From 388d1854b10cfca1d2e146c0bb1dc987af7384cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wenzel Jakob Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 19:03:56 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Qt/64 bit binary links for Windows --- doc/compiling.tex | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/compiling.tex b/doc/compiling.tex index 71b314c2..9cdf775a 100644 --- a/doc/compiling.tex +++ b/doc/compiling.tex @@ -175,12 +175,13 @@ scons: ** No SConstruct file found. Next, install Qt (\url{http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/windows-cpp-vs2008} -- you should get the release for Visual Studio 2008). Again, you need to make sure that the Qt utilities are reachable through the \code{\%PATH\%} environment variable so that you can for example launch \code{moc.exe} from the command line. -Because the official release of Qt currently only contains 32-bit binaries, you will accordingly have to -build Mitsuba in 32-bit mode (i.e. you should use the configuration file \code{config-msvc2008-win32.py}). If you would rather like compile it in 64-bit mode, you have to create -your own 64-bit Qt binaries. +Note that since the official release of Qt currently only contains 32-bit binaries, you will accordingly have to +build Mitsuba in 32-bit mode (i.e. you should use the configuration file \code{config-msvc2008-win32.py}). If you would rather like compile it in 64-bit mode, +you can either compile your own 64-bit Qt binaries or use the prebuilt +packages available here: \url{http://code.google.com/p/qt-msvc-installer}. Having installed these dependencies, run the ``Visual Studio 2008 Command -Prompt'' from the Start Menu (pick the \code{x86} version if you have the choice between \code{x86} and \code{x64}). Afterwards, +Prompt'' from the Start Menu (\code{x86} for 32-bit or \code{x64} for 64bit). Afterwards, navigate to the Mitsuba directory and run \code{scons}. In the case that you have multiple processors, you might want to parallelize the build by appending \code{-j }\emph{core count} to the \code{scons} command.