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Building twister with Visual Studio 2010
What is this?
This page contains instructions on how to build twister with Visual Studio 2010.
Is this relevant for me if I want to run twister on Windows?
No. If you just need to run twister, please get the twister build based on Cygwin as it is more stable at this time. This is for people who are familiar with Visual Studio and want to develop/debug twister there.
Does it really work?
Not exactly. It builds and runs. You can open the GUI and start using it. It crashes after a while though. But this is just a matter of debugging it. From what I see, most of the problems are related to STL usage and MS specifics in this area.
Why don't you make it work?
I don't have as much time to work on this as I would like. I would greatly appreciate if a younger C++ padawan would take a look at it and fix it. If not, I will probably fix it myself eventually.
1.) Download twister-core, put it into c:\twister\twister-core
2.) Download OpenSSL 1.0.1c, put it into c:\twister\twister-core\openssl-1.0.1c (see below on how to build it)
3.) Download Boost 1.43.0, put it into c:\twister\twister-core\boost_1_43_0 (see below on how to build it)
4.) Download Berkeley DB 4.8.30.NC, put it into c:\twister\twister-core\db-4.8.30.NC (see below on how to build it)
5.) Download ittypes.h (from https://code.google.com/p/msinttypes) and put it into c:\twister\vcbuild\include
6.) Create the environmental variable TWISTER_CORE and set it to c:\twister\twister-core
7.) Create the environmental variable LIBTORRENT and set it to c:\twister\twister-core\libtorrent
8.) Create the environmental variable OPENSSL and set it to c:\twister\twister-core\openssl-1.0.1c
9.) Create the environmental variable BOOST_ROOT and set it to c:\twister\twister-core\boost_1_43_0
10.) Create the environmental variable BERKELEY_DB and set it to c:\twister\twister-core\db-4.8.30.NC
11.) Create a Win32 Console Application project named "twisterd" in c:\twister\twister-core\vcbuild. Under Additional options, select Empty project.
12.) Add source files to the project in the following way:
[Source Files]
(stuff from c:\twister\twister-core\src)
addrman.cpp
alert.cpp
bitcoind.cpp
bitcoinrpc.cpp
bloom.cpp
chainparams.cpp
checkpoints.cpp
core.cpp
crypter.cpp
db.cpp
hash.cpp
init.cpp
key.cpp
keystore.cpp
leveldb.cpp
main.cpp
net.cpp
netbase.cpp
noui.cpp
protocol.cpp
rpcblockchain.cpp
rpcdump.cpp
rpcmining.cpp
rpcnet.cpp
rpcrawtransaction.cpp
rpcwallet.cpp
script.cpp
scrypt-sse2.cpp
scrypt.cpp
sync.cpp
twister.cpp
twister_utils.cpp
txdb.cpp
util.cpp
version.cpp
wallet.cpp
walletdb.cpp
[leveldb] (stuff from c:\twister\twister-core\src\leveldb)
[db]
builder.cc
c.cc
dbformat.cc
db_impl.cc
db_iter.cc
filename.cc
log_reader.cc
log_writer.cc
memtable.cc
repair.cc
table_cache.cc
version_edit.cc
version_set.cc
write_batch.cc
[helpers]
[memenv]
memenv.cc
[port]
port_win.cc
[table]
block.cc
block_builder.cc
filter_block.cc
format.cc
iterator.cc
merger.cc
table.cc
table_builder.cc
two_level_iterator.cc
[util]
arena.cc
bloom.cc
cache.cc
coding.cc
comparator.cc
crc32c.cc
env.cc
env_win.cc
filter_policy.cc
hash.cc
histogram.cc
logging.cc
options.cc
status.cc
testharness.cc
testutil.cc
[libtorrent] (stuff from c:\twister\twister-core\libtorrent\src)
alert.cpp
alert_manager.cpp
allocator.cpp
asio.cpp
asio_ssl.cpp
assert.cpp
bandwidth_limit.cpp
bandwidth_manager.cpp
bandwidth_queue_entry.cpp
bloom_filter.cpp
broadcast_socket.cpp
bt_peer_connection.cpp
chained_buffer.cpp
connection_queue.cpp
ConvertUTF.cpp
create_torrent.cpp
disk_buffer_holder.cpp
disk_buffer_pool.cpp
disk_io_thread.cpp
entry.cpp
enum_net.cpp
error_code.cpp
escape_string.cpp
file.cpp
file_pool.cpp
file_storage.cpp
gzip.cpp
hasher.cpp
http_connection.cpp
http_parser.cpp
http_seed_connection.cpp
http_stream.cpp
http_tracker_connection.cpp
i2p_stream.cpp
identify_client.cpp
instantiate_connection.cpp
ip_filter.cpp
ip_voter.cpp
lazy_bdecode.cpp
logger.cpp
lsd.cpp
lt_trackers.cpp
magnet_uri.cpp
metadata_transfer.cpp
natpmp.cpp
packet_buffer.cpp
parse_url.cpp
peer_connection.cpp
pe_crypto.cpp
piece_picker.cpp
policy.cpp
puff.cpp
random.cpp
rsa.cpp
rss.cpp
session.cpp
session_impl.cpp
settings.cpp
sha1.cpp
smart_ban.cpp
socket_io.cpp
socket_type.cpp
