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From: clamsawd <clamsawd@openmailbox.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 20:31:23 +0200
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+Irssi builds for Windows
+========================
+
+### Irssi 0.8.17 builds (without perl):
+
+  * **Windows downloads:**
+    * [irssi-0.8.17-win-32bit-build1.7z](https://github.com/clamsawd/irssi-win/releases/download/v0.8.17/irssi-0.8.17-win-32bit-build1.7z)
+    * [irssi-0.8.17-win-64bit-build1.7z](https://github.com/clamsawd/irssi-win/releases/download/v0.8.17/irssi-0.8.17-win-64bit-build1.7z)
+  
+  * **Source code:**
+    * [irssi-0.8.17.tar.bz2](https://github.com/clamsawd/irssi-win/releases/download/v0.8.17/irssi-0.8.17.tar.bz2)
+    * [irssi-0.8.17.tar.gz](https://github.com/clamsawd/irssi-win/releases/download/v0.8.17/irssi-0.8.17.tar.gz)
+
+### How to use:
+
+* **Instructions:**
+
+    * Unzip the package with [7-zip](http://www.7-zip.org/) or [Winrar](http://www.rarlab.com/).
+    * Copy the folder `irssi` to system. For example: `C:\Program Files\irssi`.
+    * (_**Optional**_) Add the folder to [PATH](https://www.google.es/search?q=add+folder+to+PATH+on+Windows) variable.
+    * Open the folder `irssi`.
+    * Run the script `irssi.cmd` or `irssi-with-term.vbs`.
+
+### How to build irssi on Cygwin
+
+  * Install [Cygwin](http://cygwin.com/) 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-0.8.17.tar.bz2](https://github.com/clamsawd/irssi-win/releases/download/v0.8.17/irssi-0.8.17.tar.bz2) and save it to `C:\Cygwin\home\<User>\`.
+  * Open a Cygwin terminal, and run the following commands:
+
+    * `$ tar xzvf irssi-*.tar.gz`
+    * `$ cd ./irssi-*`
+    * `$ ./configure --with-proxy --with-perl-staticlib --prefix=/usr/ (with perl support)`
+    * `$ ./configure --with-proxy --with-perl=no --prefix=/usr/ (without perl support)`
+    * `$ make`
+    * `$ make install`
+
+### External links:
+
+  * [Irssi homepage](http://irssi.org/)
+  * [Irssi source code (Github)](https://github.com/irssi/irssi)
+  * [Cygwin homepage](https://www.cygwin.com/)