Any pointers on getting this to build on windows?

[rupakhetibinit]

I've set up llvm-config as well but now linking fails with error that says something like libxml2s.lib is not found

[ismaildasci]

on windows with mingw, llvm and libxml2 linking can be tricky. the error about libxml2s.lib means llvm was built expecting msvc static libraries but youre using mingw.

few options:

1. use prebuilt llvm for mingw. download from llvm releases page, get the mingw64 version specifically.

2. if building llvm yourself, disable libxml2:

cmake .. -G "MinGW Makefiles" \
  -DLLVM_ENABLE_LIBXML2=OFF

3. install libxml2 for mingw. if using msys2:

pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-libxml2

then set cmake to find it:

cmake .. -DLIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR=/mingw64/include/libxml2 \
  -DLIBXML2_LIBRARY=/mingw64/lib/libxml2.dll.a

4. for inkwell specifically, try setting these env vars before cargo build:

$env:LLVM_SYS_180_PREFIX = "C:\path\to\llvm"
$env:LLVM_CONFIG_PATH = "C:\path\to\llvm\bin\llvm-config.exe"

5. if using llvm 18+, make sure inkwell version matches. check cargo.toml:

inkwell = { version = "0.5", features = ["llvm18-0"] }

6. easiest solution might be using visual studio instead of mingw. install vs build tools and use the msvc toolchain:

rustup default stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc

msvc is better supported for llvm on windows.