- Prepare folder
- Clone source code
- Prepare libraries
- Building Telegram Desktop
Choose a folder for the future build, for example D:\TBuild\. There you will have two folders, Libraries for third-party libs and tdesktop for the app.
All commands (if not stated otherwise) will be launched from VS2015 x86 Native Tools Command Prompt.bat (should be in Start Menu > Programs > Visual Studio 2015 menu folder).
In case you don't have a D drive, or prefer to use another working directory.
Since all of the examples and commands here are using the D drive, you might find it more comfortable to map the drive to a folder you of your choice.
For example, to map D:\ to C:\base_folder_for_telegram_dev, open the cmd and execute: subst D: C:\base_folder_for_telegram_dev
.
Go to D:\TBuild
D:
cd TBuild
and run
git clone --recursive https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop.git
mkdir Libraries
Go to D:\TBuild\Libraries and run
git clone https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git
cd openssl
git checkout OpenSSL_1_0_1-stable
perl Configure VC-WIN32 --prefix=D:\TBuild\Libraries\openssl\Release
ms\do_ms
nmake -f ms\nt.mak
nmake -f ms\nt.mak install
cd ..
git clone https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git openssl_debug
cd openssl_debug
git checkout OpenSSL_1_0_1-stable
perl Configure debug-VC-WIN32 --prefix=D:\TBuild\Libraries\openssl_debug\Debug
ms\do_ms
nmake -f ms\nt.mak
nmake -f ms\nt.mak install
http://www.7-zip.org/sdk.html > Download LZMA SDK (C, C++, C#, Java) 9.20
Extract to D:\TBuild\Libraries
- Open in VS2015 D:\TBuild\Libraries\lzma\C\Util\LzmaLib\LzmaLib.dsw > One-way upgrade – OK
- For Debug and Release configurations
- LzmaLib Properties > General > Configuration Type = Static library (.lib) – Apply
- LzmaLib Properties > Librarian > General > Target Machine = MachineX86 (/MACHINE:X86) – OK
- If you can't find Librarian, you forgot to click Apply after changing the Configuration Type.
- For Debug configuration
- LzmaLib Properties > C/C++ > General > Debug Information Format = Program Database (/Zi) - OK
- Build Debug configuration
- Build Release configuration
http://www.zlib.net/fossils/ > Download zlib-1.2.8.tar.gz
Extract to D:\TBuild\Libraries
- Open in VS2015 D:\TBuild\Libraries\zlib-1.2.8\contrib\vstudio\vc11\zlibvc.sln > One-way upgrade – OK
- We are interested only in zlibstat project, but it depends on some custom pre-build step, so build all
- For Debug configuration
- zlibstat Properties > C/C++ > Code Generation > Runtime Library = Multi-threaded Debug (/MTd) – OK
- For Release configuration
- zlibstat Properties > C/C++ > Code Generation > Runtime Library = Multi-threaded (/MT) – OK
- Build Solution for Debug configuration – only zlibstat project builds successfully
- Build Solution for Release configuration – only zlibstat project builds successfully
Go to D:\TBuild\Libraries and run
git clone https://github.com/telegramdesktop/libexif-0.6.20.git
- Open in VS2015 D:\TBuild\Libraries\libexif-0.6.20\win32\lib_exif.sln
- Build Debug configuration
- Build Release configuration
Go to D:\TBuild\Libraries and run
git clone git://repo.or.cz/openal-soft.git
cd openal-soft
git checkout 18bb46163af
git apply ./../../tdesktop/Telegram/Patches/openal.diff
- Install CMake
- Go to D:\TBuild\Libraries\openal-soft\build and run
cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -D LIBTYPE:STRING=STATIC -D FORCE_STATIC_VCRT:STRING=ON ..
- Open in VS2015 D:\TBuild\Libraries\openal-soft\build\OpenAL.sln and build Debug and Release configurations
Go to D:\TBuild\Libraries and run
git clone https://github.com/telegramdesktop/opus.git
git checkout ffmpeg_fix
- Open in VS2015 D:\TBuild\Libraries\opus\win32\VS2015\opus.sln
- Build Debug configuration
- Build Release configuration (it will be required in FFmpeg build!)
