Glossary: https://github.com/msys2/msys2/wiki/How-does-MSYS2-differ-from-Cygwin ``` Cygwin: Gives you application support for POSIX compatible API, build and run environment. Useful when you have a native POSIX application you want to compile and run on a windows box. MSYS2: API's and build environment. This is useful when you have something like a library you want to use that requires autotools or has a complicated build system. MinGW: POSIX API. Useful if you want to compile, or especially cross compile using gcc, use POSIX api's and have access to unix command line tools. ``` 1) Install Visual Studio Community: https://www.visualstudio.com/ 2) Configure Visual Studio build environment https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/MSVC#Settingtheenvironment Sets source and target architecture to x64: ```cmd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Preview\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x64 ``` 3) Clone [fluidsynth](https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth) repository: ```bash git clone git@github.com:FluidSynth/fluidsynth.git ``` 4) Install msys2 toolchain: http://www.msys2.org/ > MSYS2 is a software distro and building platform for Windows > an independent rewrite of MSYS, based on modern Cygwin (POSIX compatibility layer) and MinGW-w64 > provides a bash shell, Autotools, revision control systems and the like for building native Windows applications using MinGW-w64 toolchains > features a package management system to provide easy installation of packages, Pacman 5) Grab latest package definitions: Press the Start key to search for and launch an MSYS2 command prompt. Named `MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit`. ``` pacman -Syu ``` It may ask you to close the terminal and run update one more time: ``` pacman -Su ``` 6) install libfluidsynth.dll: https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/blob/master/mingw-w64-fluidsynth/PKGBUILD ``` pacman -S --needed mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-fluidsynth ``` ``` $ pacman -S --needed mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-fluidsynth resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Packages (36) mingw-w64-x86_64-bzip2-1.0.6-6 mingw-w64-x86_64-ca-certificates-20170211-2 mingw-w64-x86_64-expat-2.2.5-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-flac-1.3.2-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc-libs-7.3.0-2 mingw-w64-x86_64-gettext-0.19.8.1-4 mingw-w64-x86_64-glib2-2.56.1-2 mingw-w64-x86_64-gmp-6.1.2-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-libffi-3.2.1-4 mingw-w64-x86_64-libiconv-1.15-3 mingw-w64-x86_64-libogg-1.3.3-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-libsndfile-1.0.28-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-libsystre-1.0.1-4 mingw-w64-x86_64-libtasn1-4.13-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-libtre-git-r128.6fb7206-2 mingw-w64-x86_64-libvorbis-1.3.6-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-libwinpthread-git-6.0.0.5134.2416de71-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-mpc-1.1.0-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-mpfr-4.0.1-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-ncurses-6.1.20180526-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-openssl-1.0.2.o-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-p11-kit-0.23.12-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-pcre-8.42-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-portaudio-190600_20161030-3 mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-3.6.5-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-readline-7.0.005-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-speex-1.2.0-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-speexdsp-1.2rc3-3 mingw-w64-x86_64-sqlite3-3.24.0-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-tcl-8.6.8-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-termcap-1.3.1-3 mingw-w64-x86_64-tk-8.6.8-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-wineditline-2.205-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-xz-5.2.4-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-zlib-1.2.11-1 mingw-w64-x86_64-fluidsynth-1.1.11-1 Total Download Size: 40.77 MiB Total Installed Size: 254.59 MiB ``` ``` alexb@DESKTOP-JE77PJ2 MSYS ~ $ ldd /mingw64/bin/libfluidsynth-1.dll ntdll.dll => /c/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/ntdll.dll (0x7ffcc2030000) KERNEL32.DLL => /c/WINDOWS/System32/KERNEL32.DLL (0x7ffcc0ca0000) KERNELBASE.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/KERNELBASE.dll (0x7ffcbe740000) apphelp.dll => /c/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/apphelp.dll (0x7ffcbc400000) msvcrt.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/msvcrt.dll (0x7ffcc0d60000) DSOUND.dll => /c/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/DSOUND.dll (0x7ffc9ad20000) USER32.