Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 14:45:03 +0200
To: Sven Luther <sven.luther at wanadoo.fr>, lablgtk at kaba.or.jp
Subject: Re: lablgtk on windows ...
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From: Sven Luther <sven.luther at wanadoo.fr>

On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 07:34:10AM -0400, Alan Schmitt wrote:
> * Sven Luther (sven.luther at wanadoo.fr) wrote:
> > Hello, ...
> > 
> > I am urgently in need for help on how to run lablgtk on windows, i need
> > to build a lablgtk app that has to run on a windows computer. I passed
> > all morning trying to build glib on cygwin, and failed miserably, i hate
> > windows. ocaml built fine, why, o why, can't cygnus also provide
> > glib/gtk packages :((((
> > 
> > So, what is the correct way to building lablgtk on windows ? What
> > compiler, ocaml, gtk+ and such are used ? 
> > 
> > Any help would be welcome.
> 
> I think the following is easiest:
> http://www.taglib.co.kr/ocaml/win32.html
> 
> (summary:
> - install cygwin with mingw, compile ocaml

Ok;

> - get gtk for mingw

Hah, and this is the difficult part, where should i get gtk for mingw ?
the win32 link from www.gtk.org only has microsoft C packages or
whatever, and building from sources fails :(((

> - compile lablgtk with it)
> 
> Tell me if it does not work (the trick is replacing  a -fnative-struct
> with a -mms-bitfields at some point in a Makefile). I did it recently
> and it worked like a charm.

Nice to know, this was also a problem i encountered. But if i don't get a
gtk for mingw, it will not help anyway.

Thanks for your help.

Friendly,

Sven Luther