Go to D:\TBuild\Libraries and run
git clone https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.git ffmpeg
cd ffmpeg
git checkout release/3.2
http://www.msys2.org/ > Download the latest version and install it to D:\msys64
Download yasm for Win64 from http://yasm.tortall.net/Download.html, rename yasm-1.3.0-win64.exe to yasm.exe and place it to your Visual C++ bin directory, like \Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14\VC\bin\
While still running the VS2015 x86 Native Tools Command Prompt, go to D:\msys64 and launch msys2_shell.bat. There run
PATH="/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/BIN:$PATH"
cd /d/TBuild/Libraries/ffmpeg
pacman -Sy
pacman -S msys/make
pacman -S mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-opus
pacman -S diffutils
pacman -S pkg-config
PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/mingw64/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
./configure --toolchain=msvc --disable-programs --disable-doc --disable-everything --enable-protocol=file --enable-libopus --enable-decoder=aac --enable-decoder=aac_latm --enable-decoder=aasc --enable-decoder=flac --enable-decoder=gif --enable-decoder=h264 --enable-decoder=mp1 --enable-decoder=mp1float --enable-decoder=mp2 --enable-decoder=mp2float --enable-decoder=mp3 --enable-decoder=mp3adu --enable-decoder=mp3adufloat --enable-decoder=mp3float --enable-decoder=mp3on4 --enable-decoder=mp3on4float --enable-decoder=mpeg4 --enable-decoder=msmpeg4v2 --enable-decoder=msmpeg4v3 --enable-decoder=wavpack --enable-decoder=opus --enable-decoder=pcm_alaw --enable-decoder=pcm_alaw_at --enable-decoder=pcm_f32be --enable-decoder=pcm_f32le --enable-decoder=pcm_f64be --enable-decoder=pcm_f64le --enable-decoder=pcm_lxf --enable-decoder=pcm_mulaw --enable-decoder=pcm_mulaw_at --enable-decoder=pcm_s16be --enable-decoder=pcm_s16be_planar --enable-decoder=pcm_s16le --enable-decoder=pcm_s16le_planar --enable-decoder=pcm_s24be --enable-decoder=pcm_s24daud --enable-decoder=pcm_s24le --enable-decoder=pcm_s24le_planar --enable-decoder=pcm_s32be --enable-decoder=pcm_s32le --enable-decoder=pcm_s32le_planar --enable-decoder=pcm_s64be --enable-decoder=pcm_s64le --enable-decoder=pcm_s8 --enable-decoder=pcm_s8_planar --enable-decoder=pcm_u16be --enable-decoder=pcm_u16le --enable-decoder=pcm_u24be --enable-decoder=pcm_u24le --enable-decoder=pcm_u32be --enable-decoder=pcm_u32le --enable-decoder=pcm_u8 --enable-decoder=pcm_zork --enable-decoder=vorbis --enable-decoder=wmalossless --enable-decoder=wmapro --enable-decoder=wmav1 --enable-decoder=wmav2 --enable-decoder=wmavoice --enable-encoder=libopus --enable-hwaccel=h264_d3d11va --enable-hwaccel=h264_dxva2 --enable-parser=aac --enable-parser=aac_latm --enable-parser=flac --enable-parser=h264 --enable-parser=mpeg4video --enable-parser=mpegaudio --enable-parser=opus --enable-parser=vorbis --enable-demuxer=aac --enable-demuxer=flac --enable-demuxer=gif --enable-demuxer=h264 --enable-demuxer=mov --enable-demuxer=mp3 --enable-demuxer=ogg --enable-demuxer=wav --enable-muxer=ogg --enable-muxer=opus --extra-ldflags="-libpath:/d/TBuild/Libraries/opus/win32/VS2015/Win32/Release"
make
make install
- Install Python 3.3.2 from https://www.python.org/download/releases/3.3.2 > Windows x86 MSI Installer (3.3.2)
- Go to D:\TBuild\Libraries and run
git clone git://code.qt.io/qt/qt5.git qt5_6_2
cd qt5_6_2
perl init-repository --module-subset=qtbase,qtimageformats
git checkout v5.6.2
cd qtimageformats && git checkout v5.6.2 && cd ..
cd qtbase && git checkout v5.6.2 && cd ..
cd qtbase && git apply ../../../tdesktop/Telegram/Patches/qtbase_5_6_2.diff && cd ..
