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diff --git a/nt/INSTALL.W64 b/nt/INSTALL.W64 index 9261c82db1b..b1f5dabaaff 100644 --- a/nt/INSTALL.W64 +++ b/nt/INSTALL.W64 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This document describes how to compile a 64-bit GNU Emacs using MSYS2 and MinGW-w64. For instructions for building a 32-bit Emacs using -MSYS and MinGW, see the file INSTALL in this directory. +MSYS and mingw.org's MinGW, see the file INSTALL in this directory. Do not use this recipe with Cygwin. For building on Cygwin, use the normal installation instructions in ../INSTALL. @@ -16,28 +16,27 @@ installation instructions in ../INSTALL. The total space required is 3GB: 1.8GB for MSYS2 / MinGW-w64 and 1.2GB for Emacs with the full repository, or less if you're using a release tarball. +As of December 2022, the minimum supported system, both for building +Emacs with the MSYS2/MinGW-w64 toolchain and for running the produced +binary, is Windows 8.1. The computer hardware should also match the +Microsoft requirements for Windows 8.1. + * Set up the MinGW-w64 / MSYS2 build environment MinGW-w64 provides a complete runtime for projects built with GCC for 64-bit Windows -- it's located at https://mingw-w64.org/. MSYS2 is a Cygwin-derived software distribution for Windows which provides -build tools for MinGW-w64 -- see https://msys2.github.io/. +build tools for MinGW-w64 -- see https://msys2.org/. ** Download and install MinGW-w64 and MSYS2 -You can download the x86_64 version of MSYS2 (i.e. msys2-x86_64-<date>.exe) -from - - https://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/files/Base/x86_64 - -Run this file to install MSYS2 in your preferred directory, e.g. the default -C:\msys64 -- this will install MinGW-w64 also. Note that directory names -containing spaces may cause problems. +Go to https://msys2.org and follow the instructions. It is not +necessary to install the packages suggested on those instructions. ** Download and install the necessary packages -Run c:/msys64/msys2.exe in your MSYS2 directory and you will see a BASH window +Run mingw64.exe in your MSYS2 directory and you will see a BASH window opened. In the BASH prompt, use the following command to install the necessary @@ -117,10 +116,6 @@ put the Emacs source into C:\emacs\emacs-26: Now you're ready to build and install Emacs with autogen, configure, make, and make install. -First we need to switch to the MinGW-w64 environment. Exit the MSYS2 BASH -console and run mingw64.exe in the C:\msys64 folder, then cd back to -your Emacs source directory, e.g.: - cd /c/emacs/emacs-26 ** Run autogen |