Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of BuildingOpenVPN-GUI

Timestamp:

06/17/22 14:02:48 (3 years ago)

Author:

stipa

Comment:

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BuildingOpenVPN-GUI

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-= Introduction =
+= Building the OpenVPN-GUI on Windows =
 
-OpenVPN Windows releases include a Windows GUI, which is not part of the core project. OpenVPN versions 2.2.x and earlier include the [http://openvpn.se old Windows GUI], whereas 2.3 and later include the [https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-gui/blob/master/README.rst new Windows GUI]. These instruction cover building the new GUI, although instruction for the old one are probably very similar.
+This is the recommended way of building openvpn-gui on Windows, which is also used when doing OpenVPN Windows releases.
 
-= Building the OpenVPN installer bundle =
+== Prerequisites ==
 
-Currently the easiest way to build OpenVPN-GUI is to build the entire OpenVPN Windows installer bundle and extract the produced OpenVPN-GUI binary. Thorough instructions are available [https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/BuildingUsingGenericBuildsystem here].
+ - Visual Studio 2019 (build tools should be enough, also 2022 will likely work)
+ - CMake
+ - vcpkg (add the environment variable ``VCPKG_ROOT`` which points to vcpkg installation)
 
-= Building OpenVPN-GUI =
+== Build steps ==
+
+Run inside MSVC command prompt:
+
+
+{{{
+    c:\Temp\openvpn-gui>cmake -S . --preset x64-release-ossl3
+    c:\Temp\openvpn-gui>cmake --build --preset x64-release-ossl3
+}}}
+
+
+To see all presets, run:
+
+
+{{{
+  C:\Users\lev\Projects\openvpn-gui>cmake -S c:\Users\lev\Projects\openvpn-gui --list-presets
+  Available configure presets:
+  "x64-debug-ossl3"
+  "x64-debug-ossl1.1.1"
+  "arm64-debug-ossl3"
+  "arm64-debug-ossl1.1.1"
+  "x86-debug-ossl3"
+  "x86-debug-ossl1.1.1"
+  "x64-release-ossl3"
+  "x64-release-ossl1.1.1"
+  "arm64-release-ossl3"
+  "arm64-release-ossl1.1.1"
+  "x86-release-ossl3"
+  "x86-release-ossl1.1.1"
+}}}
+
+
+You could also open CMake project from MSVC IDE and build from there.
+
+= Building OpenVPN-GUI on Linux =
 
 This information is adapted from [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/10516/focus=10531 Selva's] and [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/10516/focus=10531 David's] emails to openvpn-devel mailing list.