If you didn't install Windows SDKs before, you need to install them now. To install the SDKs just open Telegram solution at D:\TBuild\tdesktop\Telegram.sln (jump here to generate Telegram.sln) and on startup Visual Studio 2015 will popup dialog box and ask to download and install extra components (including Windows 7 SDK).
If you already have Windows SDKs then find the library folder and correct it at configure's command below (like C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Lib\win8\um\x86).
Go to D:\TBuild\Libraries\qt5_6_2 and run
configure -debug-and-release -force-debug-info -opensource -confirm-license -static -I "D:\TBuild\Libraries\openssl\Release\include" -L "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Lib" -l Gdi32 -no-opengl -openssl-linked OPENSSL_LIBS_DEBUG="D:\TBuild\Libraries\openssl_debug\Debug\lib\ssleay32.lib D:\TBuild\Libraries\openssl_debug\Debug\lib\libeay32.lib" OPENSSL_LIBS_RELEASE="D:\TBuild\Libraries\openssl\Release\lib\ssleay32.lib D:\TBuild\Libraries\openssl\Release\lib\libeay32.lib" -mp -nomake examples -nomake tests -platform win32-msvc2015
nmake
nmake install
building (nmake command) will take really long time.
https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/c89ff880-8509-47a4-a262-e4fa07168408
Download, close all VS2015 instances and install for VS2015
Breakpad is a set of client and server components which implement a crash-reporting system.
Go to D:\TBuild\Libraries
and run
git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git
cd depot_tools
gclient
If you get errors like
Cannot rebase: You have unstaged changes.
Please commit or stash them.
Failed to update depot_tools.
run git reset --hard HEAD
and execute gclient
again
cd ..
mkdir breakpad && cd breakpad
..\depot_tools\fetch breakpad
..\depot_tools\gclient sync
xcopy src\src\* src /s /i
rmdir src\src /s /q
- Open
D:\TBuild\Libraries\breakpad\src\client\windows\breakpad_client.sln
in VS2015 - Change
Treat WChar_t As Built in Type
toNo
in all projects & configurations (should be in Project -> Properties -> C/C++ -> Language) - Change
Treat Warnings As Errors
toNo
in all projects & configurations (should be in Project -> Properties -> C/C++ -> General) - Build Debug configuration
- Build Release configuration
- Download Ninja binaries and unpack them to D:\TBuild\Libraries\ninja to have D:\TBuild\Libraries\ninja\ninja.exe
- Go to D:\TBuild\Libraries and run
git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/gyp
cd gyp
git checkout a478c1ab51
SET PATH=%PATH%;D:\TBuild\Libraries\gyp;D:\TBuild\Libraries\ninja;
cd ..\..\tdesktop\Telegram
Also, actually add D:\TBuild\Libraries\ninja\ (not just for running the gyp command) to your path environment variable, since Telegram needs it for the build process.
If you want to pass a build define (like TDESKTOP_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE
or TDESKTOP_DISABLE_NETWORK_PROXY
), call set TDESKTOP_BUILD_DEFINES=TDESKTOP_DISABLE_AUTOUPDATE,TDESKTOP_DISABLE_NETWORK_PROXY,...
(comma seperated string)
After, call gyp\refresh.bat
(python 2.7 needed)
- Launch VS2015 for configuring Qt5Package
- QT5 > Qt Options > Add
- Version name: Qt 5.6.22Win32
- Path: D:\TBuild\Libraries\qt5_6_2\qtbase
- If you made a network map, here you should use the real path! (e.g C:\base_folder_for_telegram_dev or what you used at the beginning)
- Default Qt/Win version: Qt 5.6.2 Win32 – OK - You may need to restart Visual Studio for this to take effect.
- File > Open > Project/Solution > D:\TBuild\tdesktop\Telegram\Telegram.sln
- Select Telegram project and press Build > Build Telegram (Debug and Release configurations)
- The result Telegram.exe will be located in D:\TBuild\tdesktop\out\Debug (and Release)