On Windows, ImHex is built through msys2 / mingw's gcc.
- Download and install msys2 from their website.
- Open the
MSYS2 MinGW x64
shell - Clone the repo using
git clone https://github.com/WerWolv/ImHex --recurse-submodules
- Install all the dependencies using
./ImHex/dist/get_deps_msys2.sh
- Build ImHex itself using the following commands:
cd ImHex
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" \
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$PWD/install" \
-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-fuse-ld=lld" \
-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fuse-ld=lld" \
-DCMAKE_OBJC_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
-DCMAKE_OBJCXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
-DRUST_PATH="$USERPROFILE/.cargo/bin/" \
..
mingw32-make -j install
ImHex will look for any extra resources either in various folders directly next to the executable or in %localappdata%/imhex