Useful resources:
- libarchive's "Building on Windows" Build Instructions
- xzutils's
INSTALL
- xzutils's
windows/INSTALL-windows.txt
- MinGW's "Getting Started"
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Install MinGW. Refer to MinGW's "Getting Started" guide.
I used the
mingw-get-setup.exe
installer.Mark the "mingw32-base" package for installation, which includes a port of the standard GNU compiler toolchain.
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Install CMake. I used the installer.
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Install zlib from the GNUWin32 project.
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Drop the
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Build xzutils. Refer to xzutil's [
windows/INSTALL-windows.txt
] for beautifully- detailed instructions.