bitcoin/build_msvc
Wladimir J. van der Laan 3a573fd46c
Merge #14922: windows: Set _WIN32_WINNT to 0x0601 (Windows 7)
0164b0f5cf build: Remove WINVER pre define in Makefile.leveldb.inlcude (Chun Kuan Lee)
d0522ec94e Drop defunct Windows compat fixes (Ben Woosley)
d8a2992067 windows: Call SetProcessDEPPolicy directly (Chun Kuan Lee)
1bd9ffdd44 windows: Set _WIN32_WINNT to 0x0601 (Windows 7) (Chun Kuan Lee)

Pull request description:

  The current minimum support Windows version is Vista. So set it to 0x0600
  5a88def8ad/mingw-w64-headers/include/sdkddkver.h (L19)

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bench_bitcoin msvc: build leveldb locally 2019-02-01 00:28:50 +08:00
bitcoin-cli Visual Studio build configuration for Bitcoin Core 2018-08-10 09:19:00 +02:00
bitcoin-tx msvc: build secp256k1 locally 2019-02-01 00:28:49 +08:00
bitcoin-wallet msvc: Fix silent merge conflict between #13926 and #14372 2019-02-02 05:58:56 +08:00
bitcoind msvc: build leveldb locally 2019-02-01 00:28:50 +08:00
libbitcoin_cli auto generate MSVC project files 2018-08-26 23:54:26 +08:00
libbitcoin_common msvc: build secp256k1 locally 2019-02-01 00:28:49 +08:00
libbitcoin_crypto auto generate MSVC project files 2018-08-26 23:54:26 +08:00
libbitcoin_qt qt: Pre-0.18 split-off translations update 2019-02-04 15:24:37 +01:00
libbitcoin_server msvc: build leveldb locally 2019-02-01 00:28:50 +08:00
libbitcoin_util auto generate MSVC project files 2018-08-26 23:54:26 +08:00
libbitcoin_wallet auto generate MSVC project files 2018-08-26 23:54:26 +08:00
libbitcoin_wallet_tool [tools] Add wallet inspection and modification tool 2019-01-30 16:26:52 -05:00
libbitcoin_zmq auto generate MSVC project files 2018-08-26 23:54:26 +08:00
libbitcoinconsensus msvc: build secp256k1 locally 2019-02-01 00:28:49 +08:00
libleveldb msvc: build leveldb locally 2019-02-01 00:28:50 +08:00
libsecp256k1 msvc: build secp256k1 locally 2019-02-01 00:28:49 +08:00
libunivalue Visual Studio build configuration for Bitcoin Core 2018-08-10 09:19:00 +02:00
msbuild/tasks Visual Studio build configuration for Bitcoin Core 2018-08-10 09:19:00 +02:00
test_bitcoin msvc: build leveldb locally 2019-02-01 00:28:50 +08:00
test_bitcoin-qt Visual Studio build configuration for Bitcoin Core 2018-08-10 09:19:00 +02:00
testconsensus msvc: build secp256k1 locally 2019-02-01 00:28:49 +08:00
.gitignore auto generate MSVC project files 2018-08-26 23:54:26 +08:00
bitcoin_config.h Visual Studio build configuration for Bitcoin Core 2018-08-10 09:19:00 +02:00
bitcoin.sln msvc: build leveldb locally 2019-02-01 00:28:50 +08:00
common.init.vcxproj Visual Studio build configuration for Bitcoin Core 2018-08-10 09:19:00 +02:00
common.vcxproj Merge #14922: windows: Set _WIN32_WINNT to 0x0601 (Windows 7) 2019-02-05 18:15:01 +01:00
libsecp256k1_config.h msvc: build secp256k1 locally 2019-02-01 00:28:49 +08:00
msvc-autogen.py [tools] Add wallet inspection and modification tool 2019-01-30 16:26:52 -05:00
README.md Modify build instructions to work with Command Prompt as well as 2018-12-18 05:23:38 +00:00

Building Bitcoin Core with Visual Studio

Introduction

Solution and project files to build the Bitcoin Core applications (except Qt dependent ones) with Visual Studio 2017 can be found in the build_msvc directory.

Building with Visual Studio is an alternative to the Linux based cross-compiler build.

Dependencies

A number of open source libraries are required in order to be able to build Bitcoin.

Options for installing the dependencies in a Visual Studio compatible manner are:

  • Use Microsoft's vcpkg to download the source packages and build locally. This is the recommended approach.
  • Download the source code, build each dependency, add the required include paths, link libraries and binary tools to the Visual Studio project files.
  • Use nuget packages with the understanding that any binary files have been compiled by an untrusted third party.

The external dependencies required for the Visual Studio build are (see the dependencies doc for versions):

  • Berkeley DB,
  • OpenSSL,
  • Boost,
  • libevent,
  • ZeroMQ

Additional dependencies required from the bitcoin-core github repository are:

  • SECP256K1,
  • LevelDB

Building

The instructions below use vcpkg to install the dependencies.

  • Clone vcpkg from the github repository and install as per the instructions in the main README.md.
  • Install the required packages (replace x64 with x86 as required):
    PS >.\vcpkg install --triplet x64-windows-static boost-filesystem boost-signals2 boost-test libevent openssl zeromq berkeleydb secp256k1 leveldb
  • Use Python to generate *.vcxproj from Makefile
    PS >python msvc-autogen.py
  • Build in Visual Studio.