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Irssi builds for Windows
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### Irssi 0.8.17 builds (without perl):
* **Windows downloads:**
* [irssi-0.8.17-win-32bit-build1.7z](https://github.com/clamsawd/irssi-win/releases/download/v0.8.17/irssi-0.8.17-win-32bit-build1.7z)
* [irssi-0.8.17-win-64bit-build1.7z](https://github.com/clamsawd/irssi-win/releases/download/v0.8.17/irssi-0.8.17-win-64bit-build1.7z)
* **Source code:**
* [irssi-0.8.17.tar.bz2](https://github.com/clamsawd/irssi-win/releases/download/v0.8.17/irssi-0.8.17.tar.bz2)
* [irssi-0.8.17.tar.gz](https://github.com/clamsawd/irssi-win/releases/download/v0.8.17/irssi-0.8.17.tar.gz)
### How to use:
* **Instructions:**
* Unzip the package with [7-zip](http://www.7-zip.org/) or [Winrar](http://www.rarlab.com/).
* Copy the folder `irssi` to system. For example: `C:\Program Files\irssi`.
* (_**Optional**_) Add the folder to [PATH](https://www.google.es/search?q=add+folder+to+PATH+on+Windows) variable.
* Open the folder `irssi`.
* Run the script `irssi.cmd` or `irssi-with-term.vbs`.
### How to build irssi on Cygwin
* Install [Cygwin](http://cygwin.com/) and add the following packages to the default configuration:
* `Devel/gcc-core`
* `Devel/gcc-g++`
* `Devel/gettext`
* `Devel/gettext-devel (missing libintl.a)`
* `Devel/libncurses-devel (terminfo support)`
* `Devel/make`
* `Devel/pkgconfig (detects glib2)`
* `Interpreters/perl`
* `Libs/glib2`
* `Libs/glib2-devel`
* `Libs/openssl`
* `Libs/openssl-devel`
* Download [irssi-0.8.17.tar.bz2](https://github.com/clamsawd/irssi-win/releases/download/v0.8.17/irssi-0.8.17.tar.bz2) and save it to `C:\Cygwin\home\<User>\`.
* Open a Cygwin terminal, and run the following commands:
* `$ tar xzvf irssi-*.tar.gz`
* `$ cd ./irssi-*`
* `$ ./configure --with-proxy --with-perl-staticlib --prefix=/usr/ (with perl support)`
* `$ ./configure --with-proxy --with-perl=no --prefix=/usr/ (without perl support)`
* `$ make`
* `$ make install`
### External links:
* [Irssi homepage](http://irssi.org/)
* [Irssi source code (Github)](https://github.com/irssi/irssi)
* [Cygwin homepage](https://www.cygwin.com/)