How to compile C4B ?

Command-line mode

The compilation procedure is as follows:

• get the ICU library for unicode support
  • get the ICU4C binary download
    • extract the zip file in a separate directory
    • set the ICU_DIR environment variable with the binary directory path
    • set the LIBRARY_PATH environment variable with ICU_DIRlib
  • get the ICU4C source code download
    • extract the zip file in a separate directory
    • execute the ./configure in the source code directory (you need cygwin or mingw-msys installed)
    • copy common/unicode/platform.h to ICU_DIR/include/unicode
    • copy common/unicode/ptypes.h to ICU_DIR/include/unicode

Example of configuration

• get the C4B source code from sourceforge svn server
  • go to the C4B directory
  • type cmake -G “MinGW Makefiles”

Initiating the compilation phase

• type make (or mingw32-make)

b2c executable file is finally produced

 

QtCreator mode

The compilation procedure is similar to the command-line mode:

• get the ICU4C binary download
• get the ICU4C source code download
• get the C4B source code from sourceforge svn server
• Open QtCreator then select “Open project”
• Select the CMakeLists.txt file then click “Continue”
• In the CMake wizard window, add “-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG” as arguments then click “Execute CMake”.
• Press Ctrl+B to compile C4B.