==MinGW==
First - download [http://www.mingw.org/ MinGW] installer. You may get version 5.1.3 or higher (recommended).

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MinGW-5.1.3.exe?big_mirror=1 (136K)

Run MinGW-5.1.3.exe. Select "Download and install". Choose "Candidate" package, because "Current" is too old. When the installer asks which packages to install, select:

* MinGW base tools
* g++ Compiler
* g77 Compiler
* MinGW Make

Note: you really do need to install Fortran; even though Synfig does not require it, it is required by the autoconf configuration scripts. These are the minimal required package versions which are needed to successfully build win32 synfig:

* mingw-runtime-3.11.tar.gz (416 Kb)
* w32api-3.8.tar.gz (1.54 Mb)
* binutils-2.17.50-20060824-1.tar.gz (8.9 Mb)
* gcc-core-3.4.5-20060117-1.tar.gz (3.3 Mb)
* gcc-g++-3.4.5-20060117-1.gz (4.5 Mb)
* gcc-g77-3.4.5-20060117-1.tar.gz (2.0 Mb)
* mingw32-make-3.81-1.tar.gz (237.5 Kb)
* mingw32-make-3.80.0-3.tar.gz (928 Kb)

Confirm default installation path <code>C:\MinGW</code>. If you install MinGW into another directory, synfig compilation may fail.

===MSYS===
Now download and install MSYS - a shell and tools kit.

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MSYS-1.0.10.exe?big_mirror=1 (2.8 Mb)

Run MSYS-1.0.10.exe, confirm default installation path <code>C:\msys\1.0</code>. Wait until installation completes. Then the installer opens a console and asks some questions.

''This is a post install process that will try to normalize between'' 
''your MinGW install if any as well as your previous MSYS installs'' 
''if any. I don't have any traps as aborts will not hurt anything.'' 
''Do you wish to continue with the post install? [yn ]''

Answer "y" here.

''Do you have MinGW installed? [yn ]''

Answer "y" here.

''Please answer following the in the form of c:/foo/bar.'' 
''Where is your MinGW installation?'' 

Answer "<code>c:/mingw</code>".

The installer script prints some text and finally writes:

''Oh joy, you do not have c:/mingw/bin/make.exe. Keep it that way.''

It's OK. The first phase of installation is completed. Press any key.

===MSYS Developer Toolkit===
Download MSYS Developer Toolkit, which contain such required tools as [http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/ autoconf], [http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/ automake], [http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/ libtool], [http://www.cpan.org/ perl], pkg-tools, etc.

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/msysDTK-1.0.1.exe?big_mirror=1 (10.29 Mb)

Run msysDTK-1.0.1.exe. Confirm your MSYS installation path <code>C:\msys\1.0</code>. Nothing more. Installation will continue without any additional questions.

===bash===
The current bash version is not enough for Synfig building and neither is the new 2.05b version. It contains an error and you need to download 3.1 snapshot:

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/bash-3.1-MSYS-1.0.11-snapshot.tar.bz2?big_mirror=1 (551K)

Make sure that all msys sessions are closed, then just decompress bash-3.1 directory from archive into <code>C:\msys\1.0</code>.

Also, you may want to edit <code>C:\msys\1.0\msys.bat</code> file. You may find string which contain <code>if "x%MINGW32BGCOLOR%" == "x" set MINGW32BGCOLOR=</code> and set <code>Black</code> as color. Into <code>if "x%MINGW32FGCOLOR%" == "x" set MINGW32FGCOLOR=</code> you may set color <code>White</code>. In string <code>start rxvt -backspacekey</code> you may replace <code>-fn Courier-12</code> to <code>-fn Courier-16</code>. In my opinion this makes msys sessions look better.

===[http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/ libtool]===
In Synfig Core bootstrap file we can find that libtool prior to version 1.4.2 has an error in libltdl but msys has only 1.4e. I think - will be better to update it instead of patching. Download libtool 1.5 from:

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/msys-libtool-1.5.tar.bz2?big_mirror=1 (421 Kb)

Decompress content of archive to <code>C:\msys\1.0</code> directory.

===[http://www.mktemp.org/ mktemp]===
Synfig requires mktemp for building, but for some unknown reason this tool is not installed by default in MinGW. Download the MinGW implementation of this tool from:

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/mktemp-1.5-MSYS.tar.bz2?big_mirror=1 (4 Kb)

Decompress mktemp.exe from this archive to <code>C:\msys\1.0\bin</code> directory.

