##Build instructions for Visual Studio 2015 ###Prepare folder Choose a folder for the future build, for example **D:\TBuild\**. There you will have two folders, **Libraries** for third-party libs and **tdesktop** (or **tdesktop-master**) for the app. ###Clone source code By git – in [Git Bash](http://git-scm.com/downloads) go to **/d/tbuild** and run git clone https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop.git or download in ZIP and extract to **D:\TBuild\**, rename **tdesktop-master** to **tdesktop** to have **D:\TBuild\tdesktop\Telegram.sln** solution ###Prepare libraries ####OpenSSL Open **VS2015 x86 Native Tools Command Prompt.bat** (should be in **Start Menu > Programs > Visual Studio 2015** menu folder), go to **D:\\TBuild\\Libraries** and run git clone https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git cd openssl git checkout OpenSSL_1_0_1-stable perl Configure VC-WIN32 --prefix=D:\TBuild\Libraries\openssl\Release ms\do_ms nmake -f ms\nt.mak nmake -f ms\nt.mak install cd .. git clone https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git openssl_debug cd openssl_debug git checkout OpenSSL_1_0_1-stable perl Configure debug-VC-WIN32 --prefix=D:\TBuild\Libraries\openssl_debug\Debug ms\do_ms nmake -f ms\nt.mak nmake -f ms\nt.mak install ####LZMA SDK 9.20 http://www.7-zip.org/sdk.html > Download [**LZMA SDK (C, C++, C#, Java)** 9.20](http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sevenzip/lzma920.tar.bz2) Extract to **D:\TBuild\Libraries** #####Building library * Open in VS2015 **D:\TBuild\Libraries\lzma\C\Util\LzmaLib\LzmaLib.dsw** > One-way upgrade – **OK** * For **Debug** and **Release** configurations * LzmaLib Properties > General > Configuration Type = **Static library (.lib)** – **OK** * LzmaLib Properties > Librarian > General > Target Machine = **MachineX86 (/MACHINE:X86)** – **OK** * Build Debug configuration * Build Release configuration ####zlib 1.2.8 http://www.zlib.net/ > Download [**zlib source code, version 1.2.8, zipfile format**](http://zlib.net/zlib128.zip) Extract to **D:\\TBuild\\Libraries\\** #####Building library * Open in VS2015 **D:\TBuild\Libraries\zlib-1.2.8\contrib\vstudio\vc11\zlibvc.sln** > One-way upgrade – **OK** * We are interested only in **zlibstat** project, but it depends on some custom pre-build step, so build all * For **Debug** configuration * zlibstat Properties > C/C++ > Code Generation > Runtime Library = **Multi-threaded Debug (/MTd)** – **OK** * For **Release** configuration * zlibstat Properties > C/C++ > Code Generation > Runtime Library = **Multi-threaded (/MT)** – **OK** * Build Solution for Debug configuration – only **zlibstat** project builds successfully * Build Solution for Release configuration – only **zlibstat** project builds successfully ####libexif 0.6.20 Get sources from https://github.com/telegramdesktop/libexif-0.6.20, by git – in [Git Bash](http://git-scm.com/downloads) go to **/d/tbuild/libraries** and run git clone https://github.com/telegramdesktop/libexif-0.6.20.git or download in ZIP and extract to **D:\TBuild\Libraries\**, rename **libexif-0.6.20-master** to **libexif-0.6.20** to have **D:\TBuild\Libraries\libexif-0.6.20\win32\lib_exif.sln** solution #####Building library * Open in VS2015 **D:\TBuild\Libraries\libexif-0.6.20\win32\lib_exif.sln** * Build Debug configuration * Build Release configuration ####OpenAL Soft, slightly patched Open **VS2015 x86 Native Tools Command Prompt.bat** (should be in **Start Menu > Programs > Visual Studio 2015** menu folder), go to **D:\\TBuild\\Libraries** and run git clone git://repo.or.cz/openal-soft.git git checkout 90349b38 git apply ./../../tdesktop/Telegram/_openal_patch.diff #####Building library * Install [CMake](http://www.cmake.org/) * Open **VS2015 x86 Native Tools Command Prompt.bat** (should be in **Start Menu > Programs > Visual Studio 2015** menu folder), go to **D:\TBuild\Libraries\openal-soft\build\** and run cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" -D LIBTYPE:STRING=STATIC -D FORCE_STATIC_VCRT:STRING=ON .. * Open in VS2015 **D:\TBuild\Libraries\openal-soft\build\OpenAL.sln** and build Debug and Release configurations ####Opus codec Get sources by git – in [Git Bash](http://git-scm.com/downloads) go to **/d/tbuild/libraries** and run git clone https://github.com/telegramdesktop/opus.git to have **D:\TBuild\Libraries\opus\win32** #####Building libraries * Open in VS2015 **D:\TBuild\Libraries\opus\win32\VS2010\opus.sln** * Build Debug configuration * Build Release configuration (it will be required in **FFmpeg** build!) ####FFmpeg Open **VS2015 x86 Native Tools Command Prompt.bat** (should be in **Start Menu > Programs > Visual Studio 2015** menu folder) and run git clone https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.git ffmpeg cd ffmpeg git checkout release/2.8 http://msys2.github.io/ > Download [msys2-x86_64-20150512.exe](http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/files/Base/x86_64/msys2-x86_64-20150512.exe/download) and install to **D:\\msys64** #####Building libraries Download [yasm for Win64](http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/yasm-1.3.0-win64.exe) from http://yasm.tortall.net/Download.html, rename **yasm-1.3.0-win64.exe** to **yasm.exe** and place it to your Visual C++ **bin** directory, like **\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14\\VC\\bin\\** Open **VS2015 x86 Native Tools Command Prompt.bat** (should be in **Start Menu > Programs > Visual Studio 2015** menu folder), go to **D:\\msys64\\** and launch **msys2_shell.bat**, there run PATH="/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0/VC/BIN:$PATH" cd /d/TBuild/Libraries/ffmpeg pacman -Sy pacman -S msys/make pacman -S mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-opus pacman -S diffutils pacman -S pkg-config PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/mingw64/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH" ./configure --toolchain=msvc --disable-programs --disable-doc --disable-everything --disable-w32threads --enable-libopus --enable-decoder=aac --enable-decoder=aac_latm --enable-decoder=aasc --enable-decoder=flac --enable-decoder=gif --enable-decoder=h264 --enable-decoder=mp1 --enable-decoder=mp1float --enable-decoder=mp2 --enable-decoder=mp2float --enable-decoder=mp3 --enable-decoder=mp3adu --enable-decoder=mp3adufloat --enable-decoder=mp3float --enable-decoder=mp3on4 --enable-decoder=mp3on4float --enable-decoder=mpeg4 --enable-decoder=msmpeg4v2 --enable-decoder=msmpeg4v3 --enable-decoder=wavpack --enable-decoder=opus --enable-decoder=vorbis --enable-decoder=wmalossless --enable-decoder=wmapro --enable-decoder=wmav1 --enable-decoder=wmav2 --enable-decoder=wmavoice --enable-encoder=libopus --enable-hwaccel=h264_d3d11va --enable-hwaccel=h264_dxva2 --enable-parser=aac --enable-parser=aac_latm --enable-parser=flac --enable-parser=h264 --enable-parser=mpeg4video --enable-parser=mpegaudio --enable-parser=opus --enable-parser=vorbis --enable-demuxer=aac --enable-demuxer=flac --enable-demuxer=gif --enable-demuxer=h264 --enable-demuxer=mov --enable-demuxer=mp3 --enable-demuxer=ogg --enable-demuxer=wav --enable-muxer=ogg --enable-muxer=opus --extra-ldflags="-libpath:/d/TBuild/Libraries/opus/win32/VS2010/Win32/Release celt.lib silk_common.lib silk_float.lib" make make install ####Qt 5.5.1, slightly patched * Install Python 3.3.2 from https://www.python.org/download/releases/3.3.2 > [**Windows x86 MSI Installer (3.3.2)**](https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.3.2/python-3.3.2.msi) * Open **VS2015 x86 Native Tools Command Prompt.bat** (should be in **Start Menu > Programs > Visual Studio 2015** menu folder) There go to Libraries directory D: cd TBuild\Libraries and run git clone git://code.qt.io/qt/qt5.git QtStatic cd QtStatic git checkout 5.5 perl init-repository --module-subset=qtbase,qtimageformats git checkout v5.5.1 cd qtimageformats && git checkout v5.5.1 && cd .. cd qtbase && git checkout v5.5.1 && cd .. #####Apply the patch cd qtbase && git apply ../../../tdesktop/Telegram/_qtbase_5_5_1_patch.diff && cd .. #####Install Windows SDKs If you didn't install Windows SDKs before, you need to install them now. To install the SDKs just open Telegram solution at **D:\TBuild\tdesktop\Telegram.sln** and on startup Visual Studio 2015 will popup dialog box and ask to download and install extra components (including Windows 7 SDK). If you already have Windows SDKs then find the library folder and correct it at configure's command below (like **C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Lib\win8\um\x86**). #####Building library configure -debug-and-release -force-debug-info -opensource -confirm-license -static -I "D:\TBuild\Libraries\openssl\Release\include" -L "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Lib" -l Gdi32 -no-opengl -openssl-linked OPENSSL_LIBS_DEBUG="D:\TBuild\Libraries\openssl_debug\Debug\lib\ssleay32.lib D:\TBuild\Libraries\openssl_debug\Debug\lib\libeay32.lib" OPENSSL_LIBS_RELEASE="D:\TBuild\Libraries\openssl\Release\lib\ssleay32.lib D:\TBuild\Libraries\openssl\Release\lib\libeay32.lib" -mp -nomake examples -nomake tests -platform win32-msvc2015 nmake nmake install building (**nmake** command) will take really long time. ####Qt5Package https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/c89ff880-8509-47a4-a262-e4fa07168408 Download, close all VS2015 instances and install for VS2015 ####Google Breakpad * Install Python 2.7.11 from https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2711/ > [**Windows x86 MSI installer**](https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.11/python-2.7.11.msi) * Open **VS2015 x86 Native Tools Command Prompt.bat** (should be in **Start Menu > Programs > Visual Studio 2015** menu folder) There go to Libraries directory D: cd TBuild\Libraries and run git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/breakpad/breakpad git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/gyp set PATH=C:\Python27;%PATH% cd breakpad/src/client/windows ..\..\..\..\gyp\gyp --no-circular-check #####Building library * Open in VS2015 **D:\TBuild\Libraries\breakpad\src\client\windows\breakpad_client.sln** * Change "Treat WChar_t As Built in Type" to "No" in all projects & configurations * Change "Treat Warnings As Errors" to "No" in all projects & configurations * Build Debug configuration * Build Release configuration ###Building Telegram Desktop * Launch VS2015 for configuring Qt5Package * QT5 > Qt Options > Add * Version name: **QtStatic.5.5.1** * Path: **D:\TBuild\Libraries\QtStatic\qtbase** * Default Qt/Win version: **QtStatic.5.5.1** – **OK** * File > Open > Project/Solution > **D:\TBuild\tdesktop\Telegram.sln** * Build \ Build Solution (Debug and Release configurations)