Building GnuTLS 2.10.5 for Win32

GnuTLS is a library providing network security and used by many open-source software. I am compiling GnuTLS for Windows in order to port open-source software from Linux. GnuTLS depends on the following libraries:

• zlib
• libgpg-error
• libgcrypt
• libtasn1

The following commands are meant to be typed in a MSYS terminal. If you don’t understand what MSYS is, follow the instruction in this post to install MinGW first. Then, open a MSYS terminal from the desktop or Start menu.

1. Zlib

   Although zlib is optional for GnuTLS, you can compile zlib as in this post.

2. libgpg-error 1.10

   Compile libgpg-error:

   ./configure --prefix=/mingw --enable-static
   make
   make install

3. libgcrypt 1.5.0

   Compile libgcrypt:

   ./configure --prefix=/mingw --enable-static
   make
   make install

4. libtasn1 2.13

   Compile libtasn1:

   ./configure --prefix=/mingw
   make
   make install

5. GnuTLS 2.10.5

   Build GNUtls:

   ./configure --prefix=/mingw --disable-guile --enable-static
   make
   make install

Also Read

• Building GnuTLS 3.0.20 for Win32
• Compiling GnuTLS 3.1.6 for x64 Windows with MinGW-w64