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Setting up SDL3 for Web using CMake and MinGW-w64

• Download and unzip MinGW-w64: https://winlibs.com/ I have downloaded GCC 11.2.0 + MinGW-w64 10.0.0 (UCRT) - release 1, Win64. This archive contains the "mingw64" folder. Unzip the "mingw64" folder on the C drive (or on the another drive). It requires 672 MB on your hard disk
• The "mingw64" folder contains the "bin" folder. Add the "C:\mingw64\bin" path to the Path environment variable
• Download and install CMake: https://cmake.org/download/ Download "Windows x64 Installer" and install it
• Check that "mingw32-make" and "cmake" is available from the console:

cmake --version
mingw32-make --version

• I use CMake v3.27.7
• Download SDL3 sources from GitHub (Code > Download ZIP)
• Unzip the downloaded archive. Open the console terminal inside the folder
• Copy and paste the following command to the console for the configuration. Replace the installation path to your path if you need:

cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" --fresh -S . -B dist -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=E:\libs\sdl3-desktop-prefix

• It requires 3 minutes 20 seconds