WINDOWS.md

Building LevelDB On Windows

Prereqs

Install the Windows Software Development Kit version 7.1.

Download and extract the Snappy source distribution

1. Open the "Windows SDK 7.1 Command Prompt" : Start Menu -> "Microsoft Windows SDK v7.1" > "Windows SDK 7.1 Command Prompt"
2. Change the directory to the leveldb project

Building the Static lib

• 32 bit Version

    setenv /x86
    msbuild.exe /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=Win32 /p:Snappy=..\snappy-1.0.5
  

• 64 bit Version

    setenv /x64
    msbuild.exe /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64 /p:Snappy=..\snappy-1.0.5
  

Building and Running the Benchmark app

• 32 bit Version

    setenv /x86
    msbuild.exe /p:Configuration=Benchmark /p:Platform=Win32 /p:Snappy=..\snappy-1.0.5
    Benchmark\leveldb.exe
  

• 64 bit Version

    setenv /x64
    msbuild.exe /p:Configuration=Benchmark /p:Platform=x64 /p:Snappy=..\snappy-1.0.5
    x64\Benchmark\leveldb.exe