reversing on windows x86_64 with radare2

Question

I am trying to get radare2 to "run" on my windows7 64-bit system.

I downloaded the radare2-1.5.0.zip file from http://radare.org, but when I unzip it and try to run any of the tools, I simply get "there is a problem with this program and it must be closed".

Is it possibly because these were compiled for x86 not x64 operating system?

Answer 1

Use the binaries built with MSVC http://radare.mikelloc.com/get/2.3.0/radare2_installer-msvc_32-2.3.0.exe or this one http://radare.mikelloc.com/get/2.3.0/radare2_installer-msvc_64-2.3.0.exe

Answer 2

1. Go to https://github.com/radare/radare2/releases
2. Click on the link after "Builds:", e.g. http://radare.mikelloc.com/get/2.3.0/
3. Download installer, e.g. radare2_installer-msvc_64-2.3.0.exe
4. Run installer
5. Run path\to\your\home_dir\AppData\Local\Programs\radare2\radare2.exe

Answer 3

The version 1.5.0 built with mingw32 is not working, try to use 1.4.0 instead until 1.6.0 is released here or download the msvc build here.

Answer 4

I had the same issue and was solved using the x64 version. Just download http://radare.mikelloc.com/get/1.5.0/radare2-w64-1.5.0.zip and give it a try.