Compiling i3 on Windows 2000/XP

You can compile the i3 client library and example programs using Microsoft Visual Studio.NET 2003 by using the Solution file present in the visual_studio subdirectory.

You may also compile i3 using cygwin as follows:

1. Install Cygwin.
   Note: You need to install the following tools and library packages (you can select to install them during the Cygwin installation process):
   • Devel/make
   • Devel/gcc
   • Devel/gcc-g++
   • Devel/libxml2
   • Devel/openssl
   • Devel/libiconv
   • Libs/crypt
     (to build from CVS, you also need)
   • Devel/automake
   • Devel/autoconf
   • Devel/libtool
2. Download i3 source package
3. From the top directory of i3 source:

   tar -zxvf i3-0.2.tar.gz cd i3-0.2 ./configure make all

4. Configure the proxy before running it according to the instructions (Steps 3,5) here.