Build/Cygwin

How to build suite3270 (x3270, c3270, s3270, tcl3270, pr3287 and wc3270) on Cygwin.

Required packages

 * gcc-core
 * make
 * Basic build tools.


 * openssl-devel
 * The OpenSSL library, for TLS support.


 * libreadline-devel
 * The GNU readline library, for command-line editing in c3270 and at the x3270&gt; prompt.


 * libxaw-devel
 * The Athena Widgets library, for building x3270. Also pulls in the rest of the required X11 development tools.


 * libncurses-devel
 * The ncurses library, for building c3270.


 * tcl-devel
 * Tcl develoepment library, for building tcl3270.


 * mingw-w64
 * Windows cross-compiler, for building Windows native versions of the emulator suite.

Build process

 * If you intend to cross-compile native Windows binaries, run git submodule update --init to get the libexpat source. New in 4.2
 * Install the required packages.
 * Run configure.
 * Run make.