How to build Exuberant Ctags on Windows XP

[mokooi]

Hi guys,

I downloaded Exuberant Ctags source ctags-5.6 from ctags.sourceforge.net, but can't quite figure out how to build CTAG.EXE from it.

I' running Windows XP and djgpp,GCC Version 2.8.0.

Help... anyone...

[mjcarman]

Usually you can download a Windows binary version, but there doesn't seem to be one available for the 5.6 release. The simplest thing to do would be to settle for version 5.5.4 (assuming that you don't need any of the features/bugfixes in 5.6).

[majingh]

1. download ctags source files for win32
2. download borland c++ compiler 5.5 (it is free)
3. add "C:\Borland\BCC55\bin;" to the beginning of your "path" env. via.
4. Create C:\Borland\BCC55\bin\bcc32.cfg with:

-I"C:\Borland\BCC55\Include"
-L"C:\Borland\BCC55\Lib;C:\Borland\BCC55\Lib\PSDK"

5. Create C:\Borland}BCC55\bin\ilink.cfg with:

-L"C:\Borland\BCC55\Lib;C:\Borland\BCC55\Lib\PSDK"

6. Open command window (dos window) to your ctags source directory, and do:

make -f mk_bc5.mak

where mk_bc5.mak is the makefile for borland C++ compiler 5.5

Note:

Not sure if gnu regex package needs to be downloaded/installed or not.