Hi, As an uneducated / idiot to this process .. I'll give this a try this weekend, will confirm that the steps work (starting from scratch).
Thanks! ... Russell -----Original Message----- From: Samuli Seppänen [mailto:sam...@openvpn.net] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 2:31 AM To: Selva Nair <selva.n...@gmail.com>; Morris, Russell <rmor...@rkmorris.us> Cc: openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Openvpn-devel] OpenVPN-GUI now on GitHub + other Windows team things > Cross compiling on linux is possible. Actually its the only way I've > build the gui. Its well documented when done as a part of the full > distribution build using openvpn-build (as Samuli pointed out), but > could be built alone as well. Here is a very basic description of what I do: > > The only complication is you need openssl built for the target > (windows) > -- I have this cross-compiled from source and installed in > $HOME/windows/ There are some tutorials out there on how to > cross-compile openssl. > > Alternatively if change-password feature is not required, you don't > need openssl at all to build the gui (see below) > > I work on Debian Jessie, have autoconf, automake etc and > mingw-w64-x86-64-dev and mingw-w64-i686-dev installed > > Steps -- building for 64 bit windows > > Starting from a clone of this gui repo from github, do > > $ autoreconf -i -v > > run configure as > $ OPENSSL_CRYPTO_CFLAGS="-I /home/selva/windows/include/ > OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBS="-L/home/selva/windows/lib/ -lcrypto" ./configure > --prefix=/ --libdir=//lib --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --target= > --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --program-prefix='' --sbindir=/bin > > (replace, /home/selva/windows by the location of openssl include and > libs) > > If disable-change-password is ok, run configure as > > $ ./configure --prefix=/ --libdir=//lib --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 > --target= --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --program-prefix='' > --sbindir=/bin CFLAGS=-DDISABLE_CHANGE_PASSWORD OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBS="-L./" > > $ make (optionally with -j n) > > That will build openvpn-gui.exe > The exec can be easily installed manually but you can also make the > installer as > > $ make installer (needs makensis in path) I added these instructions + David's notes here: <https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/BuildingOpenVPN-GUI> What we had there previously was fairly outdated and/or confusing. -- Samuli Seppänen Community Manager OpenVPN Technologies, Inc irc freenode net: mattock
