Step-by-Step Guide for Building rubix.exe for Windows

More about Rubix here - https://www.rubix.net/

This guide will walk you through the process of building the rubix.exe executable for Windows.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

1. Git: https://git-scm.com/
2. Go programming language: https://golang.org/doc/install
3. Chocolate (Required for make): https://chocolatey.org/install#individual (PowerShell with Admin Privilege preferred)
4. cmake: Once the Chocolate is installed, choco install cmake (PowerShell with Admin Privilege preferred)
5. make: Once the Chocolate is installed, choco install make (PowerShell with Admin Privilege preferred)
6. TDM-GCC: https://jmeubank.github.io/tdm-gcc/

Once the prerequisites are installed, close the PowerShell and open it again with admin privilege. This step is important!

Step 1: Clone the Repository

1. Open your command prompt or terminal or github desktop app.

2. Clone the rubixgoplatform repository in development mode using the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/rubixchain/rubixgoplatform.git

3. Change your current working directory to the cloned repository:

   cd rubixgoplatform

Step 2: Switch to the develop Branch

1. To ensure you are on the develop branch, execute the following command:

   git checkout develop

Step 3: Build rubix.exe

1. To build the rubix.exe executable for Windows, use the following command:

   make compile-windows

   This command will set the necessary environment variables, download dependencies, and compile the executable.

   Note: If you get any build errors, check for missing prerequisites or remove the .git folder temporarily (move to the recycle bin or another folder or rename) and try to build again.

Step 4: Locate the rubix.exe Executable

1. Once the compilation process is complete, you can find the rubix.exe executable in the windows folder within your project directory (rubixgoplatform).

   Example path: rubixgoplatform/windows/rubixgoplatform.exe

Congratulations!

You have successfully built the rubix.exe executable for Windows using the make compile-windows command. You can now use this executable to run various commands as needed for your project.

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