X-Git-Url: http://sigrok.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=README;h=4233db4d7f6c3f16dc9da2b43351d8707ee3692c;hb=28981e079352923629def80af29437261911c586;hp=f63be5cdb2161415bddc402d9e5c54e95ff097bf;hpb=a84ffb537270666b652f70e4f836e88cd331d683;p=libserialport.git diff --git a/README b/README index f63be5c..4233db4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -40,18 +40,20 @@ No other libraries are required. Building ======== -The package uses a GNU style build system and requires a Unix style shell. +On Windows, libserialport can be built with Visual Studio 2019 or with +the standalone MSBuild tool, using the solution and project files provided. -Windows builds can be created natively with the MinGW-w64 toolchain and -MSYS2 environment, or cross-compiled using a MinGW-w64 toolchain: - - http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/ - -The "old" MinGW from http://mingw.org/ is not supported. +For other environments, the package uses a GNU style build based on autotools. Run "./autogen.sh" to generate the build system, "./configure" to setup, then "make" to build the library and "make install" to install it. +Windows builds can also be created using the autotools build system, using the +MinGW-w64 toolchain from http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/ - either natively +in Windows with the MSYS2 environment, or cross-compiling from another system. + +The "old" MinGW from http://mingw.org/ is not supported. + API ===