The included 7z.exe errors out with "cannot find the code that works with archives" for me. Perhaps it's missing 7z.dll? Replacing 7z.exe with the one I already had installed on my system and copying my 7z.dll into the tools folder allowed me to proceed.

With the requirements and how to build gtk and what are the binaries produced, where, how to bundle them (or create an installation program)...

I would be glad to test the guide and test it as I need gtk for windows.

LibPNG 1.6.14's archive gets downloaded and is corrupted. This can be resolved by swapping it with LibPNG 1.1.16 located here => http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng16/1.6.16/libpng-1.6.16.tar.xz/download

I have looked through the wiki, but there is no mention of compiling the latest stable release (in this case 3.14). And looking through the commit messages multiple files have been updated to support GTK 3.15.2.

If I used the source for 3.14 instead, would that cause anything to break?

I tried a 64-bit compiler. It does not work.
After messing around with it for days, I found that some of the scripts needed to be told it is a 64-bit build, but I still can't get it built.
At least update the FAQ so folks know 64-bit does not work. Right now it just says, "it depends on which compiler you choose."

Hello!

Sorry if I ask dummy question, I'm not well-known with MSYS and pkg-config. atk (and some other deps) gives an error when configuring:

checking for GLIB - version >= 2.31.2... 
*** 'pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0' returned 2.45.1, but GLIB (2.34.3)
*** was found! If pkg-config was correct, then it is best
*** to remove the old version of GLib. You may also be able to fix the error
*** by modifying your LD_LIBRARY_PATH enviroment variable, or by editing
*** /etc/ld.so.conf. Make sure you have run ldconfig if that is
*** required on your system.
*** If pkg-config was wrong, set the environment variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH
*** to point to the correct configuration files
no
configure: error: 
*** GLIB 2.31.2 or better is required. The latest version of
*** GLIB is always available from ftp://ftp.gtk.org/. If GLIB is installed
*** but not in the same location as pkg-config add the location of the file
*** glib-2.0.pc to the environment variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH.

I can't find any GLIB files with version 2.34.3, I also can't find file /etc/ld.so.conf or existing variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH. GLIB compiles and installs well, if I don't miss something in it's log.

How can I solve this problem? And is it possible to share precompiled GTK bundle with us? Some file hostings allow big files for free, like MEGA.

Thank you,
Alexander.

./DOWNLOAD_ALL.sh fails because LIB_INFO.sh is not present in repo.
Mb you forget to commit it?

It appears tango.freedesktop.org has removed this package. it's 404ing and all links to it 404.

This project seems to not run at all.

Tired Mind gibberish

Revision on URLs on
https://github.com/Wesley-Chan/GTK-for-Windows/blob/master/libs/LIB_INFO.sh
is probably required as some URLS no longer work?

Wget seems to not being able to connect to https://sourceforge.net/ due to certificate error.
Couldn't make it work so replacing wget with curl is the most sane solution right now.

curl is avaible by default on Windows 10 for some time now.
for Windows 7 bitsadmin is an available command line utility.
Older version do require external binary to download anything using command line.

I'm not sure what is required to build GTK 2.0, but it seems like the project depends on too many layers of complexity.
I'd rather rewrite everything in C language and use Tiny C Compiler to script the compilation of GTK 2.0 on Windows.

Incomplete notes

Personal notes to recover/debug this project.

Launch setup.bat 

Add 

cd %~dp0

After Check administrative privilegie


In the 
C:\Users\user\Desktop\GTK-for-Windows-master\MinGW-w64

rename

i686-7.1.0-release-win32-sjlj-rt_v5-rev1.7z@viasf=1.1



to 

i686-7.1.0-release-win32-sjlj-rt_v5-rev1.7z


in the 

C:\Users\user\Desktop\GTK-for-Windows-master\libs\DOWNLOAD_ALL.sh

function check_existance()

replace wget with  curl -L -O $1 > $1

remove the errorlevel statement for wget

Final verdict

Try to Rewrite everything in C language. I'm tired of Bash and Batch languages.
The whole msys and MingW thing seems to be a lot to download.
GTK Compilation shouldn't be this complex, at least I think that way.
It should be lightweight and simple.

Hello! In GTK+ 3.6.4 was a standard gui of Windows. How can i return it? Tnx!