From dded2ec0634fe51ace6406aaa6a4a2249d3334cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thorsten Schöning Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 08:10:33 +0100 Subject: Add notes for running more tests on Windows Provide notes about LibTiff and such. --- README-windows.txt | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) (limited to 'README-windows.txt') diff --git a/README-windows.txt b/README-windows.txt index 88a36b3f..5da09690 100644 --- a/README-windows.txt +++ b/README-windows.txt @@ -52,6 +52,40 @@ want to run them, you need ghostscript and tiff utils as well, and you will need to add --enable-test-compare-images from the configure statements given below. + + +Additionally for Windows, some tests require 3rd party software which +most likely is not available if not provided by an environment like +MSYS, Cygwin or such, but can be downloaded separately as well for an +environment not using both of the former mentioned. Just extract or +install the following software into separate folders each and add the +"bin" folder to your "PATH" env variable to make executables and DLLs +available. If installers are provided, they might do that already by +default. + + * LibJpeg (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/jpeg.htm) + + This archive provides some needed DLLs for LibTiff if you want to + use the image comparison tests. + + * LibTiff (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/tiff.htm) + + This archive provides some needed binaries and DLLs if you want to + use the image comparison tests and is only working if DLLs from + LibJpeg are available as well. + + * GhostScript (http://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html) + + GhstScript is needed for image comparison tests and it's important + that the binary is available as "gs", while its default name is + "gswin32[c].exe". So you need to provide an additional "gs.exe" + by copying one of the original files or use "mklink" to create a + hard-/softlink, or need to provide a custom "gs.cmd" wrapper which + simply forwards all args to one of the original binarys. Using + "mkink" with "gswin32c.exe" should be preferred. + + + Jian Ma has generously provided a port of QPDF that works with Microsoft VC6. Several changes are required, but they are well documented in his port. You can find the VC6 port in the -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf