L
Low Level
Hi
I'm having difficulties compiling TrueCrypt 6.3a,
possibly because I'm not quite sure as to how to
set up all extra libraries/tools.
1. The PC's specs I was using to compile were:
- Pentium 4 w/2gb RAM
- WinXP Pro w/s.p.2
- MS Visual C++ 2008 Pro
- RSA Security Inc. PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface 2.20
- NASM 2.07 (Win32) installed
2. The things I wasn't sure about were:
- For MS Visual C++ 2008 Pro:
+ was s.p.1 really necessary, or could I've
done without? It's just that, as I recall,
when I tried to run an update with that s.p.1
thing, it took well over an hour to complete,
and as far as I knew all it did was to add in
some Silverlight functions. Obvioulsy I'd
rather skip this 1 hour wait, if that s.p.1
is not absolutely necessary.
- For NASM 2.07:
+ I added NASM to the External Tools menu command
of the MS Visual C++ 2008 Pro IDE, and it did
appear, after that as yet another menu command,
however upon compilation there were several error
messages claiming that NASM was not available,
even though its path seemed to be correct.
- For MS Visual C++ 1.52:
+ wasn't this an Win 3.1 compiler?
+ what is it good for anyways, if TrueCrypt is
to be compiled with a .NET compiler in the
first place?
- For Gzip compressor:
+ is there a utility or DLL to install/register?
+ how would any of the compilers (if any) recognize
or make use of that Gzip thing?
- For PKCS #11 2.20:
+ what folder was I supposed to put it in?
+ I did declare an environment variable of type 'System'
for 'PKCS11_INC' with the path pointing to the contents
of one of the ZIP file: there were a bunch of '.h' files.
- For Windows SDK for Windows 7:
+ what if I was to use TrueCrypt only on WinXP?
neither Vista, nor Win7, at all?
- For Windows Driver Kit 7.0.0:
+ would this have been the replacement / only driver SDK available
for all Win versions from now on? In other words, what if I want
to use TrueCrypt on a Win98 machine - do I still have to compile
it on an NT based system?
Any ideas on how to get TC to compile?
Thanks in advance
LL
I'm having difficulties compiling TrueCrypt 6.3a,
possibly because I'm not quite sure as to how to
set up all extra libraries/tools.
1. The PC's specs I was using to compile were:
- Pentium 4 w/2gb RAM
- WinXP Pro w/s.p.2
- MS Visual C++ 2008 Pro
- RSA Security Inc. PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface 2.20
- NASM 2.07 (Win32) installed
2. The things I wasn't sure about were:
- For MS Visual C++ 2008 Pro:
+ was s.p.1 really necessary, or could I've
done without? It's just that, as I recall,
when I tried to run an update with that s.p.1
thing, it took well over an hour to complete,
and as far as I knew all it did was to add in
some Silverlight functions. Obvioulsy I'd
rather skip this 1 hour wait, if that s.p.1
is not absolutely necessary.
- For NASM 2.07:
+ I added NASM to the External Tools menu command
of the MS Visual C++ 2008 Pro IDE, and it did
appear, after that as yet another menu command,
however upon compilation there were several error
messages claiming that NASM was not available,
even though its path seemed to be correct.
- For MS Visual C++ 1.52:
+ wasn't this an Win 3.1 compiler?
+ what is it good for anyways, if TrueCrypt is
to be compiled with a .NET compiler in the
first place?
- For Gzip compressor:
+ is there a utility or DLL to install/register?
+ how would any of the compilers (if any) recognize
or make use of that Gzip thing?
- For PKCS #11 2.20:
+ what folder was I supposed to put it in?
+ I did declare an environment variable of type 'System'
for 'PKCS11_INC' with the path pointing to the contents
of one of the ZIP file: there were a bunch of '.h' files.
- For Windows SDK for Windows 7:
+ what if I was to use TrueCrypt only on WinXP?
neither Vista, nor Win7, at all?
- For Windows Driver Kit 7.0.0:
+ would this have been the replacement / only driver SDK available
for all Win versions from now on? In other words, what if I want
to use TrueCrypt on a Win98 machine - do I still have to compile
it on an NT based system?
Any ideas on how to get TC to compile?
Thanks in advance
LL