Mnemosyne development under Windows

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Best install 64 bit versions of everything.

  • install cygwin, with packages make, git, gettext, gettext-devel
  • install the latest Python 3.x under Windows
  • Open a Windows cmd.exe with admin privileges and type:
    pip install matplotlib nose cheroot webob sphinx pillow PyQt5 PyQtWebEngine googletrans gtts pyinstaller
  • install InnoSetup http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php
  • download mplayer: http://mplayerwin.sourceforge.net/downloads.html and copy it to
    C:\Program Files (x86)\mplayer.exe so that the subsequent scripts pick it up.

To run a version for debugging purposes, type 'make'. To create an installer, type 'make windows-installer'.