Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Win7 - 64 bit build

[Ed Beroset <beroset@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alex Lindberg wrote:
> I was having issues compiling a x64 build of Wireshark on a Win7x64 bit PC.  I followed the instructions to the letter as referenced in the Win build page:
>
>      http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChSetupWin32.html
>
> All to no avail.  After reinstalling several times and googling for most of the day, the answer was found.
>
> The referenced sugested setup batch file to build x64 Wireshark is:
>
> @echo off
> echo Adding things to the path...
> set PATH=%PATH%;.
> set PATH=%PATH%;c:\cygwin\bin echo Setting up Visual Studio environment...
> call "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat" amd64 title Command Prompt (VC++ 2010)
> The issue was that the vcvars32.bat amd64 branch is broken.  The script is looking for files that don't exist.
>
> To fix this the line 'call "c:\windows..." line should now read:
>
> call "c:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\BIn\SetEnv.cmd" /x64
>
> The /x64 can be changed to set any number of different compile options.

Thanks for reporting back.  I have been intending to redo the build 
instructions for a while and this gives me both the confirmation that 
the existing instructions really need revision and that the edits that I 
have in mind will work.  Now all I need is to actually get around to 
doing the work!  :) Thanks!

Ed