<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Yes. Just now on a fresh XP install. Here's my "journal": ------------------------------------- Fresh XP SP3 install. ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Download and install MSYS. The link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS%20Base%20System/Current%20Release_%20MSYS-1.0.11/MSYS-1.0.11.exe/download didn't work. So I found MSYS-1.0.11.exe here (even though there was a MSYS-1.0.12.exe available): http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS%20Base%20System/msys-1.0.11/MSYS-1.0.11.exe/download Installed msys into c:\msys Did post-install ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Install MSVC++ Express 2008 Done. ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Install CURL Link was bad: http://www.paehl.com/open_source/index.php?CURL_7.19.6 So I had to download: http://www.paehl.com/open_source/index.php?CURL_7.19.7 Installed CURL to c:\curl Added c:\curl to PATH Restarted Windows ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Open a command shell/Setup environment Open cmd32.exe failed. No such file. Opening cmd.exe set PATH=%PATH%;C:\msys\bin "%VS90COMNTOOLS%/vsvars32.bat" Success. ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Create/Clean/Set Build Directory set ROOTDIR=%USERPROFILE%\BuildCairo above does not work. You have to add quotes. set ROOTDIR="%USERPROFILE%\BuildCairo" Success. ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Download and untar tarballs curl http://www.zlib.net/zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz -o zlib.tgz curl ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/libpng-1.2.40.tar.gz -o libpng.tgz LIBPNG DOWNLOAD FAILED with error 550 Closest I could find was libpng-1.2.42.tar.gz ... curl ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/libpng-1.2.42.tar.gz -o libpng.tgz curl http://www.cairographics.org/releases/pixman-0.16.2.tar.gz -o pixman.tgz curl http://www.cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.8.8.tar.gz -o cairo.tgz Untared/renamed the archives/folders. ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Build zlib vcbuild /upgrade zlib.vcproj Failed. TRIED to follow instructions on:http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/windowssdk/thread/c139643f-7e1a-4fa2-a466-e521667997fd but nothing was right so I'm on my own. Found vcprojectengine.dll here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcpackages regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcpackages\vcprojectengine.dll" Succeeded. vcbuild /upgrade zlib.vcproj vcbuild is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. FRUSTRATION LEVEL CRITICAL. SHUTTING DOWN TO COOL OFF. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcpackages\vcbuild" /upgrade zlib.vcproj Success. Guess I could add it to the path later. sed /RuntimeLibrary=/s/2/0/ zlib.vcproj > fixed.vcproj 'sed' is not recognized as a blah blah blah.. FRUSTRATION LEVEL CRITICAL. SHUTTING DOWN TO COOL OFF. Downloaded sed. sed /RuntimeLibrary=/s/2/0/ zlib.vcproj > fixed.vcproj Success. move /Y fixed.vcproj zlib.vcproj Success. vcbuild zlib.vcproj "LIB Release" Failed. Must. remember. to. add. to. path.. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcpackages\vcbuild" zlib.vcproj "LIB Release" Success. PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcpackages\vcbuild Didn't work. brushing it off. "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcpackages\vcbuild" /upgrade libpng.vcproj sed /RuntimeLibrary=/s/2/0/ libpng.vcproj > fixed.vcproj move /Y fixed.vcproj libpng.vcproj "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\vcpackages\vcbuild" libpng.vcproj "LIB Release" Success. make -f Makefile.win32 "CFG=release" 'make' is not recognized blah blah blah.. Hmm.. WTF is up with my PATHs? Adding to PATH again.. Restarting Windows.. set ROOTDIR="%USERPROFILE%/BuildCairo" cd %ROOTDIR% cd pixman/pixman make -f Makefile.win32 "CFG=release" Setting MMX flag to default value 'on'... (use MMX=on or MMX=off) Setting SSE2 flag to default value 'on'... (use SSE2=on or SSE2=off) /bin/sh: cl: command not found make: *** [release/pixman-image.obj] Error 127 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin is not in my PATH! Adding.. Restarting Windows.. set ROOTDIR="%USERPROFILE%/BuildCairo" cd %ROOTDIR% cd pixman/pixman make -f Makefile.win32 "CFG=release" This application failed to start because mspdb80.dll was not found. :-) FRUSTRATION OVERLOAD. HEAD POPPED OFF. EOT. --- On Fri, 1/8/10, Travis Griggs <tgriggs@cincom.com> wrote: <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> From: Travis Griggs <tgriggs@cincom.com> Subject: Re: [cairo] building cairo (was Re: 1.10 release schedule) To: "cairo list" <cairo@cairographics.org> Date: Friday, January 8, 2010, 12:26 PM <div class="plainMail">Chris, did you try anything like: <a href="http://www.cairographics.org/end_to_end_build_for_win32/" target="_blank">http://www.cairographics.org/end_to_end_build_for_win32/</a> -- Travis Griggs Objologist Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright  until you hear them speak... -- cairo mailing list <a ymailto="mailto:cairo@cairographics.org" href="/mc/compose?to=cairo@cairographics.org">cairo@cairographics.org</a> <a href="http://lists.cairographics.org/mailman/listinfo/cairo" target="_blank">http://lists.cairographics.org/mailman/listinfo/cairo</a> </div></blockquote></td></tr></table>