Build Tribler on Windows from Scratch

To build a Tribler installer on Windows from scratch, do the following.

Installing required software

1. Download and install Python 2.4.3 into C:\Python243wx2801\.
2. Download and install wxPython 2.8.0.1-unicode.
3. Download and install py2exe 0.6.6.
4. Download and install the NSIS installer into C:\Program Files\NSIS.
5. Download and install some Subversion client (for instance TortoiseSVN).
6. Download and install M2Crypto 0.18-win32 (Contributed Build).
7. Download and install PySqlite and/or APSW.

Preparing the source

Access to https requires authorisation. For read-only access, use http.

1. Check out https://svn.tribler.org/abc/branches/mainbranch into C:\svn\mainbranch.
2. Check out https://svn.tribler.org/ffmpeg/branches/ffmpeg-win32-ivaylo-jan2007 into C:\svn\ffmpeg.
3. Check out https://svn.tribler.org/vlc/branches/vlc-0.8.6a-win32-ivaylo-mar2007 into C:\svn\vlc.
4. Copy the files in C:\svn\ffmpeg and C:\svn\vlc into C:\svn\mainbranch.
5. Rename the copied C:\svn\mainbranch\zip to vlc.

Build installer

1. Open CMD and chdir to C:\svn\mainbranch
2. Run makedist

You will now have an installer at C:\svn\mainbranch\dist\Tribler-VERSION.exe, enjoy :)