README-windows.md

lokinet builder for windows

Building for Windows (mingw-w64 native, or wow64/linux/unix cross-compiler)

#i686 or x86_64
#if cross-compiling from anywhere other than wow64, export CC and CXX to
#$ARCH-w64-mingw32-g[cc++] respectively
$ pacman -Sy base-devel mingw-w64-$ARCH-toolchain git libtool autoconf cmake
$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/loki-project/lokinet-builder
$ cd lokinet-builder
$ make ensure sodium
$ cd build
$ cmake ../deps/llarp -DSODIUM_LIBRARIES=./prefix/lib/libsodium.a -DSODIUM_INCLUDE_DIR=./prefix/include -G "Unix Makefiles" -DHAVE_CXX17_FILESYSTEM=ON
$ make
$ cp llarpd ../lokinet.exe

Building on Windows using Microsoft C/C++ (Visual Studio 2017)

• Microsoft C/C++ is unsupported, the codebase has a lot of POSIX functions, and MinGW-w64 implements enough of them to make the win32 port possible

running

if the machine you run lokinet on has a public address (at the moment) it will automatically become a relay, otherwise it will run in client mode.

NEVER run lokinet with elevated privileges.

to set up a lokinet to start on boot:

C:\> (not ready yet. TODO: write up some SCM install code in the win32 setup)

alternatively:

set up the configs and bootstrap (first time only):

C:\> lokinet -g && lokinet-bootstrap

run it (foreground):

C:\> lokinet

to force client mode edit $APPDATA/.lokinet/daemon.ini

comment out the [bind] section, so it looks like this:

...

# [bind]
# {B7F2ECAC-BB10-4736-8BBD-6E9444E27030}=1090

-despair