<h3>Building libtiff</h3>
<p>Trying to build libtiff with MingW using configure is frustrating.  Instead, use these custom makefiles.  libtiff is dependent on the jpeg and zip libraries.</p>

<code>
# tiff-3.8.2/libtiff/Makefile.mingw

# For used with msys. All dependencies are assumed to be installed
# in msys's /usr/local .

# To build libtiff.dll and import library libtiff.a :
# make -fMakefile.mingw

# To install the tiff library in msys's /usr/local :
# make install -fMakefile.mingw

# To clean up the libtiff subdirectory :
# make clean -fMakefile.mingw

DLL_NAME = libtiff.dll

EXTRA_INCLS = C:/prg/msys/1.0/local/include
EXTRA_LIBS = C:/prg/msys/1.0/local/lib

HDRS = \
	tiff.h \
        tiffconf.h \
	tiffio.h \
	tiffvers.h

SRCS = \
	tif_aux.c \
	tif_close.c \
	tif_codec.c \
	tif_color.c \
	tif_compress.c \
	tif_dir.c \
	tif_dirinfo.c \
	tif_dirread.c \
	tif_dirwrite.c \
	tif_dumpmode.c \
	tif_error.c \
	tif_extension.c \
	tif_fax3.c \
	tif_fax3sm.c \
	tif_flush.c \
	tif_getimage.c \
	tif_jpeg.c \
	tif_luv.c \
	tif_lzw.c \
	tif_next.c \
	tif_ojpeg.c \
	tif_open.c \
	tif_packbits.c \
	tif_pixarlog.c \
	tif_predict.c \
	tif_print.c \
	tif_read.c \
	tif_strip.c \
	tif_swab.c \
	tif_thunder.c \
	tif_tile.c \
	tif_unix.c \
	tif_version.c \
	tif_warning.c \
	tif_write.c \
	tif_zip.c

all: $(DLL_NAME) libtiff.a

tif_config.h:	tif_config.h.vc
	cp -fp tif_config.h.vc tif_config.h

tiffconf.h:	tiffconf.h.vc
	cp -fp tiffconf.h.vc tiffconf.h

$(DLL_NAME): tif_config.h tiffconf.h
	gcc -shared -s -O2 -W3 -I. -I$(EXTRA_INCLS) -L$(EXTRA_LIBS) -o $(DLL_NAME) $(SRCS) libtiff.def -ljpeg -lz

libtiff.a:
	dlltool -d libtiff.def -D $(DLL_NAME) -l libtiff.a

install:	libtiff.a $(DLL_NAME)
	cp -fp $(DLL_NAME) /usr/local/bin
	cp -fp libtiff.a /usr/local/lib
	cp -fp tiff.h /usr/local/include
	cp -fp tiffconf.h /usr/local/include
	cp -fp tif_config.h /usr/local/include
	cp -fp tiffio.h /usr/local/include
	cp -fp tiffvers.h /usr/local/include

clean:
	rm $(DLL_NAME)
	rm libtiff.a
	rm tiffconf.h
	rm tif_config.h
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<code>
# tiff-3.8.2/test/Makefile.mingw

# For building and executing the tiff test programs using msys.
# The tiff library and its dependencies are assumed to be installed
# in msys's /usr/local .

# To build the test programs :
# make -fMakefile.mingw

# To run the test programs :
# make test -fmakefile.mingw

# To clean up the test subdirectory :
# make clean -fmakefile.mingw

EXTRA_INCLS = C:/prg/msys/1.0/local/include
EXTRA_LIBS = C:/prg/msys/1.0/local/lib

COMPILE_OPTIONS = -W3 -I.

all: ascii_tag.exe long_tag.exe short_tag.exe strip_rw.exe

check_tag.o:
	gcc -c $(COMPILE_OPTIONS) check_tag.c

strip.o:
	gcc -c $(COMPILE_OPTIONS) strip.c

test_arrays.o:
	gcc -c $(COMPILE_OPTIONS) test_arrays.c

ascii_tag.exe:
	gcc $(COMPILE_OPTIONS) -I$(EXTRA_INCLS) -L$(EXTRA_LIBS) -o ascii_tag.exe ascii_tag.c -ltiff

long_tag.exe: check_tag.o
	gcc $(COMPILE_OPTIONS) -I$(EXTRA_INCLS) -L$(EXTRA_LIBS) -o long_tag.exe long_tag.c check_tag.o -ltiff

short_tag.exe: check_tag.o
	gcc $(COMPILE_OPTIONS) -I$(EXTRA_INCLS) -L$(EXTRA_LIBS) -o short_tag.exe short_tag.c check_tag.o -ltiff

strip_rw.exe: strip.o test_arrays.o
	gcc $(COMPILE_OPTIONS) -I$(EXTRA_INCLS) -L$(EXTRA_LIBS) -o strip_rw.exe strip_rw.c strip.o test_arrays.o -ltiff

test: ascii_tag.exe long_tag.exe short_tag.exe strip_rw.exe
	ascii_tag.exe
	long_tag.exe
	short_tag.exe
	strip_rw.exe

clean:
	rm *.exe
	rm *.o
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