Building

Prerequisites

This project is written in Rust.

Windows

Install the 32-bit MSVC target:

rustup target add i686-pc-windows-msvc

Linux

Install MinGW toolchain for cross-compiling Windows binaries:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install gcc-mingw-w64-i686

# Add the Rust target
rustup target add i686-pc-windows-gnu

All Platforms

Install cargo-make for the build system:

cargo install cargo-make

Build Instructions

Quick Start

Use cargo-make to build everything:

# Build all components (32-bit and native)
cargo make build

# Run the desktop app
cargo run --bin desktop

The build task automatically:

1. Builds cork and dll for 32-bit Windows (i686-pc-windows-msvc)
2. Builds desktop and cli for your native architecture

Manual Build

If you prefer to build manually:

# Build 32-bit components first
cargo build --target i686-pc-windows-msvc -p cork -p dll

# Then build native components
cargo build -p desktop -p cli

Build Artifacts

Build artifacts are placed in the target/ directory. The layout is:

• target/i686-pc-windows-msvc/ - 32-bit Windows binaries
• target/debug/ or target/release/ - Native platform binaries