How to build hsdis-amd64.dll and hsdis-i386.dll on Windows

1. Install Cygwin. At the Select Packages screen, add the following packages (expand the All/Devel category, Search for the package’s name, and double-click Skip in its row of the table):

   • gcc-core
   • make
   • mingw64-i686-gcc-core (only needed for hsdis-i386.dll)
   • mingw64-x86_64-gcc-core (only needed for hsdis-amd64.dll)
2. Run the Cygwin (or Cygwin64) Terminal. This can be done using the Desktop or Start Menu icon created by the installer, and will create your Cygwin home directory (C:\cygwin\home\username or C:\cygwin64\home\username, by default).

3. Download GNU binutils to your Cygwin home directory, and extract it with:

4. Download hsdis to your Cygwin home directory, and extract it with:

5. Change to the hsdis directory:

6. Build hsdis-amd64.dll:

   or hsdis-i386.dll:

Once built, the DLL can be installed by copying it from build/Linux-amd64 or build/Linux-i586 to your JRE’s bin directory.

Bonus tip: can be used to pass the same options accepted by objdump’s -M/--disassembler-options. For example, if you prefer Intel syntax to AT&T, specify .