v0.7.2 Does Not Compile Using Dependencies Archive On Windows (Bitcoin-QT) #2313

issue progranism opened this issue on February 16, 2013

progranism commented at 1:22 PM on February 16, 2013: none
Following the directions here: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/0.7.2/doc/readme-qt.rst

With a fresh install of MinGW, Qt 4.8.4, and the specified dependencies archive, I get:
```
\bitcoin\src\keystore.h:10: error: boost/signals2/signal.hpp: No such file or directory
```
Along with other errors about signals2. There is no signals2 in the dependencies archive. I'm guessing the archive hasn't been updated in awhile and contains an old version of boost.

Perhaps the link to the archive should be removed until it is updated (it's the same in master branch), and the readme should just instruct users to build boost, etc. themselves.
Diapolo commented at 2:34 PM on February 16, 2013: none

That archive is way outdated, you need to build all required libs and stuff for yourself in order to get it working. Try a search, there is another open issue, which covers most of that.
laanwj commented at 6:02 PM on February 16, 2013: member

I've removed the windows bitcoin-qt build instructions for now, no one is maintaining the windows dependencies archive anymore so they don't make sense. If someone can write full build instructions for windows, without having to package any binaries, that'd be appreciated.
gavinandresen commented at 6:48 PM on February 16, 2013: contributor

Kind-of-sideways-related: https://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/GitianVBox/
laanwj commented at 5:05 PM on November 11, 2013: member

Closing this as it relates to the old build system and an dependencies archive that doesn't exist anymore.

It is recommended to build everything from source as mentioned in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/build-msw.md instead of using compiled dependencies built by someone else.
laanwj closed this on Nov 11, 2013
bitcoin locked this on Sep 8, 2021

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