[webkit-dev] Help needed. WebKit with Windows XP

Tue Feb 19 13:08:28 PST 2008

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On Feb 19, 2008 1:07 PM, Brent Fulgham <bfulgham at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jagan,
>
> You probably encountered an earlier build error.  If things fail early-on
> in the build, you will get complaints about missing Platform.h and so
> forth.
>
> Make sure you have the Cygwin tools installed based on the Apple
> installer.  If you start from an existing Cygwin installation, you may be
> missing important tools (like gperf) that are needed to build.
>
> Also make sure you have done the full "update-webkit" to download the
> Apple libraries and headers you will need to perform the build.
>
> -Brent
>
> On Feb 19, 2008 12:50 PM, <Jaganathan.Satagopan at nokia.com> wrote:
>
> >  I was trying to build the  Webkit by following the instruction on
> > http://trac.webkit.org/projects/webkit/wiki/BuildingOnWindows. I got the
> > following two errors and one warning. Should I  be looking into correct
> > include directive for the first error? I have no clue for the second error.
> > I appreciate your help
> >
> > 1) QTMovieWinTimer.cpp
> >
> > c:\cygwin\home\satagopa\WebKit\WebCore\ForwardingHeaders\wtf/Platform.h(1)
> > : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'JavaScriptCore/Platform.h':
> > No such file or directory
> >
> > Generating Code...
> >
> > 2)  c1xx : fatal error C1083: Cannot open source file:
> > 'C:\cygwin\home\satagopa\WebKit\tmp.cpp': No such file or directory
> >
> > 3)  Project : warning PRJ0018 : The following environment variables were
> > not found:
> >
> >     $(PRODUCTION)
> > Thanks
> > Jagan
> >  ------------------------------
> > *From:* webkit-dev-bounces at lists.webkit.org [mailto:
> > webkit-dev-bounces at lists.webkit.org] *On Behalf Of *ext Brent Fulgham
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:09 AM
> > *To:* Ivan Shusky
> > *Cc:* WebKit Development
> >
> > *Subject:* Re: [webkit-dev] Help needed. WebKit with Windows XP
> >
> > Hi Ivan,
> >
> > Did you remember to set the environment variables as shown in "Building
> > from Within Visual Studio"?  You need to go to "Control Panel\System"
> > settings, select the "Advanced" tab, and use the "Environment" button to set
> > these values.
> >
> > If they are not set, VS can't find the stuff in the tools directory.
> >
> > -Brent
> >
> > On Feb 18, 2008 11:54 PM, Ivan Shusky <ijshusky at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >  I keep getting this error when trying to open any VC project file, am
> > > I missing something?
> > >
> > > Property sheet file
> > > '$(WebKitLibrariesDir)\tools\vsprops\common.vsprops' was not found or failed
> > > to load.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Ivan
> > >
> > >  ------------------------------
> > > CC: webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org
> > > From: bfulgham at gmail.com
> > > To: ijshusky at hotmail.com
> > > Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Help needed. WebKit with Windows XP
> > > Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:38:33 -0800
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > If you've got things set up to build the stock WebKit, you might first
> > > want to see if you can get the WinLauncher to work.  If so, you can feel a
> > > bit safer taking the next step.
> > >
> > > To build with Cairo, you need additional libraries (see
> > > http://trac.webkit.org/projects/webkit/wiki/BuildingCairoOnWindows for
> > > some details).
> > >
> > > You will need to place the libraries someplace (e.g.,
> > > c:\build_requirements) and update the Visual Studio build environment to
> > > look there.
> > >
> > > I think I called my project file "WebCore.vcproj.cairo"; obviously,
> > > you will want to rename this to just "WebCore.vcproj" for the solution
> > > to find it.
> > >
> > > Hope that helps,
> > >
> > > -Brent
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  On Feb 18, 2008, at 9:26 PM, Ivan Shusky wrote:
> > >
> > >  Hi Brent,
> > >
> > > Again many thanx for your help.
> > >
> > > Currently I am going through the blogs and trying to figure out how to
> > > setup the environment. Its a bit confusing to me.
> > >
> > > Hope it is not too much to ask for a step by step guide to setup the
> > > environment for Win. Right now I have the codes and compiled by using
> > > Cygwin. Where should I go next? I have also downloaded those VS project
> > > files for both WebKit and WebCore but they do not really work.
> > >
> > > Sorry I might sound like a dummy..........
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Ivan
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > CC: webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org
> > > From: bfulgham at gmail.com
> > > To: ijshusky at hotmail.com
> > > Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Help needed. WebKit with Windows XP
> > > Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:18:05 -0800
> > >
> > > Note that there is nothing Cairo-specific about WinLauncher; you can
> > > use it to run the CoreGraphics-style WebKit as well.  This might be a good
> > > thing to try first, to make sure your debugging environment is set up
> > > properly, etc.
> > > Let me know if you run into any problems.  Note that you'll need to
> > > grab the changes on http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17300 to
> > > get project files that build Cairo-style.
> > >
> > > -Brent
> > >
> > >  On Feb 18, 2008, at 8:18 PM, Ivan Shusky wrote:
> > >
> > >  Many thanx Brent for your help. Really appreciate it!! :)
> > >
> > > I will go through the planet webkit blogs and try if I can start to
> > > get something started. Might come back with more questions though.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Ivan
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:25:27 -0800
> > > From: bfulgham at gmail.com
> > > To: ijshusky at hotmail.com
> > > Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Help needed. WebKit with Windows XP
> > > CC: webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org
> > >
> > > Ivan (and anyone else interested in WebKit for Windows):
> > >
> > > I've added http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17428 to allow you
> > > to build the WinLauncher application I use for testing.
> > >
> > > -Brent
> > >
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