socks5_stream.cpp
stat.cpp
storage.cpp
string_util.cpp
thread.cpp
time.cpp
timestamp_history.cpp
torrent.cpp
torrent_handle.cpp
torrent_info.cpp
tracker_manager.cpp
udp_socket.cpp
udp_tracker_connection.cpp
upnp.cpp
utf8.cpp
utp_socket_manager.cpp
utp_stream.cpp
ut_metadata.cpp
ut_pex.cpp
web_connection_base.cpp
web_peer_connection.cpp
GeoIP.c
mpi.c
[kademlia]
dht_get.cpp
dht_tracker.cpp
find_data.cpp
logging.cpp
node.cpp
node_id.cpp
refresh.cpp
routing_table.cpp
rpc_manager.cpp
traversal_algorithm.cpp
13.) Open properties for libtorrent\alert.cpp, go to C/C++ / Output Files, set Object File Name to $(IntDir)libtorrent_alert.obj
14.) Open properties for leveldb\util\bloom.cc, go to C/C++ / Output Files, set Object File Name to $(IntDir)leveldb_util_bloom.obj
15.) Open properties for leveldb\util\hash.cc, go to C/C++ / Output Files, set Object File Name to $(IntDir)leveldb_util_hash.obj
16.) Apply patches to source files (see below)
17.) Open the project Property Pages. (The instructions that follow are for the Win32 platform and debug configuration.)
18.) Add the following folders to Additional Include Directories under C/C++ / General:
$(LIBTORRENT)\include
$(BOOST_ROOT)
$(OPENSSL)\inc32
$(TWISTER_CORE)\vcbuild\include
$(TWISTER_CORE)\src
$(TWISTER_CORE)\src\leveldb
$(TWISTER_CORE)\src\leveldb\include
$(TWISTER_CORE)\src\leveldb\helpers
$(BERKELEY_DB)\build_windows
19.) Add the following definitions to Preprocessor Definitions under C/C++ / Preprocessor:
WIN32
_DEBUG
_CONSOLE
WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501
_MSC_VER=1600
_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
BOOST_ASIO_HASH_MAP_BUCKETS=1021
BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION=2
WITH_SHIPPED_GEOIP_H
BOOST_ASIO_SEPARATE_COMPILATION
BOOST_ASIO_ENABLE_CANCELIO
TORRENT_USE_OPENSSL
NOMINMAX
__PRETTY_FUNCTION__=__FUNCTION__
BOOST_HAS_STDINT_H
LEVELDB_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
OS_WIN
20.) Add the following folders to Additional Library Directories under Linker / General:
$(BOOST_ROOT)\stage\lib
$(OPENSSL)\out32
$(BERKELEY_DB)\build_windows\Win32\Debug
21.) Add the following libs to Additional Dependencies under Linker / Input:
libeay32.lib
ssleay32.lib
shlwapi.lib
libdb48d.lib
22.) Copy libdb48d.dll from c:\twister\twister-core\db-4.8.30.NC\build_windows\Win32\Debug to c:\twister\twister-core\vcbuild\Debug
23.) Hit F5 and keep your fingers crossed (this will take some time)
1.) Download and install ActivePerl (http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads)
2.) Download and install NASM (http://www.nasm.us)
3.) Create the environmental variable NASM and set it to the NASM folder, e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\NASM
4.) Start Visual Studio Command Prompt
5.) Run the following commands:
> cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin
> vcvars32.bat
> cd c:\twister\twister-core\openssl-1.0.1c
> perl Configure VC-WIN32 --prefix="%OPENSSL%"
> "%NASM%"\nasmpath.bat
> call ms\do_nasm
> nmake -f ms\nt.makdir
This produces exe and lib files in c:\twister\twister-core\openssl-1.0.1c\out32, and header files in c:\twister\twister-core\openssl-1.0.1c\inc32.
Note: Making vcvars32.bat work is a real pain in the a**. It contains a lot of statements containing environmental variables surrounded by quotes such as set "PATH=%WindowsSdkDir%bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools;%WindowsSdkDir%bin;%PATH%" and if exist "%VSINSTALLDIR%Team Tools\Performance Tools" set .... The problem occurs when the value of one of these variables also contains quotes. If you get an error saying something like "\Microsoft\Microsoft was unexpected at this time", your best bet is to make sure that the value of the environmental var PATH does not contain any quotes.
1.) Start Visual Studio Command Prompt
2.) Run the following commands:
> cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin
> vcvars32.bat
> cd c:\twister\twister-core\boost_1_43_0
> bootstrap.bat
> bjam toolset=msvc-10.0 --build-type=complete stage
This process takes some time. It produces lib files in c:\twister\twister-core\boost_1_43_0\stage\libs.
Note: If vcvars32.bat and/or bootstrap.bat fails, see the comment above on why this happens and how to fix it.
Coming soon...
(Patches also coming soon.)