README.windows

CMake is a build system generator, which might be used to generate build
files for msvc, nmake and others, on windows.

To build openr2 on windows, follow these steps:

	1. Install cmake, you can find it on http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html
	2. Run cmake-gui
	3. Click on 'Browse Source...' and select the openr2 source directory
	4. Click on 'Browse Build...' and choose the build directory. This has to be an empty
	   directory, anywhere you like.
	5. Click on 'Configure'.
	6. Choose the generator you want and click 'finish'. If you want to build with visual studio,
	   choose it from the list. If whatever compiler you want to use is not listed, this means
	   that either you don't have the compiler installed or CMake is not compatible with it -
	   choose another.
	7. Click on 'Configure' again. This will perform all the required system checks and
	   show you the variables you might want to customize before generating the build files.
	   So, take a look at the shown variables and change them if you like - this is not required.
	6. Click on 'Configure' again, to instruct cmake that you reviewed the variables and you're
	   good to go.
	7. Click on 'Generate'. This step will generate the build files on the directory
	   specified on step 4.
	8. Run the compiler of your choice (the one you've just generated the build files for) and
	   build it. On visual studio, all you have to do is open the solution file, that should
	   have been generated on the 'build dir' and build it. There's also an INSTALL target that
	   you might use to install the library on your system.

If you have problems building with cmake, feel free to contact: 
Arnaldo Pereira <arnaldo@sangoma.com>