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@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ The NSIS source files are shipped with every official \W{http://sourceforge.net/
If you don't have Microsoft Visual C++, you can download the free \W{http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/netdevframework.asp}{.NET Framework SDK} (requires Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003), which includes the latest Microsoft compiler. This SDK does not include the Win32 API headers/libraries, so you should also download the latest \W{http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/}{Platform SDK}. See the Microsoft documentation for information about using the command line compiler and linker tools.
Previous versions of NSIS have been reported to work with the MinGW compiler, however we don't have an up-to-date makefile. If you are working with MinGW or another compiler like Borland C++ Builder or Open Watcom C/C++ and want to provide makefiles or project files please drop a line on the \W{http://forums.winamp.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=65}{NSIS Forum}.
You can also compile NSIS using \W{http://www.mingw.org/}{MinGW}, but this results in noticeably larger exeheads. To compile using MinGW, simply use `make'. Borland C++ or Open Watcom C/C++ should also work but probably require some makefile changes.
As of NSIS 2.01, the compiler, makensis, also compiles on POSIX platforms. POSIX platforms include Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X and others. You must first compile the exeheads to be able to compile makensis. This can be done on Windows using the methods explained above, or using a cross compiler. Once the exeheads are compiled, you must copy over the .h files in Source\\exehead\\Release-*. These .h files are automatically generated during the build process from the compiled exeheads. Official NSIS source code releases for POSIX include these .h files, so it is only needed to manually compile them if the source code was taken from CVS.
\\<b\\>Important notes for Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 users:\\</b\\> You should install the latest \W{http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/}{Platform SDK}. Because of flaws in the libraries distributed with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0, not installing the Platform SDK will result in crashes when using the CopyFiles command, see \W{http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=131964}{this forum topic} for more information. Installing the \W{http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/tools/ppack/download.aspx}{Processor Pack} is also highly recommended to decrease the size of the installer overhead.