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howtos:win32:msys2 [2022/10/16 10:56] – Update MSYS2 build information enricohowtos:win32:msys2 [2025/02/01 17:04] (current) – use git clean -dfx as distclean may fail if there was no configure yet giuspen
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 Msys2 is a successor to msys which offers a unix-like environment on Windows combined with a pacman-based package manager. 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. +Its 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.+
  
 See http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/ and http://msys2.github.io/ See http://sourceforge.net/projects/msys2/ and http://msys2.github.io/
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 ===== Initial Setup ===== ===== Initial Setup =====
  
-Download the installer from https://msys2.github.io/. Choose the 32bit or 64bit version depending on your Windows version, +Download the installer from https://msys2.github.io/. Only the 64bit version is currently available/supported.
-not whether you target a 32bit or 64bit compilation of Geany (this guide will always compile for 64bit).+
  
 Run the installer and follow the instructions. In the following we will assume that you installed the 64bit version to C:\mingw64. Run the installer and follow the instructions. In the following we will assume that you installed the 64bit version to C:\mingw64.
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     pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-binutils mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-gdb     pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-binutils mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-gdb
     # make and Autotools     # make and Autotools
-    pacman -S make mingw-w64-x86_64-libtool mingw-w64-x86_64-pkgconf autoconf automake gettext+    pacman -S make mingw-w64-x86_64-libtool mingw-w64-x86_64-pkgconf autoconf automake gettext gettext-devel
     # gtk family     # gtk family
     pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3     pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3
     # for building html docs     # for building html docs
-    pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-python3 mingw-w64-x86_64-python-lxml+    pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-python mingw-w64-x86_64-python-lxml mingw-w64-x86_64-python-docutils
     # and if you fancy building from git     # and if you fancy building from git
     pacman -S git     pacman -S git
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     pacman -S rsync     pacman -S rsync
     # for GTK bundle creation and release creation     # for GTK bundle creation and release creation
-    pacman -S curl tar dos2unix zip unzip mingw-w64-x86_64-osslsigncode mingw-w64-x86_64-nsis+    pacman -S curl tar dos2unix zip unzip mingw-w64-x86_64-osslsigncode mingw-w64-x86_64-nsis patch
  
 Make sure you have not installed both `gcc` and `mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc`, or you may get errors when building Geany. Make sure you have not installed both `gcc` and `mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc`, or you may get errors when building Geany.
  
-At last, you might want to add `C:\msys64\mingw64\bin` to your `PATH` environment variable, in order to run Geany from the Windows Explorer.+At last, you might want to add `C:\geany\bin` to your `PATH` environment variable, in order to run Geany from the Windows Explorer.
  
 In case you want also compile the combined Geany-Plugins collection, you need the following dependencies: In case you want also compile the combined Geany-Plugins collection, you need the following dependencies:
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 You can either clone the source code from the GIT repository or download a release tarball and unpack it. You can either clone the source code from the GIT repository or download a release tarball and unpack it.
  
-    cd +    mkdir ~/git 
-    curl -L -o geany-master.zip https://github.com/geany/geany/archive/master.zip +    cd ~/git 
-    unzip geany-master.zip +    git clone https://github.com/geany/geany.git 
-    cd geany-master+    cd geany
     # autogen.sh is not needed for release tarballs!     # autogen.sh is not needed for release tarballs!
     NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh     NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
     # configure and make take a while, don't panic     # configure and make take a while, don't panic
 +    export lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=${lt_cv_deplibs_check_method='pass_all'}
     ./configure --prefix=/c/geany     ./configure --prefix=/c/geany
-    make -j2+    make -j
     make install     make install
  
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 You can either clone the source code from the GIT repository or download a release tarball and unpack it. You can either clone the source code from the GIT repository or download a release tarball and unpack it.
  
