Win2012DevSetup

Goal

Setup minimal development environment in Windows 2012 that will allow to build ojdkbuild.

Outline:

• Prerequisites
• Terminal Emulator
• Git and Unix Tools
• Vim Text Editor
• Run the Build

Prerequisites

• Windows 2012 running in VirtualBox (see Win2012VBoxInstall)
• (optional) initial setup for Windows VM (see Win2012InitialSetup)

Terminal Emulator

Lets install ConEmu terminal emulator for cmd.exe:

1. Download ConEmu installer from releases page on GitHub and run it:

2. Disable the injection of ConEmuHk.dll in initial settings after the installation:

Git and Unix Tools

Lets install Git for Windows that will provide a Git Bash and also the Unix tools that will be available from cmd.exe:

1. Download Git for Windows installer and run it:

2. Use the following installation options:

3. Restart ConEmu and check that Unix tools are available there:

Vim Text Editor

Lets install Vim text editor and configure it to behave closer to Linux version:

1. Download Vim installer and run it using default installation options:

2. Run vim with Administrator privileges:

3. From inside vim open a C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\_vimrc configuration file:

4. Comment two lines that contain mswin options, add your preferred Vim settings:

5. Check the Edit with Vim options work in Explorer:

Run the Build

Lets build ojdkbuild project:

1. In ConEmu run git clone --recursive https://github.com/ojdkbuild/ojdkbuild.git:

2. Run cd ojdkbuild and run.bat:

3. Wait for build to finish - OJDKBUILD_FINISH_SUCCESS should be printed:

4. Check resulting binaries in build directory: