Topic: HOWTO: Building Apache 2.4.x for Windows x64 using CMake

[idblew]

An updated version you can find at https://www.apachelounge.com/viewtopic.php?p=39755


Having struggled to get a build working using the Visual Studio 2013 IDE, and not wanting to rely on the WIN32 sources kindly provided by Gregg, I set about defining a process which worked using stock source packages and with minimal fuss.

Please see below the process I now use, based on the efforts of WangMaster in http://www.apachelounge.com/viewtopic.php?t=6421

Software Requirements:

Visual Studio 2013 (I use the Community Edition)
ActivePerl for Windows (64-bit, currently using 5.20.1.2000)
CMake for Windows (currently using 3.1.3)
GNU Awk for Windows (currently using 3.1.6-1)
Netwide Assembler (NASM) (currently using 2.11.06)

Source Code Packages (I don't use ZLIB for Apache or OpenSSL, or LUA/LIBXML2/EXPAT, therefore these are not included in the process):

httpd-2.4.12.tar.gz
apr-1.5.1.tar.gz
apr-util.1.5.4.tar.gz
openssl-1.0.2a.tar.gz (yes it works with 1.0.2a!)
pcre-8.36.tar.gz

Process:

1. Extract all packages into their separate folders in your preferred source tree (e.g. C:\Development\Apache24\src)
   
   
2. Create custom build folders for Apache, PCRE, APR and APR-Util in your preferred build folder (e.g. C:\Development\Apache24\build)
   
   
3. Your folder structure should resemble the below:
   
   

   Code:

   C:\Development    └ Apache24       ├ src       │   ├ apr-1.5.1       │   ├ apr-util-1.5.4       │   ├ httpd-2.4.12       │   ├ openssl-1.0.2a       │   └ pcre-8.36       │       └ build          ├ apr          ├ apr-util          ├ httpd          └ pcre

   
   
   
4. Make the following file changes so that ApacheMonitor gets built (without the Manifest error):
   
   
   C:\Development\Apache24\src\httpd-2.4.12\CMakeLists.txt
   Uncomment the section to build the ApacheMonitor utility (lines 769-775)
   

   Code:

   # getting duplicate manifest error with ApacheMonitor ADD_EXECUTABLE(ApacheMonitor support/win32/ApacheMonitor.c support/win32/ApacheMonitor.rc) SET(install_targets ${install_targets} ApacheMonitor) SET(install_bin_pdb ${install_bin_pdb} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/ApacheMonitor.pdb) SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(ApacheMonitor PROPERTIES WIN32_EXECUTABLE TRUE) SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(ApacheMonitor PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-DAPP_FILE -DLONG_NAME=ApacheMonitor -DBIN_NAME=ApacheMonitor.exe / ${EXTRA_COMPILE_FLAGS}") TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(ApacheMonitor ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${HTTPD_SYSTEM_LIBS} comctl32 wtsapi32)

   
   C:\Development\Apache24\src\httpd-2.4.12\support\win32\ApacheMonitor.rc
   Comment out the line that includes ApacheMonitor.manifest (line 29)
   

   Code:

   //CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST  "ApacheMonitor.manifest"

   
   
   
   
   
5. From the Start menu, launch the VS2013 x64 Native Tools Command Prompt found under Visual Studio 2013->Visual Studio Tools. Alternatively from a Windows Command Prompt run the following command:
   
   

   Code:

   call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" amd64

   
   
   
6. Navigate into the build sub-folder for PCRE, run CMAKE to generate a suitable Makefile, then compile and install
   
   

   Code:

   cd /D C:\Development\Apache24\build\pcre cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:\Apache24 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DPCRE_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DPCRE_BUILD_PCRECPP=OFF -DPCRE_BUILD_PCREGREP=OFF -DPCRE_SUPPORT_PCREGREP_JIT=OFF -DPCRE_SUPPORT_UTF=ON -DPCRE_SUPPORT_UNICODE_PROPERTIES=ON -DPCRE_NEWLINE=CRLF -DINSTALL_MSVC_PDB=OFF ..\..\src\pcre-8.36 nmake nmake install

   
   
   
7. Navigate into the source sub-folder for OpenSSL, configure the build environment for compiling with NASM, then compile and install
   
   

   Code:

   cd /D C:\Development\Apache24\src\openssl-1.0.2a perl Configure VC-WIN64A --prefix=C:\Apache24 --openssldir=C:\Apache24\conf enable-camellia no-idea no-mdc2 no-ssl2 no-ssl3 no-zlib ms\do_win64a.bat nmake /f ms\ntdll.mak nmake /f ms\ntdll.mak install

   
   
   
8. Navigate into the build sub-folder for APR, run CMAKE to generate a suitable Makefile, then compile and install
   
   

   Code:

   cd /D C:\Development\Apache24\build\apr cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:\Apache24 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DMIN_WINDOWS_VER=0x0600 -DAPR_HAVE_IPV6=ON -DAPR_INSTALL_PRIVATE_H=ON -DAPR_BUILD_TESTAPR=OFF -DINSTALL_PDB=OFF ..\..\src\apr-1.5.1 nmake nmake install

   
   
   
9. Navigate into the build sub-folder for APR-Util, run CMAKE to generate a suitable Makefile, then compile and install
   
   

   Code:

   cd /D C:\Development\Apache24\build\apr-util cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:\Apache24 -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=C:\Apache24 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DAPU_HAVE_CRYPTO=ON -DAPR_BUILD_TESTAPR=OFF -DINSTALL_PDB=OFF ..\..\src\apr-util-1.5.4 nmake nmake install

   
   
   
10. Navigate into the build sub-folder for Apache, run CMAKE to generate a suitable Makefile, then compile and install
    
    

    Code:

    cd /D C:\Development\Apache24\build\httpd cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:\Apache24 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DENABLE_MODULES=i -DINSTALL_PDB=OFF ..\..\src\httpd-2.4.12 nmake nmake install

    
    
    
11. Finally, confirm everything is working
    
    

    Code:

    cd /D C:\Apache24\bin openssl version httpd -V

    
    

I hope that others who have struggled find this useful. Please feel free to suggest any improvements to the process.

Ian

[idblew]

If you also require the various text files in the folder C:\Apache24 for completeness, bearing in mind the CMAKE routine omits these, you can use the following batch file (currently only supports OpenSSL and PCRE).

[fwagner]

Hello,

thank you for your howto. Based in your work I have created a powershell build script that automatically download the required tools and sources.

you can find the project on bitbucket:
http://bitbucket.org/wagnersolutions/apache-2.4-build-windows

Best Regards,
Frank Wagner

[skmyna]

I found an answer of your question. You can follow this link to view it http://qnalist.com/questions/5377895/building-apr-using-cmake-on-windows.

I hope this will help you.

[satsharm]

I have dependency on the below modules for building Apache 2.4.x windows x64 using the Visual Studio 2013 IDE:

pcre
lua
openssl
zlib
libxml2
nghttp2
httpd
apr
apr-util
apr-iconv

Please help me to compile the above modules and build the Apache.

Best Regards,
Satish