-    cd +    cd ~/git 
-    curl -L -o geany-plugins-master.zip https://github.com/geany/geany-plugins/archive/master.zip +    git clone https://github.com/geany/geany-plugins.git 
-    unzip geany-plugins-master.zip +    cd geany-plugins
-    cd geany-plugins-master+
     # autogen.sh is not needed for release tarballs!     # autogen.sh is not needed for release tarballs!
     NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh     NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
     # configure and make take a while, don't panic     # configure and make take a while, don't panic
 +    export lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=${lt_cv_deplibs_check_method='pass_all'}
     ./configure --prefix=/c/geany --with-geany-libdir=/c/geany/lib     ./configure --prefix=/c/geany --with-geany-libdir=/c/geany/lib
-    make -j2+    make -j
     make install     make install
  
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     mkdir -p ~/geany_build/bundle/geany-gtk     mkdir -p ~/geany_build/bundle/geany-gtk
     cd ~/geany_build/bundle/geany-gtk     cd ~/geany_build/bundle/geany-gtk
-    bash ~/geany-master/scripts/gtk-bundle-from-msys2.sh -3+    bash ~/git/geany/scripts/gtk-bundle-from-msys2.sh -3
  
 There are a few command line options for this script. Run it with "-h" for details. There are a few command line options for this script. Run it with "-h" for details.
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     mkdir -p ~/geany_build/bundle/geany-plugins-dependencies     mkdir -p ~/geany_build/bundle/geany-plugins-dependencies
     cd ~/geany_build/bundle/geany-plugins-dependencies     cd ~/geany_build/bundle/geany-plugins-dependencies
-    bash ~/geany-plugins-master/build/gtk-bundle-from-msys2.sh -3+    bash ~/git/geany-plugins/build/gtk-bundle-from-msys2.sh -3
  
 ===== Creating an installer / Making a release ===== ===== Creating an installer / Making a release =====
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     DESTINATON=$HOME/geany_build     DESTINATON=$HOME/geany_build
-    VERSION="1.39" +    VERSION="2.1" 
-    cd ~/geany-master +    cd ~/git/geany 
-    make distclean +    git clean -dfx 
-    ./autogen.sh+    NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh 
 +    export lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=${lt_cv_deplibs_check_method='pass_all'}
     mkdir _build     mkdir _build
     cd _build     cd _build
     ../configure --prefix=${DESTINATON}/build/geany --disable-silent-rules     ../configure --prefix=${DESTINATON}/build/geany --disable-silent-rules
-    make -j 2+    make -j
     make install     make install
     rm -rf $DESTINATON/release/geany-orig     rm -rf $DESTINATON/release/geany-orig
 +    mkdir -p $DESTINATON/release/geany-orig
     rsync -a --delete ${DESTINATON}/build/geany/ $DESTINATON/release/geany-orig     rsync -a --delete ${DESTINATON}/build/geany/ $DESTINATON/release/geany-orig
  
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     DESTINATON=$HOME/geany_build     DESTINATON=$HOME/geany_build
-    VERSION="1.39" +    VERSION="2.1" 
-    cd ~/geany-plugins-master +    cd ~/git/geany-plugins 
-    make distclean +    git clean -dfx 
-    ./autogen.sh+    NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh 
 +    export lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=${lt_cv_deplibs_check_method='pass_all'}
     mkdir _build     mkdir _build
     cd _build     cd _build
     ../configure --prefix=${DESTINATON}/build/geany --with-geany-libdir=${DESTINATON}/build/geany/lib --disable-silent-rules     ../configure --prefix=${DESTINATON}/build/geany --with-geany-libdir=${DESTINATON}/build/geany/lib --disable-silent-rules
-    make -j 2+    make -j
     make DESTDIR=${DESTINATON}/build/geany-plugins install     make DESTDIR=${DESTINATON}/build/geany-plugins install
 +    rm -rf $DESTINATON/release/geany-plugins-orig
 +    mkdir -p $DESTINATON/release/geany-plugins-orig
     rsync -a --delete ${DESTINATON}/build/geany-plugins/${DESTINATON}/build/geany/ $DESTINATON/release/geany-plugins-orig     rsync -a --delete ${DESTINATON}/build/geany-plugins/${DESTINATON}/build/geany/ $DESTINATON/release/geany-plugins-orig
  

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