From f4ffe7f30c58036ce929408f20e232892f5d8551 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jw Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 07:54:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update MSYS2 build instructions. Describe process for building on Windows using current version of MSYS2. --- README.md | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4cfc8d6e4..09d261091 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -159,13 +159,20 @@ application. * Download and install the [MSYS2 installer](http://msys2.github.io), either the 64-bit or the 32-bit package, depending on your system. * Open the MSYS shell via the `MSYS2 Shell` shortcut -* Update the packages in your MSYS2 install: +* Update the core packages in your MSYS2 install: - pacman -Sy - pacman -Su --ignoregroup base - pacman -Su + update-core + +* Exit the MSYS shell using Alt+F4, then restart MSYS and update packages using pacman: + + pacman -Syuu + +* Exit the MSYS shell using Alt+F4 +* Edit the properties for the MSYS2 Shell changing "msys2_shell.bat" to "msys2_shell.cmd -mingw64" +* Restart MSYS shell via modified shortcut and update packages again using pacman: + + pacman -Syuu - For those of you already familiar with pacman, you can run the normal `pacman -Syu` to update, but you may get errors and need to restart MSYS2 if pacman's dependencies are updated. * Install dependencies: