Using GTK from MSYS2 packages

 

Ref:https://www.gtk.org/docs/installations/windows/#using-gtk-from-msys2-packages

Installation

The MSYS2 project provides a UNIX-like development environment for Windows. It provides packages for many software applications and libraries, including the GTK stack. If you prefer developing using Visual Studio, you should use gvsbuild instead.

In MSYS2 packages are installed using the pacman package manager.

Note: in the following steps, we will assume you’re using a 64-bit Windows. Therefore, the package names include the x86_64 architecture identifier. If you’re using a 32-bit Windows, please adapt the instructions below using the i686 architecture identifier.

Step 1.: Download the MSYS2 installer that matches your platform and follow the installation instructions.

Step 2.: Install GTK3 and its dependencies. Open a MSYS2 shell, and run:

pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3

Step 3. (recommended): Install the GTK core applications. Glade is a GUI designer for GTK. It lets you design your GUI and export it in XML format. You can then import your GUI from your code using the GtkBuilder API. Read the GtkBuilder section in the GTK manual for more information.

To install Glade:

pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-glade

Step 4. (optional): If you want to develop a GTK3 application in Python, you need to install the Python bindings.

If you develop in Python 3:

pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-gobject

If you develop in Python 2:

pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-python2-gobject

Step 5. (optional): Install the build tools. If you want to develop a GTK3 application in other languages like C, C++, Fortran, etc, you’ll need a compiler like gcc and other development tools: pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain base-devel