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===General steps=== | ===General steps=== | ||
# Reassure you have the package libffi-dev installed or the Python build will silently be incomplete | |||
# Install the MXE build requirements.<ref>The requirements for each system are listed in the repository https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave/file/tip/index.html. Start with the second step to read the {{Path|index.html}} file on your local machine.</ref> | # Install the MXE build requirements.<ref>The requirements for each system are listed in the repository https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave/file/tip/index.html. Start with the second step to read the {{Path|index.html}} file on your local machine.</ref> | ||
# <code>hg clone https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave</code><ref>Use <code>hg clone https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave <name of mxe-octave build dir></code> to choose another directory.</ref> | # <code>hg clone https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave</code><ref>Use <code>hg clone https://hg.octave.org/mxe-octave <name of mxe-octave build dir></code> to choose another directory.</ref> | ||
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* Use <code>make all 7z-dist</code>, <code>make all tar-dist</code> or <code>make all zip-dist</code> instead of <code>make all nsis-installer</code> if you want to build just an archive of the files to install on MS Windows instead of an installer wizard. | * Use <code>make all 7z-dist</code>, <code>make all tar-dist</code> or <code>make all zip-dist</code> instead of <code>make all nsis-installer</code> if you want to build just an archive of the files to install on MS Windows instead of an installer wizard. | ||
* By default, packages will be built one at a time | * By default, packages will be built one at a time '''without parallelization'''. You may use <code>make JOBS=4</code> (choose a number other than 4 that is appropriate for your system) to build each individual package in parallel. | ||
** '''Avoid using the <code>-j</code> option for <code>make</code>:''' Using <code>-j</code> enables building packages in parallel, which can mess up the mxe build system. Use this option with care! Another pitfall is the example <code>make -j4 JOBS=4</code>, which can result in as many as 16 jobs running at once. | |||
* Include gdb in the installer by running <code>make gdb</code> before making the <code>nsis-installer</code> target. | * Include gdb in the installer by running <code>make gdb</code> before making the <code>nsis-installer</code> target. | ||
===Build installers for Octave development versions=== | ===Build installers for Octave development versions=== | ||