt='/mingw/bin/msgfmt'
   gnulibc_version=''
   gnutlscflags=''
   gnutlsconfig='pkg-config gnutls'
   gnutlsldflags='-L/mingw/lib -lgnutls'
   grep='/bin/grep'
   groupcat=':'
   gtkcflags='-mms-bitfields -I/mingw/include/gtk-2.0 -I/mingw/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/mingw/include/atk-1.0 -I/mingw/include/cairo -I/mingw/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/mingw/include/pango-1.0 -I/mingw/include/glib-2.0 -I/mingw/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/mingw/include -I/mingw/include/pixman-1 -I/mingw/include/libpng15'
   gtkconfig='pkg-config gtk+-2.0'
   gtkgversion='0.98.3'
   gtkldflags='-Wl,-luuid -L/mingw/lib -lgtk-win32-2.0 -lgdk-win32-2.0 -limm32 -lshell32 -lole32 -latk-1.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangowin32-1.0 -lgdi32 -lpango-1.0 -lcairo -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lintl'
   gtkpackage='gtk+-2.0'
   gtkversion='2'
   gzip=''
   h_fcntl='false'
   h_sysfile='true'
   hint='previous'
   hostcat=':'
   huge=''
   i_alloca='undef'
   i_arpainet='undef'
   i_dirent='define'
   i_dlfcn='undef'
   i_execinfo='undef'
   i_fcntl='undef'
   i_iconv='define'
   i_ifaddrs='undef'
   i_inttypes='define'
   i_invent='undef'
   i_langinfo='undef'
   i_libcharset='define'
   i_libintl='define'
   i_limits='define'
   i_linux_netlink='undef'
   i_linux_rtnetlink='undef'
   i_malloc='define'
   i_math='define'
   i_mswsock='define'
   i_netdb='undef'
   i_netif='undef'
   i_netroute='undef'
   i_niin='undef'
   i_niip='undef'
   i_poll='undef'
   i_pthread='define'
   i_pwd='undef'
   i_regex='define'
   i_sched='define'
   i_stdarg='define'
   i_stdlib='define'
   i_string='define'
   i_sysfile='define'
   i_sysin='undef'
   i_sysmman='undef'
   i_sysmount='undef'
   i_sysparam='define'
   i_syspoll='undef'
   i_sysresrc='undef'
   i_sysselct='undef'
   i_syssendfile='undef'
   i_syssock='undef'
   i_sysstat='define'
   i_sysstatvfs='undef'
   i_syssysctl='undef'
   i_systime='define'
   i_systimeb='define'
   i_systimek='undef'
   i_systimes='undef'
   i_systypes='define'
   i_sysun='undef'
   i_sysutsname='undef'
   i_sysvfs='undef'
   i_syswait='undef'
   i_time='undef'
   i_ucontext='undef'
   i_unistd='define'
   i_varargs='undef'
   i_varhdr='stdarg.h'
   i_winsock2='define'
   i_ws2tcpip='define'
   i_zlib='define'
   ieee754_byteorder='1234'
   ilp='32'
   incpath=''
   inews=''
   install='/bin/install.exe'
   installarchlib='/mingw/lib/gtk-gnutella'
   installbin='/mingw/bin'
   installdir='mkdir -p'
   installmansrc=''
   installprivlib='/mingw/lib/gtk-gnutella'
   intsize='4'
   issymlink=''
   ksh=''
   large=''
   ldflags='-Wl,--enable-auto-image-base -Wl,--enable-auto-import -Wl,--enable-runtime-pseudo-reloc'
   less=''
   libc=''
   libnames=''
   libpth='/mingw/lib'
   libs='-liberty -lws2_32 -lpthread -lregex -lz -lintl -liconv -limagehlp -liphlpapi -lpowrprof -lpsapi -lkernel32'
   libscheck=''
   libsdirs=' /mingw/lib'
   libsfiles=' libbfd.a libm.a'
   libsfound=' /mingw/lib/libbfd.a /mingw/lib/libm.a'
   libspath=' /mingw/lib /mingw/lib'
   libswanted='bfd iberty sendfile z resolv iconv m intl dl'
   line=''
   lint=''
   lkflags=''
   ln='/bin/ln'
   lns='ln -s'
