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Building Contribs

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  • "<your path>" refers to the location where your source code resides (e.g., C:\)
  • "<your folder name>" refers to the name of the folder containing the source code (e.g., Trunk2016)
  • ⚠️ Please note: Technical knowledge is required. We cannot assist with every individual problem you encounter.

Qt

  1. Download Qt.7z from https://gofile.io/d/Plze0w
  2. Extract it in the Contribs/ folder

Boost

  1. Go to:
    <your path>\<your folder name>\Contribs\boost_1_56_0\
  2. Run:
    bootstrap.bat

  3. When it's done, run:
    build_boost.bat — this will start compiling the Boost library.

  4. If you get errors related to Python, don’t worry — they’re harmless and won’t affect compilation.

Once it finishes, you should see something like:

...failed updating 56 targets...
...skipped 8 targets...
...updated 1095 targets...

OpenSSL

  1. Install Strawberry Perl to proceed with the build.
  2. Open Developer Command Prompt for VS2012
  3. Navigate (cd) to:
    <your path>\<your folder name>\Contribs\openssl
  4. Run:
    perl Configure VC-WIN32
  5. If you get an error like 'perl' is not recognized..., make sure Strawberry Perl was installed correctly.
  6. Next, run:
ms\32all.bat
  1. Create a folder named openssl inside <your folder name>
  2. When the build completes, go to:
    <your path>\<your folder name>\Contribs\openssl\out32dll
    and copy these two files(ssleay32.dll libeay32.dll) to:
    <your path>\<your folder name>\openssl

SDL2

  1. Locate the SDL2 project under:
    3rd Party > SDL2
  2. Right-click the project and select Build

To build SDL2 as a .DLL:

  • Go to Properties
  • Change:
  • Target Extension → .dll
  • Configuration Type → Dynamic Library (.dll)
  • Remove HAVE_LIBC; from:
    C/C++ > Preprocessor > Preprocessor Definitions
  • Build the project.

To build as a .LIB, you don’t need to change anything — just build it as is.

libcurl

  1. Locate the libcurl project under:
    3rd Party > libcurl
  2. Right-click the project and select Build

To build libcurl as a .LIB:

  • Go to Properties
  • Change:
  • Target Extension → .lib
  • Configuration Type → Static Library (.lib)
  • Build the project.

To build as a .DLL, no changes are needed — just build it as is.

✅ That's it — you've compiled the contrib libraries!

💡 You might also want to replace the library or DLL files in your source directory with the versions you’ve just built.