Method to compile a Pure Data library on
Windows.
Méthode pour
compiler une librairie Pure
Data sous Windows.
On Windows 10 Pro 64bit.
Example with the percolate library and the source code:
Method written in March 2021.
Documentation:
"6.5. Windows
Pd on Windows can be built with either
MinGW or Cygwin which provide
the core build requirements: a compiler chain & shell environment.
It is recommended to use the Msys2 distribution which provides both a
Unix command shell and MinGW..."
MSYS2 install
"MSYS2 is a collection of tools and
libraries providing you with an
easy-to-use environment for building, installing and running native
Windows software."
Download the 64-bit installer from:
https://www.msys2.org/
-> msys2-x86_64-20210228.exe (94M)
Run the installer.
-> Enter your desired Installation
Folder -> C:\msys64
...
Run MSYS2
Update the package database:
p@p
MSYS ~
$ pacman -Syu
...
To complete this update all MSYS2 processes including this terminal
will be closed. Confirm to proceed [Y/n]
Y ...
Windows -> Start menu -> MSYS2 64bit -> MSYS2 MSYS
Update the rest of the base packages:
p@p
MSYS ~
$ pacman -Su
:: Starting core system upgrade...
...
p@p MSYS ~
Install tools (gcc etc...):
p@p
MSYS ~
$ pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
...
Enter a selection (default=all):
All install... 15 minutes on my Toshiba i5 2.67G 4M RAM...
Total Download Size: 197.25 MiB
Total Installed Size: 1265.24 MiB
Close the window
Pd install
Build percolate library 64bit
Create a "FolderPd" folder on the
desktop
-> C:\Users\p\Desktop\FolderPd
Download source of percolate library:
Place PeRColate4PD folder in FolderPd:
->
C:\Users\p\Desktop\FolderPd\PeRColate4PD\
Windows -> Start menu -> MSYS2 64bit -> MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit
CAUTION: change the \ windows to /
p@p
MINGW64 ~
$ cd C:/Users/p/Desktop/FolderPd/PeRColate4PD
p@p MINGW64 /c/Users/p/Desktop/FolderPd/PeRColate4PD
$ make
++++ info: using Makefile.pdlibbuilder version 0.6.0
++++ info: using Pd API C:\Program Files/Pd/src/m_pd.h
++++ info: making target all in lib percolate
++++ info: making src/absmax~.o in lib percolate
...
++++info: target all in lib percolate completed
percolate.dll is built in:
C:\Users\p\Desktop\FolderPd\PeRColate4PD
MSYS2 install - continued
Installation of additional 32bit tools
is required to build a 32bit Pd compatible library.
Windows -> Start menu -> MSYS2 64bit -> MSYS2 MSYS
Install tools 32bit (gcc etc...):
p@p
MSYS ~
$ pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-i686-toolchain
...
Enter a selection (default=all):
All install...
Close the window
Build percolate library 32bit
Create a "FolderPd" folder on the
desktop
-> C:\Users\p\Desktop\FolderPd
Download source of percolate library:
Place PeRColate4PD folder in FolderPd:
->
C:\Users\p\Desktop\FolderPd\PeRColate4PD\
Windows -> Start menu -> MSYS2 64bit -> MSYS2 MinGW 32-bit
CAUTION: change the \ windows to /
p@p
MINGW32 ~
$ cd C:/Users/p/Desktop/FolderPd/PeRColate4PD
p@p MINGW32 /c/Users/p/Desktop/FolderPd/PeRColate4PD
$ make
++++ info: using Makefile.pdlibbuilder version 0.6.0
++++ info: using Pd API C:\Program Files (x86)/Pd/src/m_pd.h
++++ info: making target all in lib percolate
++++ info: making src/percolate.o in lib percolate<
...
++++info: target all in lib percolate completed
percolate.dll is built in:
C:\Users\p\Desktop\FolderPd\PeRColate4PD
percolate.dll 32bit & 64bit:
PercolateWindows.zip
PeRColate for Pure Data version 0.09
PeRColate: written for Max/MSP by Dan Trueman and R. Luke DuBois
PeRColate: ported to PD by Olaf Matthes <olaf.matthes@gmx.de>
PeRColate: adapted to Linux by Maurizio Umberto Puxeddu
<umbpux@tin.it>
PeRColate: help files ported by Martin Dupras
<martin.dupras@uwe.ac.uk>
Source code fixed by Julien Ottavi:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fork-percolate/
A use of the percolate library:
Links:
