MinGW/MSYS development environment

libiconv is a text encoding library.

Website: http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv
Download: libiconv-1.15.tar.gz

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget -c http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libiconv/libiconv-1.15.tar.gz && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xzf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/libiconv-1.15.tar.gz && \
cd libiconv-1.15 && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} --docdir=${LOCALDESTDIR}/share/doc/libiconv-1.15 && \
make && \
make install

gettext is a tool for localizing and translating programs.

Website: http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext
Dowload: gettext-0.19.8.tar.gz

Build and install the gettext runtime by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget -c http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.19.8.tar.gz && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xzf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/gettext-0.19.8.tar.gz && \
mv gettext-0.19.8 gettext-0.19.8-runtime && \
cd gettext-0.19.8-runtime && \
cat gettext-tools/woe32dll/gettextlib-exports.c | grep -v rpl_opt > gettext-tools/woe32dll/gettextlib-exports.c.new && \
mv gettext-tools/woe32dll/gettextlib-exports.c.new gettext-tools/woe32dll/gettextlib-exports.c && \
CFLAGS="-mms-bitfields -mthreads -O2" ./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} --enable-threads=win32 --enable-relocatable && \
cd gettext-runtime && \
make && \
make install

Build and install the gettext tools by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xzf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/gettext-0.19.8.tar.gz && \
mv gettext-0.19.8 gettext-0.19.8-static && \
cd gettext-0.19.8-static && \
CFLAGS="-mms-bitfields -mthreads -O2" ./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} --enable-threads=win32 --enable-relocatable --disable-shared && \
make && \
install gettext-tools/src/msgfmt.exe ${LOCALDESTDIR}/bin && \
install gettext-tools/src/msgmerge.exe ${LOCALDESTDIR}/bin && \
install gettext-tools/src/xgettext.exe ${LOCALDESTDIR}/bin

References:

http://kemovitra.blogspot.com/2009/06/mingw-building-gettext-for-windows.html

ICU are the International Components for Unicode.

Website: ICU home page
Download: icu4c-58_2-src.tgz

The latest version icu4c-59_1 fails to build in the current environment. It looks there is a bug or incompatibility on mingw-w64. We build the previous version instead.

Build and install ICU by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget --no-check-certificate -c http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/58.2/icu4c-58_2-src.tgz && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar zxf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/icu4c-58_2-src.tgz && \
mv icu icu4c-58_2 && \
cd icu4c-58_2 && \
cd source && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR}  && \
make && \
make install

References:

https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/bugs/601/

libffi is a a portable foreign function interface library.

Website: libffi home page
Download: libffi-3.2.1.tar.gz

The 64-bit build requires ./configure --build=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR}

Build and install libffi by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget -c ftp://sourceware.org/pub/libffi/libffi-3.2.1.tar.gz && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar zxf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/libffi-3.2.1.tar.gz && \
cd libffi-3.2.1 && \
sed -e '/^includesdir/ s/$(libdir).*$/$(includedir)/' \
    -i include/Makefile.in &&
sed -e '/^includedir/ s/=.*$/=@includedir@/' \
    -e 's/^Cflags: -I${includedir}/Cflags:/' \
    -i libffi.pc.in        &&
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR}  && \
make && \
make install

References:

BLFS libffi build instructions

glib is a low-level core library that forms the basis of GTK+.

Download: glib-2.52.2.tar.xz

The 64-bit build requires ./configure --build=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} --with-pcre=internal --enable-debug=no --disable-gtk-doc

Build and install glib by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget -c http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.52/glib-2.52.2.tar.xz && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xJf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/glib-2.52.2.tar.xz && \
cd glib-2.52.2 && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} --with-pcre=internal --enable-debug=no --disable-gtk-doc && \
make && \
make install

pkg-config is a helper tool used when compiling applications and libraries.

Website: pkg-config home page
Download: pkg-config-0.29.2.tar.gz

This build will replace the static binary we installed earlier.

Build and install pkg-config by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget -c --no-check-certificate http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.29.2.tar.gz && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xzf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/pkg-config-0.29.2.tar.gz && \
cd pkg-config-0.29.2 && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} && \
make && \
make install

Freetype is a library for rendering TrueType fonts.

Website: freetype home page
Download: freetype-2.8.tar.bz2

Build and install freetype by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}  && \
wget -c http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.8.tar.bz2 && \
wget -c http://ingar.satgnu.net/devenv/mingw32/files/patches/freetype-2.8-config.patch && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xjf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/freetype-2.8.tar.bz2 && \
mv freetype-2.8 freetype-2.8-without-harfbuzz && \
cd freetype-2.8-without-harfbuzz && \
patch -Np0 -i ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/freetype-2.8-config.patch && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} && \
make && \
make install

Command explanation:

patch -Np1 -i ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/freetype-2.8-config.patch: Enables the FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SUBPIXEL_RENDERING, FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SYSTEM_ZLIB and FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_PNG options.

Harfbuzz is een OpenType text shaping engine.

Website: Harfbuzz home page
Download: harfbuzz-1.4.6.tar.bz2

Build and install libffi by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget -c --no-check-certificate http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-1.4.6.tar.bz2 && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
( tar jxf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/harfbuzz-1.4.6.tar.bz2 || exit 0 ) && \
cd harfbuzz-1.4.6 && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} --with-gobject && \
make && \
make install

Command explanation:

( tar jxf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/harfbuzz-1.4.6.tar.bz2 || exit 0 ) && \: The tar command returns a non-zero exit code, this interrupts the command sequence.

At this point you need to build freetype a second time, to work around a circular dependency between harfbuzz and freetype.

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}  && \
wget -c http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-2.8.tar.bz2 && \
wget -c http://ingar.satgnu.net/devenv/mingw32/files/patches/freetype-2.8-config.patch && \
wget -c http://ingar.satgnu.net/devenv/mingw32/files/patches/freetype-2.8-config-harfbuzz.patch && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xjf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/freetype-2.8.tar.bz2 && \
cd freetype-2.8 && \
patch -Np0 -i ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/freetype-2.8-config.patch && \
patch -Np0 -i ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/freetype-2.8-config-harfbuzz.patch && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} && \
make && \
make install

If you need the SDL2_ttf library, you can build it now.

expat is an XML parsing library.

Website: http://expat.sourceforge.net/
Download: expat-2.2.0.tar.bz2

Build and install expat by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget --no-check-certificate -c https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/expat/expat/2.2.0/expat-2.2.0.tar.bz2 && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xjf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/expat-2.2.0.tar.bz2 && \
cd expat-2.2.0 && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} && \
make && \
make install

libxml2 is an XML parsing library.

Website: http://xmlsoft.org/
Download: libxml2-2.9.4.tar.gz

Build and install libxml2 by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget -c ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-2.9.4.tar.gz && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xzf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/libxml2-2.9.4.tar.gz && \
cd libxml2-2.9.4 && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} --with-zlib=${LOCALDESTDIR} --without-python --without-debug && \
make && \
make install

Configuration options:

--without-python: libxml2 fails to build if it finds python in your PATH. Add this configure option to disable python detection.

libxslt extends libxml2 with support for XSLT files.

Website: http://xmlsoft.org/
Download: libxslt-1.1.29.tar.gz

Build and install libxslt by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget -c http://xmlsoft.org/sources/libxslt-1.1.29.tar.gz && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xzf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/libxslt-1.1.29.tar.gz && \
cd libxslt-1.1.29 && \
autoreconf -fi && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} --without-python --without-debug && \
make && \
make install

Command explanation:

autoreconf -fi: Update the ./configure script and related autoconf files. Without this, only a static library and no DLL will be built.

Gperf generates a perfect hash function from a key set.

Website: https://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/
Download: gperf-3.1.tar.gz

Build and install gperf by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget -c --no-check-certificate http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gperf/gperf-3.1.tar.gz && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xzf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/gperf-3.1.tar.gz && \
cd gperf-3.1 && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} --docdir=${LOCALDESTDIR}/share/doc/gperf-3.1 && \
make && \
make install

fontconfig is a library for font customization and configuration.

Website: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig
Download: fontconfig-2.12.3.tar.gz
Patch: fontconfig-2.12.3-size_t.patch

Build and install fontconfig by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget -c --no-check-certificate http://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/fontconfig-2.12.3.tar.gz && \
wget -c http://ingar.satgnu.net/devenv/mingw32/files/patches/fontconfig-2.12.3-size_t.patch && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xzf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/fontconfig-2.12.3.tar.gz && \
cd fontconfig-2.12.3 && \
patch -Np1 -i ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/fontconfig-2.12.3-size_t.patch && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} --enable-libxml2 --disable-docs && \
make && \
make install

pixman is a low-level pixel manipulation library.

Website: http://cairographics.org
Download: pixman-0.34.0.tar.gz

Build and install pixman by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget --no-check-certificate -c http://cairographics.org/releases/pixman-0.34.0.tar.gz && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xzf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/pixman-0.34.0.tar.gz && \
cd pixman-0.34.0 && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} && \
make && \
make install

cairo is a 2d graphics library.

Website: http://cairographics.org
Download: cairo-1.14.8.tar.xz

Build and install cairo by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget --no-check-certificate -c http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.14.8.tar.xz && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xJf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/cairo-1.14.8.tar.xz && \
cd cairo-1.14.8 && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} && \
make && \
make install

pango is a text rendering library.

Download: pango-1.40.6.tar.xz

Build and install pango by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget -c http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/pango/1.40/pango-1.40.6.tar.xz && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xJf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/pango-1.40.6.tar.xz && \
cd pango-1.40.6 && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} --with-included-modules=yes --disable-debug --disable-gtk-doc && \
make && \
make install

Configuration options:

--with-included-modules=yes: This options causes pango modules to be staticly linked into the main library.

atk is the gnome accessibility toolkit.

Download: atk-2.24.0.tar.xz

Build and install atk by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget -c http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/atk/2.24/atk-2.24.0.tar.xz && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xJf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/atk-2.24.0.tar.xz && \
cd atk-2.24.0 && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} && \
make && \
make install

GdkPixBuf provides pixel buffer and rendering functions.

Download: gdk-pixbuf-2.36.6.tar.xz

Build and install GdkPixBuf by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget -c http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gdk-pixbuf/2.36/gdk-pixbuf-2.36.6.tar.xz && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xJf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/gdk-pixbuf-2.36.6.tar.xz && \
cd gdk-pixbuf-2.36.6 && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} --with-included-loaders=yes \
--without-libjasper --disable-debug && \
make && \
make install

Configuration options::

--with-included-loaders=yes: This option causes the gdk image loaders to be staticly linked into the gdk-pixbuf library
--without-libjasper: disable JPEG2000 support

gtk2 is an application framework library.

Website: http://www.gtk.org/
Download: gtk+-2.24.31.tar.xz

The 32-bit build will fail around gtk-update-icon-cache unless you run the msys shell as administrator.

Build and install gtk2 by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget -c http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gtk+/2.24/gtk+-2.24.31.tar.xz && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xJf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/gtk+-2.24.31.tar.xz && \
cd gtk+-2.24.31 && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} --with-gdktarget=win32 --with-included-immodules=ime --disable-debug --disable-gtk-doc && \
rm gtk/gtk.def && \
make && \
make install

Configuration options:

--with-included-immodules=ime: This options causes the ime input module to be staticly linked into the main library.
--disable-debug: Do not add debugging information.
--disable-gtk-doc: Do not build the documentation, we do not have gtk-doc installed anyway.

Command explanation:

rm gtk/gtk.def: The 64-bit build fails if this file is not removed.

At this point, you should test your gtk installation. The pixbuf-demo demonstrates image capabilities.

cd demos
./pixbuf-demo

You should see a window with rotating icons.

The gtk-demo demonstrates gtk2 widgets:

cd gtk-demo
gtk-demo

References:

gtkglext is an opengl extension for gtk2

Website: http://projects.gnome.org/gtkglext/
Download: gtkglext-1.2.0.tar.gz
Patch: gtkglext-1.2.0-gtk-2.20.patch

gtkglext does not build without patching, the patch provided is from the arch linux gtkglext package.

Build and install gtkglext by executing the following commands:

cd ${LOCALSOURCEDIR} && \
wget -c --no-check-certificate https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gtkglext/gtkglext-1.2.0.tar.gz && \
wget -c http://ingar.satgnu.net/devenv/mingw32/files/patches/gtkglext-1.2.0-gtk-2.20.patch && \
cd ${LOCALBUILDDIR} && \
tar xzf ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/gtkglext-1.2.0.tar.gz && \
cd gtkglext-1.2.0 && \
patch -Np1 -i ${LOCALSOURCEDIR}/gtkglext-1.2.0-gtk-2.20.patch && \
cat configure | sed 's/pangox/pangowin32/' > configure.new && \
mv configure.new configure && \
./configure --prefix=${LOCALDESTDIR} --with-gdktarget=win32 --enable-debug=no && \
make && \
make install && \
cd examples && \
make wglinfo.exe && \
install wglinfo.exe ${LOCALDESTDIR}/bin

Command explanation:

cat configure | sed 's/pangox/pangowin32/' > configure.new && mv configure.new configure: These commands correct the configure script so it links binaries with the pango win32 library instead of the pango X11 libraries.

Build and install the wglinfo program:

cd examples
make wglinfo.exe
install wglinfo.exe ${LOCALDESTDIR}/bin