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Compile Aseba on Windows

Aseba depends on several open-source libraries. An easy way to compile Aseba on Windows is to use msys2.

Preliminary: download, install and update msys2

Download and install msys2 from www.msys2.org. If you have a 64-bit version of Windows, take the x86_64 installer, otherwise the i686 one.

Once msys2 is installed, start the shell by running the MSYS2 MSYS application. In the shell, update msys2 by typing:

pacman -Syu

Then restart the shell and update the packages by typing:

pacman -Su

Install the dependencies

In the msys2 shell, install the dependencies by typing:

pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-{toolchain,cmake,qt4,qwt-qt4,libxml2,SDL2} git make

If you want to build Windows 64 binaries, replace i686 by x86_64

Fetch and compile Aseba

Dashel and Enki are developed by us, so you need to fetch and compile them. Then, you can fetch Aseba, tell it where it can find Dashel and Enki, and compile it. The following script does this for you:

# change mwing32 to mingw64 if you installed `x86_64` versions at prev. step
export PATH=$PATH:/mingw32/bin
# create build tree
mkdir -p aseba/build-dashel aseba/build-enki aseba/build-aseba
cd aseba
# fetch and compile dashel
git clone https://github.com/aseba-community/dashel.git
cd build-dashel
cmake ../dashel -G 'Unix Makefiles' -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
make
cd ..
# fetch and compile enki
git clone https://github.com/enki-community/enki.git
cd build-enki
cmake ../enki -G 'Unix Makefiles' -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
make
cd ..
# fetch and compile aseba, telling it where to find dashel and enki
git clone --recursive https://github.com/aseba-community/aseba.git
# cd aseba && git checkout release-1.5.x && cd ..
cd build-aseba
cmake ../aseba -G 'Unix Makefiles' -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -Ddashel_DIR=../build-dashel -Denki_DIR=../build-enki
make

Once this script has run, you can find the executables in build-aseba/, in their respective sub-directories. You can launch them directly from their built location; for example, you can then launch studio by typing:

clients/studio/asebastudio

Compiling a different branch

This will compile the master version of Aseba. If you want to compile a specific branch instead, for instance release-1.5.x, just uncomment the line cd aseba && git checkout release-1.5.x && cd ... Change release-1.5.x with the branch or tag you want to compile.