Exiv2

h1. Building exiv2 on Windows Using Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012

*Caution:*

# This article *_only*_ applies to exiv2 _*v0.24*_

# For _*v0.26 and later*_ , open the solution file msvc/exiv2.sln in _*ANY*_ version of Visual Studio 2005/8/10/12/13/15

# For _*v0.25 and earlier*_, open the solution file msvc2005/exiv2.sln in Visual Studio 2005/8/10

# Users of _*Visual Studio 2003*_ should open msvc2003/exiv2.sln

# Because of template/stl/compiler incompatibility, exiv2 cannot be built using any version of Visual Studio prior to 2003

*Last revision on which this method was tested: r3288

*Operating Systems on which this method was tested: Windows7 Professional and Home-Premium 64bit

# Download "@Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012@":http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=34673

# Download "@win32svn@":http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32svn/files/latest/download and install it in @C:\Program Files (x86)\Subversion@

# Open command prompt and type: 

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mkdir C:\gnu #Can be some other location too.

cd C:\gnu

svn checkout svn://dev.exiv2.org/svn/trunk #Download latest exiv2 source code

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# Download "@expat-2.1.0@":http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/expat-2.1.0.tar.gz/download and extract it to @C:\gnu@

# Download "@zlib-1.2.7@":http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/zlib/1.2.7/zlib-1.2.7.tar.gz/download and extract it to @C:\gnu@ 

!Windows_BuildDir.png!

# Navigate to @C:\gnu\trunk\msvc2012@ and open the file @exiv2.sln@ in @Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012@

!exiv2.sln.png!

# Press @OK@ for all security warnings. #Believe me, exiv2's code is clean, we don't pose security threats :)

!VisualStudioSecurityWarning.png!

# Go to @Build->Configuration Manager@.

!VisualStudio2012_Build.png!

Tick build for all projects. You will have 8 combinations @[{Debug|DebugDLL|Release|ReleaseDLL}|{x64|Win32}]@ to choose from. Click close.

!VisualStudio2012_BuildConfig.png!

# Go to @Build->Build Solution@. After the build is complete, you'll see in the output window: 

<pre>========== Build: 32 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========</pre>

# All the built binaries are available in @C:\gnu\trunk\msvc2012\bin@

!VisualStudio2012FinalBuild.png!

# Install "@cygwin (64-bit)@":https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe or "@cygwin (32-bit)@":https://cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe

# While selecting packages, make sure to select make and dos2unix.

!Cygwin_package_make.png!

!Cygwin_package_dos2unix.png!

# Open the @cygwin terminal@. Navigate to @C:\gnu\trunk\tests@ and run tests:

!CygwinExiv2Tests.png!