Irssi builds for Windows (on Cygwin without perl).
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Irssi builds for Windows

Irssi 1.1.1 builds (without perl):

How to use:

  • Instructions:

    • Unzip the package with 7-zip or Winrar.
    • Copy the folder irssi to system. For example: C:\Program Files\irssi.
    • (Optional) Add the folder to PATH variable.
    • Open the folder irssi.
    • Run the script irssi.cmd.

How to build irssi on Cygwin

  • Install Cygwin 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-1.1.1.tar.gz and save it to C:\Cygwin\home\<User>\.

  • Open a Cygwin terminal, and run the following commands:

    • $ tar zxvf irssi-1.1.1.tar.gz
    • $ cd irssi-1.1.1
    • $ ./configure --with-proxy --with-bot --with-perl=no --prefix=/usr --enable-true-color
    • $ make
    • $ make install
    • $ irssi