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Building zlib, libpng, libjpeg and libtiff on Windows
Download and extract the correct versions of zlib, libpng, jpeg and tiff:
| Package | Location | Version |
|---|---|---|
| zlib | http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/ | 1.2.3 |
| libpng | http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/ | 1.2.40 |
| jpeg | http://www.ijg.org/files/ | 7 |
| tiff | ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/ | 3.9.2 |
Build them in the order in which they are listed in the table.
To build libz, run the following commands after extracting the source code:
$ make -f win32/Makefile.gcc INCLUDE_PATH=/mingw/include LIBRARY_PATH=/mingw/lib all install $ mv /mingw/lib/libzdll.a /mingw/lib/libz.dll.a
To build the other three, run the following commands after extracting the source code:
$ LDFLAGS="-no-undefined" ./configure --prefix=/mingw $ make all install