mmgen-wallet/doc/MMGenBuildBitcoindMSWin.md

MMGen = Multi-Mode GENerator

a Bitcoin cold storage solution for the command line

Build Bitcoind on Microsoft Windows

Note: If during the compilation process you get "Missing Disk" pop-up error messages and have a card reader installed, you should temporarily disconnect your card reader.

Note: The following instructions assume you'll be unpacking all archives to C:\, the root directory on most Windows installations. If you choose to unpack to another location, the cd commands must be adjusted accordingly.

1. Build OpenSSL

Note: Skip this step if you already built OpenSSL in Step 2 of Install MMGen and Its Dependencies.

Grab the latest tarball from the openssl.org download page and unpack it. At the MSYS prompt, run:

    $ cd /c/openssl-1.0.1f
    $ ./config --openssldir=/usr
    $ make
    $ make install

2. Build the Berkeley Database (v5.0):

Grab the v5.0 tarball, or browse the download page for other versions (avoid v4.8, which has issues with Windows; versions newer than 5.0 may work, but they're untested by the author). Unpack the archive and run the following at the MSYS prompt:

    $ cd /c/db-5.0.32/build_unix
    $ ../dist/configure --enable-mingw --enable-cxx --disable-replication --prefix=/usr

Open the source file db.h in your editor. Change the statement on line 116:

    typedef pthread_t db_threadid_t;

to read:

    typedef u_int32_t db_threadid_t;

Note: since db.h is created by configure, this must be done after configure is run.

Save the file and run make and make install.

3. Install the MASM assembler (optional but recommended):

Get the file MASMsetup.exe from the Microsoft website. With a tool like 7zip, open the cab file inside and the file inside it, which begins with FL_ml_exe*. Copy this file to your path, renaming it to ml.exe.

4. Build the Boost libraries:

Get the boost tarball from sourceforge and unpack it. At the DOS prompt, run:

    cd \boost_1_55_0
    boostrap.bat
    bjam toolset=gcc link=static threading=single --build-type=minimal stage --with-system --with-filesystem --with-program_options --with-chrono --with-test
    bjam toolset=gcc link=static threading=multi --build-type=minimal stage --with-thread

These commands build just the few libraries you need, avoiding the time-consuming process of compiling the whole boost package.

5. Build Bitcoind:

Download Sipa's watchonly bitcoind zip archive (commit #a13f1e8 [check]) from GitHub and unpack it. At the MSYS prompt, run:

    $ cd /c/bitcoin-watchonly

Make the following edits to src/leveldb/Makefile:

After the the statement include build_config.mk, add the following line:

        SOURCES=$(shell echo db/*.cc util/*.cc table/*.cc)

Change the line:

        LIBOBJECTS = $(SOURCES:.cc=.o)

to read:

        LIBOBJECTS = $(SOURCES:.cc=.o) port/port_win.o

Change the line:

        all: $(SHARED) $(LIBRARY)

to read:

        all: $(LIBRARY)

Edit the following files,

    src/rpcdump.cpp
    src/rpcnet.cpp
    src/rpcwallet.cpp
    src/wallet.cpp
    src/walletdb.cpp

adding the line #include <winsock2.h> near the top of each file, above the first #include statement.

At the MSYS prompt, run the following commands (this needs to be done just once):

    $ cp /mingw/bin/autoreconf-2.68 /mingw/bin/autoreconf
    $ cp /mingw/bin/autoconf-2.68 /mingw/bin/autoconf
    $ cp /mingw/bin/automake-1.11 /mingw/bin/automake
    $ cp /mingw/bin/aclocal-1.11 /mingw/bin/aclocal
    $ cp /bin/true.exe /bin/hexdump.exe

Generate the configure script:

    $ sh autogen.sh

Edit the just-created configure script, adding the line:

    CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $BOOST_CPPFLAGS"

after the line:

    LIBS="$LIBS $BOOST_LIBS $BOOST_CHRONO_LIB"

From the prompt, run configure and make with the arguments provided below:

    $ ./configure --without-qt --with-incompatible-bdb CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/include LDFLAGS="-static -L/usr/lib -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition" BOOST_ROOT=/c/boost_1_55_0
    $ make src/bitcoind.exe

Strip the executable (strip src/bitcoind.exe), copy it to your path and test that the command bitcoind works. You may want to use the -datadir option to point to the planned location of your bitcoin.conf file, wallet and blockchain. Of these files, the only one you need to create is bitcoind.conf. If this file or its required user and password and lines are missing, bitcoind will exit with an error message instructing you how to create it.