1. Installing libdmtx on Windows using MinGW and MSYS
libdmtx can be installed on MinGW using the instructions provided in the General Instructions. However, please see below for additional details that might benefit users on this platform.
2. Installing MinGW and MSYS
If you haven't done so already, first install MinGW, MSYS, and all recommended updates to your Windows system. Instructions for doing this are provided here:
3. Building and installing the core library
To install libdmtx, download and unpack the libdmtx source to your MSYS folder. If you accepted the installation defaults this will be C:\msys\1.0.
Open the MSYS shell and run the following:
$ ./configure --disable-dmtxread --disable-dmtxwrite --disable-dmtxquery
$ make
$ sudo make install
Go to folder .libs:
$ cd .libs
$ ls
Now you should see following output:
libdmtx.a libdmtx.la libdmtx.lai libdmtx_la-dmtx.o
Finally run:
$ gcc -shared -o dmtx.dll libdmtx_la-dmtx.o -Wl,--out-implib,libdmtx.a
Now you should have working dmtx.dll in the folder .libs.
4. External Dependencies
The dmtxread and dmtxwrite command line utilities require ImageMagick to be installed on your system. To satisfy this requirement you can download and install the current stable branch of ImageMagick from:
After downloading, unpack the ImageMagick sources and run:
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install
Once ImageMagick is installed, change into the libdmtx directory and perform a full install:
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install
5. Anything Else?
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6. This Document
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