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| author | Olivier Tilloy <olivier@tilloy.net> | 2010-03-18 19:57:25 +0100 |
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| committer | Olivier Tilloy <olivier@tilloy.net> | 2010-03-18 19:57:25 +0100 |
| commit | be2929c1a0b14666d6a0cb049bc99c6177ca5f1a (patch) | |
| tree | c172c6e4d1299c275d5bc6c48450a0750b9d39b9 /doc/developers.rst | |
| parent | f02e64423e722b7b4f266464132f07440657e2ad (diff) | |
| download | pyexiv2-be2929c1a0b14666d6a0cb049bc99c6177ca5f1a.tar.gz | |
Document the cross-compilation script in the developers documentation.
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diff --git a/doc/developers.rst b/doc/developers.rst index b6fe88b..66ff1de 100644 --- a/doc/developers.rst +++ b/doc/developers.rst @@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ A typical list of packages to install on a Debian/Ubuntu system is:: Building and installing ####################### +Linux ++++++ + Building pyexiv2 is as simple as invoking ``scons`` in the top-level directory:: osomon@granuja:~/dev/pyexiv2$ scons @@ -79,6 +82,21 @@ if `DESTDIR <http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/DESTDIR.html>`_ is specified on the command line when invoking ``scons install``, its value will be prepended to each installed target file. +Windows ++++++++ + +The top-level directory of the development branch contains a shell script named +``cross-compile.sh`` that retrieves all the dependencies required and +cross-compiles pyexiv2 for Windows on a Linux host. +Read the comments in the header of the script to know the pre-requisites. + +The result of the compilation is a DLL, ``libexiv2python.pyd``, in the build +directory. This file and the ``pyexiv2`` folder in ``src`` should be copied to +the system-wide site directory of a Python 2.6 setup +(typically ``C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\``) or to the user site directory +(``%APPDATA%\Python\Python26\site-packages\``). + + Documentation ############# |