Updated Building KeePassXC (markdown)

Janek Bevendorff
2024-02-19 23:42:08 +01:00
parent 225a88668f
commit 41c44b1a35

@@ -101,19 +101,20 @@ When building with ASAN support on macOS, you need to use `export ASAN_OPTIONS=d
### Windows
The preferred way to build on Windows is using MSVC, for which you have to open an _MSVC Tools Command Prompt_. If instead, you are using MSYS2, open a _MSYS2 MinGW_ terminal (*not* _MSYS2 MSYS_ which is the default).
Download and unpack the source code as described in the [Linux](#linux) section. To build KeePassXC, change into the source code directory and run:
Download and unpack the source code as described in the [Linux](#linux) section. To build KeePassXC with MSVC, change into the source code directory and run:
```
mkdir build
cd build
cmake \
-DWITH_XC_ALL=ON \
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake ..
-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake \
-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-windows-release ..
make -j8 package
```
If you build with MSVC, make sure that `-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE` points to the correct path of your vcpkg installation. If instead, you build with Msys2, omit it altogether.
Make sure that `-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE` points to the correct path of your vcpkg installation.
If you build with MSys2, add `-G "MSYS Makefiles"`.
If you build with Msys2, omit `-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE` and `-DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET` altogether and add `-G "MSYS Makefiles"` instead.
## 3. Running tests