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   localeexp='/mingw/share/locale'
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   lp=''
   lpr=''
   ls=''
   mail=''
   mailx=''
   make='/bin/make'
   make_set_make='#'
   manext='0'
   mansrc=' '
   mansrcexp=''
   medium=''
   mips_type=''
   mkdep='/c/Users/Ken/Downloads/gtk-gnutella-0.98.3/mkdep'
   mkdir='/bin/mkdir'
   models='none'
   more=''
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   msgmerge='/mingw/bin/msgmerge'
   msgmerge_update='/mingw/bin/msgmerge --update'
   mv='/bin/mv'
   myarchname='i686-mingw'
   mydomain=''
   myhostname='lenovo-a8nvm'
   myuname='mingw32_nt-6.1 a7n8x 1.0.17(0.4832) 2011-04-24 23:39 i686 msys '
   n='-n'
   nawk='/bin/nawk'
   nm='/mingw/bin/nm'
   nm_opt=''
   nm_so_opt=''
   nofile=''
   nroff='nroff'
   o_nonblock=''
   official='true'
   optimize='-O2 -g0'
   orderlib='false'
   osname='mingw'
   osvers='1.0.17'
   package='gtk-gnutella'
   passcat=':'
   perl=''
   pg=''
   phostname='hostname'
   pkgsrc='/home/Ken/Downloads/gtk-gnutella-0.98.3'
   plibpth=''
   pmake=''
   pr=''
   prefix='/mingw'
   prefixexp='/mingw'
   privlib='/mingw/lib/gtk-gnutella'
   privlibexp='/mingw/lib/gtk-gnutella'
   prototype='define'
   ptrsize='4'
   ranlib=':'
   rd_nodata=''
   remotectrl='false'
   rm='/bin/rm'
   rmail=''
   run=''
   runnm='false'
   sed='/bin/sed'
   sendmail=''
   sh='/bin/sh'
   shar=''
   sharpbang='#!'
   shortsize='2'
   shsharp='true'
   sig_count='23'
   sig_name='ZERO NUM1 INT NUM3 ILL NUM5 NUM6 NUM7 FPE NUM9 NUM10 SEGV NUM12 NUM13 NUM14 TERM NUM16 NUM17 NUM18 NUM19 NUM20 BREAK ABRT '
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   sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 '
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   sleep=''
   smail=''
   small=''
   so='dll'
   sockercflags=''
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   sort='/bin/sort'
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   spitshell='cat'
   split=''
   src='.'
   startsh='#!/bin/sh'
   strings='/mingw/include/string.h'
   submit=''
   sysman='/mingw/share/man'
   tablesize='NOFILE'
   tail=''
   tar=''
   targetarch=''
   tbl=''
   tee=''
   test='test'
   timeincl='/mingw/include/sys/time.h '
   to=':'
   touch='/bin/touch'
   tr='/bin/tr'
   trnl='\n'
   troff=''
   uname='/bin/uname'
   uniq='/bin/uniq'
   usecrosscompile='undef'
   usenm='false'
   usrinc='/mingw/include'
   uuname=''
   vi=''
   voidflags='15'
   wc='/bin/wc'
   xgettext='/mingw/bin/xgettext'
   xlibpth='/mingw/lib'
   yacc='bison -y'
   yaccflags=''
   zcat=''
   zip=''
   CONFIG=true

   
   

   Alternatively, if your config.sh needs no modification, just run the following commands.

   
   

   ./Configure -S
   make depend

   
   
   
7. Before running make, open src/Makefile and insert -mwindows into the gtk-gnutella section:



gtk-gnutella:  $(OBJ) $(EXTRA)
        $(RM) $@
        if test -f $@$(_EXE); then \
                $(MV) $@$(_EXE) $@~$(_EXE); fi
        $(CC) -o $@  $(OBJ) $(EXTRA) -mwindows $(JLDFLAGS) $(LIBS)




This prevents GTK-gnutella from outputting error logs to a black console window.





8. Then, I compiled gtk-gnutella with the following commands:

   
   

   make
   
   make install