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/USER32.dll (0x7ffcc1590000) win32u.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/win32u.dll (0x7ffcbe9c0000) advapi32.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/advapi32.dll (0x7ffcc11e0000) GDI32.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/GDI32.dll (0x7ffcc1320000) sechost.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/sechost.dll (0x7ffcc1ea0000) RPCRT4.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/RPCRT4.dll (0x7ffcc1350000) gdi32full.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/gdi32full.dll (0x7ffcbf320000) msvcp_win.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/msvcp_win.dll (0x7ffcbe9e0000) ucrtbase.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/ucrtbase.dll (0x7ffcbe640000) powrprof.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/powrprof.dll (0x7ffcbe390000) combase.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/combase.dll (0x7ffcc1720000) WS2_32.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/WS2_32.dll (0x7ffcc0c30000) WINMM.dll => /c/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/WINMM.dll (0x7ffcbc1c0000) libglib-2.0-0.dll => /mingw64/bin/libglib-2.0-0.dll (0x685c0000) libportaudio-2.dll => /mingw64/bin/libportaudio-2.dll (0x632c0000) ole32.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/ole32.dll (0x7ffcbf690000) ??? => ??? (0xdd0000) libreadline7.dll => /mingw64/bin/libreadline7.dll (0x6e780000) SETUPAPI.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/SETUPAPI.dll (0x7ffcc1a50000) SHELL32.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/SHELL32.dll (0x7ffcbf7f0000) cfgmgr32.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/cfgmgr32.dll (0x7ffcbe5f0000) libsndfile-1.dll => /mingw64/bin/libsndfile-1.dll (0x70440000) shcore.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/shcore.dll (0x7ffcbf560000) winmmbase.dll => /c/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/winmmbase.dll (0x7ffcbbd70000) ??? => ??? (0x140000) windows.storage.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/windows.storage.dll (0x7ffcbec10000) libtermcap-0.dll => /mingw64/bin/libtermcap-0.dll (0x6ac40000) shlwapi.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/shlwapi.dll (0x7ffcc1180000) libwinpthread-1.dll => /mingw64/bin/libwinpthread-1.dll (0x64940000) kernel.appcore.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/kernel.appcore.dll (0x7ffcbe370000) libFLAC-8.dll => /mingw64/bin/libFLAC-8.dll (0x64080000) libogg-0.dll => /mingw64/bin/libogg-0.dll (0x70680000) profapi.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/profapi.dll (0x7ffcbe3e0000) bcryptPrimitives.dll => /c/WINDOWS/System32/bcryptPrimitives.dll (0x7ffcbeb30000) libspeex-1.dll => /mingw64/bin/libspeex-1.dll (0x69580000) libvorbis-0.dll => /mingw64/bin/libvorbis-0.dll (0x6d540000) FLTLIB.DLL => /c/WINDOWS/System32/FLTLIB.DLL (0x7ffcbe360000) libvorbisenc-2.dll => /mingw64/bin/libvorbisenc-2.dll (0x6b680000) libintl-8.dll => /mingw64/bin/libintl-8.dll (0x61cc0000) libpcre-1.dll => /mingw64/bin/libpcre-1.dll (0x69140000) libiconv-2.dll => /mingw64/bin/libiconv-2.dll (0x66000000) IMM32.DLL => /c/WINDOWS/System32/IMM32.DLL (0x7ffcc1560000) ``` 6) Install CLion https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/nextversion/ 6) Install MinGW toolchain Required for CLion integration. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36375081/how-to-run-clion-with-msys2-on-windows You don't need all the packages here (like Ada, Fortran, Objective-C...), but space is cheap so just install all. ```bash pacman -S --needed mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain ``` 7) Configure CLion Add MinGW Toolchain: ``` C:\msys64\mingw64 ``` 8) Install [VST3 Audio Plug-Ins SDK](https://www.steinberg.net/en/company/developers.html) Such that this folder exists: ``` C:\SDKs\VST_SDK\VST3_SDK ``` 9) Install JUCE and Projucer https://shop.juce.com/get-juce JUCE should be installed to C:\\Juce 10) With Projucer, open juicysfplugin/juicysfplugin.jucer 5.onsecondthoughtsdon't) Configure MSYS2 environment Press the Start key to search for and launch an MSYS2 command prompt. Named `MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit`. Ensure that on MSYS2's path, Visual Studio's cl and link programs have the highest precedence: ```bash echo 'export PATH="/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/Preview/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.14.26428/bin/Hostx64/x64/:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc ``` Ensure that any libs or headers you wish to include are added to the path: ```bash echo 'export LIB="EXAMPLE:$LIB"' >> ~/.bashrc echo 'export INCLUDE="EXAMPLE:$INCLUDE"' >> ~/.bashrc ```