Buildinglibtiff.md

Compiling libtiff

• Compiling libtiff
  • Prerequisites
  • Obtaining libtiff Source
  • Preparing your Shell Build Environment
• Building libtiff

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Prerequisites

• Visual Studio C Compiler from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
• cmake from https://cmake.org/download/

Obtaining libtiff Source

cd C:/apps/
git clone https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff.git libtiff

Preparing your Shell Build Environment

Open a command prompt (CMD) and enter the following commands with directories pointing to your installations:

cd C:/apps/libtiff/build
set "libtiffSource=C:\apps\libtiff"
set "libtiffBuild=%libtiffSource%\build"
set "buildType=Release"
set "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
set "generator=Visual Studio 16 2019"

IntelMath / oneAPI libraries might not be needed.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI\setvars.bat" intel64 vs2019

Building libtiff

In CMD windows with administrative priviledges:

cd C:/apps/libtiff/build
cmake-gui ..\
"C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe" --build %libtiffBuild% --target install

Add C:\Program Files (x86)\tiff\bin to PATH (e.g. with Rapid Environment Editor or in System Properties/Environment Variables)