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I am trying to compile the encfs port for windows (also see the git project). To be more precise, I have tried to compile it with MSYS, with Cygwin and with MSVC 2010. I had no success with either of these, each suffering from completely different problems. Before I give a complete rundown of any of these three quests and the issues involved, I wanted to ask if someone compiled this program successfully and could provide a step-by-step guide on how to compile encfs4win from source, assuming that we start with a completely vanilla windows 7.

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  • The first thing I notice when I look at the `encfs4win` project page you linked is "*I’m trying to port EncFS project to Windows…. hope this Git repo could help me (and others) to get it done*". In other words, it doesn't seem to be working yet. If this description is accurate it's no wonder you can't compile it. – syam Sep 24 '13 at 22:29
  • @syam He has binaries on the [project homepage](http://members.ferrara.linux.it/freddy77/encfs.html) which I now also linked in my post. That suggests that there is some way to compile it from source to executable, and I thought it should be hidden in the GIT project somewhere. – Jesko Hüttenhain Sep 24 '13 at 22:37
  • Looks that I was wrong then, my bad. The git repo's description seems to be misleading indeed compared to the project home page. – syam Sep 24 '13 at 22:48

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I have forked the original project to EncFS4win Reloaded. This allows 1-step build in Visual Studio 2015: just do encfs\encfs\encfs.sln > Build > Build Solution.

Libraries are pre-built, but you can also re-build in 1-step dokany and rlog. I also provide updated binaries.

This project solves all issues I've struggled with using the original (non Reloaded) project (fredy77) and forks (rustyx), including:

  • Missing libraries (especially rustyx fork): check you have dokan-dev/dokany, Win32 OpenSSL, Boost C++, rlog corresponding to the dependency paths
  • Unclear build instructions for Boost and Win32 OpenSLL: Do you really need to build these? The official sites provide pre-built libraries (and also build instructions, if you have time to loose or are paranoïd).
  • Update encfs > encfs1 properties > C/C++ > Additional Include Directories
  • Update encfs > encfs1 properties > Linker > Additional Library Directories
  • Update encfs > encfs1 properties > Linker > Input > Additional Dependencies
  • Timespec issue in VS2015, in several projects
  • And be careful about Debug vs Release builds and libraries.
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