=== Windows Static Build ===
(Preliminary)

Today (2020-08-27) I //(cborn)// managed to successfully create a static Windows build.

Here is a partial description of the final path I took.\\
If I get a chance to do a clean VM build I should be able to fill in any blanks.

This was on a Win7 box, I may try it on Win10 next.\\
Note that this WiKi entry should be updated with more details until it is a proper recipe for success!


== 1. Install Msys64 ==


 -- Instructions at [[https://www.msys2.org/]]\\
 -- Download installer [[https://repo.msys2.org/distrib/x86_64/msys2-x86_64-20200720.exe]]
   
== 2. Install build environment with pacman ("pacman -Syuu" updates system, "pacman -S package_name" installs package)==
[[https://www.msys2.org/wiki/MSYS2-installation/| Updating packages]]
<code bash>
pacman -Syuu
pacman -S package_name
</code>
Or install packages as required during attempted builds!

== 3. Install Qt5 Static build ==
 (Probably want to install default shared build as well)
<code bash>
pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-qt5-static
</code>

== 4. Install the extras required for Qet, kcoreaddons and kwidgetaddons ==
Not currently available as packages, so have to build them yourself!
   
-Clone the msys2/MINGW-packages repo [[https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages]] somewhere local
   
Fire up your Msys64 shell and:
   
<code bash>
git clone https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages.git
cd MINGW-packages
cd mingw-w64-kcoreaddons-qt5
KF5_VARIANT=static MINGW_INSTALLS=mingw64 makepkg-mingw -sLf
pacman -U mingw-w64-x86_64-kcoreddons-qt5-static-5.68.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
cd ..
cd cd mingw-w64-kwidgetsaddons-qt5
KF5_VARIANT=static MINGW_INSTALLS=mingw64 makepkg-mingw -sLf
pacman -U mingw-w64-x86_64-kwidgetsaddons-qt5-static-5.68.0-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
</code>

== 5. Clone the qelectrotech main or mirror repo if not already done ==

<code bash>
git clone --recursive https://github.com/qelectrotech/qelectrotech-source-mirror.git
</code>
Details to be added:

Run up qtcreator from your Msys64 shell\\
Create a static build package, based on the static qmake\\
Open the qelectrotech.pro project from the repo\\
Attempt a build from qtcreator (which fails for me) (static, release only. debug is HUGE!)\\
cd to the build directory where the qtcreator build failed\\
<code bash>
mingw32-make   
</code>
Which (for me) succeeds, despite appearing to run exactly the same commands that failed from qtcreator!\\   
The whole install/build should be scriptable.