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+#!/bin/bash
+# Builds qTox for Windows and prepares a redistribuable .zip archive
+export PATH=/root/mxe/usr/bin:$PATH
+tar xvf libs.tar.gz
+tar xvf libtoxcore-win32.tar.gz -C libs
+/root/mxe/usr/i686-pc-mingw32.shared/qt5/bin/qmake
+make clean
+make -j4 || { echo 'make failed, aborting' ; exit 1; }
+
+rm -rf qTox-win32
+rm -rf qTox-win32.zip
+mkdir qTox-win32
+tar xvf qtox-dlls.tar.gz -C qTox-win32
+cp libs/bin/* qTox-win32
+cp release/qtox.exe qTox-win32
+rm -rf qTox-win32.zip
+zip -r qTox-win32.zip qTox-win32
+chmod 777 qTox-win32.zip