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[Milan Horák <stranger@...>]

Kicad for Windows can be compilled with wxWidgets dynamic linking by
adding a line

SET(wxWidgets_USE_STATIC OFF)

to CMakeLists file.

Size is then ~12MB exe files + ~11MB dynamic libraries.
Package is then still 10MB less than statically linked.

Milan

--- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Milan Horák <stranger@...> wrote:
>
> Phew,
> 
> so as non-programmer I'd rather stay with current state.
> 
> Thanks for answer.
> 
> Milan
> 
> Dick Hollenbeck napsal(a):
> > Milan Horák wrote:
> >> Hallo,
> >>
> >> is there any possibility to compile Kicad without wxWidgets
statically 
> >> compiled into exe files.
> >>
> >> What I mean is not to have 34 megabytes of exe files but i.e. 3 
> >> megabytes plus one shared wxWidgets.dll.
> >>
> >> I tried it with WXUSINGDLL = 1 line in libs.win but no succes.
> >> I tried it with wxWidgets compiles with --enable-shared=yes but
no succes.
> >>
> >> Do you have any idea how to do it?
> >>
> >> Milan
> >>
> >>