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diff --git a/content/docs/distributing-gtk-app-for-windows/_index.md b/content/docs/distributing-gtk-app-for-windows/_index.md deleted file mode 100644 index 9a197fa..0000000 --- a/content/docs/distributing-gtk-app-for-windows/_index.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Distributing a GTK App for Windows" -Description: "Building a GTK app to run natively on Windows" -date: 2023-01-02T18:01:23+05:30 ---- - -# Setting up msys2 - -## Installation using chocolatey - -You need to install msys2 before you can start developing on windows. -The easiest way to set it up is to use the [chocolatey package manager](https://chocolatey.org). - -If you don't already have choco installed, just follow the installation instructions on <https://chocolatey.org/install> then run - -``` fish -choco install msys2 -``` - -After msys2 is set up, open a new (non-administrator) powershell window, and in that run msys2 - -## Installing necessary packages - -``` fish -sudo pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3 mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain base-devel glib2-devel -``` - -Refer to the installation instructions on GTK's website on which other packages you might need. -I believe this is enough to get started. - -# Compiling your app - -Now, clone your project's repository and build the app as you normally would on linux and place the executable in the `bin` -directory inside your installation directory. Use the ldd command (`ldd bin/MyApp.exe`) to list the necessary DLLs required -by your app and copy all the DLLs starting with `"/mingw"` to the `bin` directory. This script automatically does that: - -``` fish -ldd bin/MyApp.exe | grep '\/mingw.*\.dll' -o | xargs -I{} cp "{}" ./bin -``` - -Credit goes to <https://stackoverflow.com/a/50130668>; Replace MyApp.exe with your executable's name. - -# Adding other required files - -## Icon Theme - -Create a directory for the icon theme with `mkdir -p ./share/icons`, and download the hicolor (mandatory) and another icon pack (I'll be using Adwaita) -and place both files into `share/icons`. - -Or just copy from your mingw installation - -``` fish -cp /mingw64/share/icons/* -r share/icons/ -``` - -## GLib Schemas - -Settings schemas need to be compiled in order for the app to work. The quickest way is to just copy the default ones from your mingw installation. -In a real-world scenaro you might want to edit these files and delete any irrelevant settings but just for testing I don't care. - -``` fish -mkdir -p share/glib-2.0/schemas -cp /mingw64/share/glib-2.0/schemas/* share/glib-2.0/schemas/ -glib-compile-schemas.exe share/glib-2.0/schemas/ -``` - -## Pixbuf loaders - -GTK needs Pixbuf loaders to be able to load images, else it will crash. Just copy the loaders from your mingw installation: - -``` fish -cp /mingw64/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -r lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -``` - -# Finishing up - -Check that your app runs, and either zip the file or create a microsoft installer to distribute the app! |