Build GTK with Windows SDK

Question

Hello, how can I compile gtk (itself) with Windows SDK ?

Answer 1

Hi.

GTK can be compiled under Cygwin or Microsoft Visual C++.

Did you try this installation method? Look the Microsoft Windows section...

Hope it helps!

Answer 2

Building in Visual Studio is still quite a lot of work. I've done it, but I don't have reproducible steps for you right now. However, if you have a Linux machine around and are willing to cross-compile I have written up directions on how to build GTK+ for Win32 by cross-compiling.

http://live.gnome.org/Cross%20compiling%20GTK%2B%20for%20Win32

It's also possible to build using MSYS in the command-line on Windows, but that's also a major pain in the ass to get setup. It's also really, really slow. Cross-compiling from Linux is, at a minimum, ten times faster. I'm not 100% sure but it seems to be because if you build using the standard build system then there is a lot of process spawning, which is quite expensive in Win32 compared to Linux.

However, if you want to go this way then install MSYS and pull down the source for glib, atk, cairo, pango, and gtk+.. then try to build using the standard Linux way: 1/ untar the source tarball 2/ in the source's root directory do: ./configure 3/ make

There will undoubtedly be other dependencies that you need to install, such as libpng and libjpeg.