TuT [Tutorial] How To Setup Theos on Windows

Rook · July 30, 2016

This tutorial is outdated. You should follow this new tutorial instead: https://iosgods.com/topic/33037-install-theos-dependencies-windows/

The install tutorial is originally from CoolStar's website: http://coolstar.org/iOSToolchainOnWindows.html

I'm just going to make it Noob friendly.

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Requirements:
- Windows 7 or 8 (not sure about XP or Vista)
- Cygwin

- 7-ZIP (Recommended)

Instructions:

1. Download Cygwin from here:

https://cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe - For 32bit OS

https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe - For 64bit OS

2. Run Cygwin installer and when asked, choose "Install from Internet" then click Next.

3. Click Next another 3 more times and select a download site from the ones provided. Some are slow, some are fast.

4. Search and Install these dependencies:

git (under Devel)
python (under Python)
perl (under Perl)
make (under Devel)
ca-certificates (under Net)
openssh (under Net)

5. Open cygwin and run this command to automatically download theos and the iOS toolchain:

32 Bit Users:

git clone -b windows https://github.com/coolstar/theos.git && mkdir -p theos/toolchain/windows

git clone -b master https://github.com/coolstar/iOSToolchain4Win.git theos/toolchain/windows/iphone

64 Bit Users:

git clone -b windows https://github.com/coolstar/theos.git && mkdir -p theos/toolchain/windows

git clone -b x86_64 https://github.com/coolstar/iOSToolchain4Win.git theos/toolchain/windows/iphone

6. Create a new folder in the theos directory named "sdks"

Download the iOS SDK. (Google it or PM me)

Extract the SDK to the "sdks" folder you just created.

Open cygwin and start your first package!

For an even more detailed tutorial, see this: http://coolstar.org/theos.pdf