Howtos - Hack on Windows 10 & 11¶

You need to:

1. Install Git for Windows (needed by Tortoise Git) : https://gitforwindows.org/.
   1. Do not install in "Program files" or in a path which contains spaces. We recommend to install in C:\git.
2. Install Qt and Qt Creator from https://www.qt.io/download-qt-installer
   1. Select the latest version of MinGW 64 bits during installation (11.2.0 for instance)
3. Install protobuf library source
   1. Download and uncompress the latest release from : https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases (for example: protobuf-cpp-3.11.4.zip)
   2. Rename the directory to protobuf
   3. Launch "Git Bash" and go to /c/protobuf then type :
      1. $env.PATH = ($env.PATH | prepend ['C:\Qt\Tools\llvm-mingw1706_64\bin' 'C:\Qt\Tools\CMake_64\bin'])
      2. mkdir build
      3. cd build
      4. cmake .. -G "MingW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -Dprotobuf_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=23 -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-std=gnu++1z"
      5. make
4. Git clone the repository :
   1. git://github.com/Ummon/D-LAN.git if you just want clone the repository (read-only).
   2. git@github.com:Ummon/D-LAN.git if you have a full access (read+write).
5. Set up Qt Creator
   1. Launch Qt Creator
   2. Open the projects d-lan/application/GUI.pro and d-lan/application/Core.pro
   3. For both projects:
      1. Uncheck Shadow build in the Build Settings tab.
      2. Add the argument debug -f Makefile-Core to Make for the build configuration Debug and release -f Makefile-Core for the build configuration Release. Replace 'Core' by 'GUI' for the GUI project.
   4. Add -e as an argument and check¹ Run in terminal in the Run Settings tab of the Core project.
   5. You can now compile and run the two projects.

¹ Without this option the Core cannot be launched in debug mode (stderr cannot be used).