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howtos:win32:msys2 [2016/03/13 17:39] – Add bundle and installer creation notes enricohowtos:win32:msys2 [2019/08/19 19:08] – Add warning not to install gcc and mingw-w64-i686-gcc ntrel
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 ====== Build Geany on Windows (using MSYS2) ====== ====== Build Geany on Windows (using MSYS2) ======
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-*** UNDER CONSTRUCTION *** 
  
 Msys2 is a successor to msys which offers a unix-like environment on Windows combined with a pacman-based package manager. It's purpose is to simplify win32 compiliations, and it's doing great at that for GTK+ stack and related projects. In fact, it's so good it should become the default method of compiling Geany on Windows. Msys2 is a successor to msys which offers a unix-like environment on Windows combined with a pacman-based package manager. It's purpose is to simplify win32 compiliations, and it's doing great at that for GTK+ stack and related projects. In fact, it's so good it should become the default method of compiling Geany on Windows.
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   # gtk familiy   # gtk familiy
   pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-gtk2 mingw-w64-i686-gtk3   pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-gtk2 mingw-w64-i686-gtk3
-  # for building html docs+  # for building html docs*
   pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-python2 mingw-w64-i686-python2-docutils   pacman -S mingw-w64-i686-python2 mingw-w64-i686-python2-docutils
   # and if you fancy building from git   # and if you fancy building from git
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   # necessary for GTK bundle and installer steps   # necessary for GTK bundle and installer steps
   pacman -S rsync   pacman -S rsync
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 +*If you don't install python docutils, you will need to pass ''-''''-disable-html-docs'' to ''configure''. 
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 +Make sure you have not installed both ''gcc'' and ''mingw-w64-i686-gcc'', or you may get errors when building Geany.
      
 At last, you want to add ''C:\msys32\mingw32\bin'' to your PATH environment variable, in order to run Geany from the Windows Explorer. At last, you want to add ''C:\msys32\mingw32\bin'' to your PATH environment variable, in order to run Geany from the Windows Explorer.
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   DESTINATON=/h   DESTINATON=/h
-  VERSION="1.28"+  VERSION="1.29"
   cd ~/geany   cd ~/geany
   make distclean   make distclean
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   DESTINATON=/h   DESTINATON=/h
-  VERSION="1.28"+  VERSION="1.29"
   cd ~/geany-plugins   cd ~/geany-plugins
   make distclean   make distclean
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 TODO TODO
  
-{{tag>howto win32 build}}+{{tag>howto win32 build build-from-source}}

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