Bitcoin core will not compile on Windows 11 #25195

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I have ran into several issues during my compiling of Bitcoin. I have tried to compile this thing but each time I try to do so, there is a new issue. For reference I am using Ubuntu Bash terminal to compile Bitcoin. My operating system is Windows 11 and I have tried everything I know to troubleshoot this issue. I have downloaded clang, mingw g++ and I will attach the a photo to explain this issue. Each time I try to use the ./configure, ./autogen.sh and sudo make, there seems to be issues and this will not compile at all. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you! PS. I have also created a virtual environment and I have installed the necessary tools for it as well.

<!--- What behavior did you expect? --> I expected the Bitcoin Core to compile.

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<!-- What version of Bitcoin Core are you using, where did you get it (website, self-compiled, etc)? --> The version of Bitcoin core is version 23.0 I have forked it from the bitcoin GitHub Bitcoin page.

<!-- What type of machine are you observing the error on (OS/CPU and disk type)? --> I am using an ASUS X555Y series Laptop.

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config.log

I have also created a virtual environment

Do you mean WSL?

WSL? I'm lost with the acronyms at times.

I have also created a virtual environment

Do you mean WSL?

@LordOfDisdain

I mean, there are two supported ways to build Bitcoin Core on Windows:

• using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
• using Microsoft VS tools

I was trying to understand what does "using Ubuntu Bash terminal to compile Bitcoin" mean exactly...

@LordOfDisdain

I mean, there are two supported ways to build Bitcoin Core on Windows:

* using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

* using Microsoft VS tools

I was trying to understand what does "using Ubuntu Bash terminal to compile Bitcoin" mean exactly...

I understand now. I was using the WSL because my OS is Windows 11.

Ok. From you screenshot it is not clear if you follow https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/build-windows.md#building-for-64-bit-windows, especially, building depends

cd depends
make HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32
cd ..

?

Ok. From you screenshot it is not clear if you follow https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/build-windows.md#building-for-64-bit-windows, especially, building depends

cd depends
make HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32
cd ..

?

I did not follow that. I will look into that and if I have some issues I will update this issue list. Thanks!

Closing for now. Feel free to reopen this issue at anytime.

I am still having issues with the install. I always get this error MakeFile: 741. I'll attach the config log. Also I have one other question. How do I use this bash script exactly: PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -e 's/:/mnt.*//g') # strip out problematic Windows %PATH% imported var sudo bash -c "echo 0 > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/status" # Disable WSL support for Win32 applications. cd depends make HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32 cd .. ./autogen.sh CONFIG_SITE=$PWD/depends/x86_64-w64-mingw32/share/config.site ./configure --prefix=/ make # use "-j N" for N parallel jobs sudo bash -c "echo 1 > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/status" # Enable WSL support for Win32 applications.

Do I use that in the configure script or am I misunderstanding something. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!

Here is the config log! My apologizes for not attaching it in the prior message. Uploading config.log…