When setting up a development environment for wxWidgets, it’s usually necessary to compile your own binaries from the source. This can be a tedious task, so I threw together a simple batch script which simplifies the whole process.

Note: As of 2.9.5, it is possible to download pre-built binaries for Visual C++ users.

[batch]@ECHO OFF

REM Prompt the user to enter the path to MinGW compiler

ECHO Please enter the path to MinGW (NOTE: It should not contain spaces.
ECHO If it does, it is recommended that you put it in the root of your C drive
ECHO (example, C:\MinGW\bin)

REM Get the input

SET /p PATH=

REM Prompt the user to enter the path to wxWidgets

ECHO Please enter the installation path of wxWidgets
ECHO (example, C:\wxWidgets-2.8.9)

REM Get the input

SET /p WX=

ECHO Executing… Go get a coffee, this may take a while ;)

REM Move into the WX directory

cd %WX%\build\msw

REM First we need to clean the source

@ECHO ON

%PATH%\mingw32-make -f makefile.gcc MONOLITHIC=1 SHARED=1 UNICODE=1 BUILD=release clean
REM Now compile it

%PATH%\mingw32-make -f makefile.gcc MONOLITHIC=1 SHARED=1 UNICODE=1 BUILD=release
ECHO Aaaaand… we’re done. Did you enjoy your coffee? :)

ECHO Press any key to exit
PAUSE>NUL[/batch]