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BuildingZlib-MinGW

Build zlib

• Download and install cmake from CMake website
• Open CMD and and set cmake bin folder in the path (e.g assuming you installed it under C:\cmake:

set PATH=C:\cmake\bin;%PATH%

• Ensure that your gcc is in the path:

set PATH=C:\TDM-GCC-64\bin;%PATH%

• Download zlib and extract it
• Run the following:

cd c:\src\zlib-1.2.11
mkdir build-release
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G"MinGW Makefiles"
mingw32-make -j8

• The binary files are located under c:\src\zlib-1.2.11\build-release