windows sodium-prebuilt build env notes

sodium-prebuilt-win-notes.md

File System | Node.js v6.8.1 Documentation

possible install shells :

• node command prompt (msi installer here)
• PowerShell
• Bash on Ubuntu on Windows (inverse-WINE?)
• Git Bash (MINGW64 based)

leveldown

• depends : node-gyp
  • [Option 1]: installing windows-build-tools
    • admin PowerShell: npm install --global --production windows-build-tools
    • didn't work
    • tried npm install --global windows-build-tools
  • [Option 2]: manual install :
    • ... found that windows-build-tools had already done manual steps

patchwork-election

• npm install in PowerShell - fails on sodium-prebuilt (no make)

sodium-prebuilt (repo : node-sodium-prebuilt)

• cloned, errored npm installing in Powershell - no make command
• installed without apparent errors in Git Bash

patchwork-election

• npm install in GitBash - fails on sodium-prebuilt (no make)

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Peter's approach:

• install cygwin : https://cygwin.com/install.html

  • choose make, libtool, m4, automake (wrapper + 1.15), gcc (all gcc under devel) to install
  • clone repo (note you might have to type url manually because ? I don't know, some unicode chars)
  • npm i
  • export INC="-I/usr/include" ???

• download NSIS

  • http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download/
  • export PATH=$PATH:"/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/NSIS" (in cygwin)

getting sodium-prebuilt working:

• all of the above

• copied dll : cp deps/build/lib/libsodium.dll build/Release/

• npm link in the node-sodium-prebuilt folder, npm link sodium-prebuilt https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_writefilesync_file_data_options