3 Windows Build
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Windows

There two options Microsoft Visual Studio 2015/2017 or MSYS2 both required libuv build and cmake.

  • You can use prebuilt dependencies for your builds https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig-deps/releases.
  • If you just want change file icon or description don't need to compile, you can use tools like Resource Hacker.
  • For 32 bit better choice use MSYS2 significantly better performance, anyway 64 bit builds always faster.

MSYS2 64 bit

Use mingw64.exe shell. Necessary MSYS2 packages:

pacman -Sy
pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
pacman -S make
pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake
pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-pkg-config

CMake build:

cmake .. -G "Unix Makefiles" -DUV_INCLUDE_DIR="c:\<path>\libuv\include" -DUV_LIBRARY="c:\<path>\libuv\.libs\libuv.a"
make

MSYS2 32 bit

Use mingw32.exe shell. Necessary MSYS2 packages:

pacman -Sy
pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-gcc
pacman -S make
pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-cmake
pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-pkg-config

CMake build:

cmake .. -G "Unix Makefiles" -DUV_INCLUDE_DIR="c:\<path>\libuv\include" -DUV_LIBRARY="c:\<path>\libuv\.libs\libuv.a"
make

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017

Go to directory with source, then:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DUV_INCLUDE_DIR=c:\<path>\libuv\include -DUV_LIBRARY=c:\<path>\libuv\Release\lib\libuv.lib

It will create Visual Studio Solution file xmrig.sln. Don't forget change Debug to Release build.

Additional CMake options

  • -DWITH_LIBCPUID=OFF Disable libcpuid. Auto configuration of CPU after this will be very limited.
  • -DWITH_AEON=OFF Disable CryptoNight-Lite support.