===[http://darwinsys.com/file/ file]===
libtool requires the "file" tool to check filetypes of libraries. So we need to download it:

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/file-4.16-MSYS-1.0.11-snapshot.tar.bz2?big_mirror=1 (241 Kb)

and decompress content of directory file-4.16 from the archive to <code>C:\msys\1.0</code>.

===cygpath emulation===
As far as I read, Cygwin only supports paths like /C/somedir/somefile. MinGW can use native windows paths also. Cygwin has a special tool for this (and some another features). MinGW has not. But several Synfig configure scripts require this tool so it will be better to make it. Just save the following text as <code>C:\msys\1.0\bin\cygpath</code>:

<pre>#!/bin/sh
# A simple cygpath replacement

until [ -z "$1" ]
do
if [ "${1:0:1}" != "-" ]; then
echo $1 | sed -e 's/\\/\//g' -e 's/^$[a-zA-Z]$:/\/\1/g'
fi
shift
done</pre>

===[http://www.winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico/index.html png2ico]===
Early version of Synfig used [http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/graphics/pngtoico/ pngtoico] tool to produce icons from png files. Unfortunately this tool is broken now. You can see this for youeself by installing the official build of Synfig Studio 0.61.05. The latest versions of Synfig using another tool: png2ico. This tool is not perfect, but it works. Download it from:

* http://www.winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico/data/png2ico-win-2002-12-08.zip (92 Kb)

And decompress png2ico.exe file to <code>C:\msys\1.0\bin</code> directory.

==Non MinGW packages==
===[http://subversion.tigris.org Subversion]===
Synfig source is stored in a subversion repository. You will need the svn client to get it. Also the svn client is required by the Synfig build scripts, to receive the revision number of the source.
You can download the Windows subversion package from this page:

* http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=91

When I wrote this the latest version was 1.4.3:

* http://subversion.tigris.org/files/documents/15/36797/svn-1.4.3-setup.exe (3.58 Mb)

But it is best to get the newest available version.

===[http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/ NSIS]===
NSIS is the Null Soft Installer System, a free and open source installer for WinAmp, a popular windows music player.
When I wrote this the latest version was 2.27:

* http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/nsis/nsis-2.27-setup.exe?download (1.52 Mb)

You can use this or any newer version.

===[http://www.imagemagick.org ImageMagick]===
When I wrote this the latest version was 6.3.4-0:

* http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-6.3.4-0-Q16-windows-dll.exe (7.23 Mb)

ImageMagick is required to build Studio, also Core has an ImageMagick render target.

==Gtk+/Gtkmm==
===[http://www.gtk.org/ GTK+]===
Go to [http://gladewin32.sourceforge.net/modules/news/ this page] and download the latest GTK+ devel package for windows:

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gladewin32/gtk-dev-2.10.6-win32-1.exe?big_mirror=0 (11.41 Mb)

You need only instal the following components:

* Gtk+ Runtime (required)
* Register Environment Variables
* Devel header/libraries

Confirm registration for environment: ''MSYS (C:\msys\1.0)''.

Install GTK+ to <code>C:\GTK</code>.

===[http://www.gtkmm.org/ GTKmm]===
Go to [http://www.pcpm.ucl.ac.be/~gustin/win32_ports/gtkmm.html this page] and download the latest GTK+ devel package for Windows:

* http://www.pcpm.ucl.ac.be/~gustin/win32_ports/binaries/gtkmm-devel-2.8.8-2.exe (16.65 Mb)

You need only install the following components:

* libsigs++
* glibmm
* gtkmm
* libxml++

For each selected component you may keep only

* Runtime
* Development

subcategories. Install GTKmm to <code>C:\GTK</code>.

[[Category:Windows]]

Dev:Mingw installation

2007-05-08T11:17:38Z

Atrus:

==MinGW==
First - download [http://www.mingw.org/ MinGW] installer. You may get version 5.1.3 or higher (recommended).

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MinGW-5.1.3.exe?big_mirror=1 (136K)

Run MinGW-5.1.3.exe. Select "Download and install". Choose "Candidate" package, because "Current" is too old. When installer ask which packages need install select:

* MinGW base tools
* g++ Compiler
* g77 Compiler
* MinGW Make

Remember, you really need Fortran. Of course, Synfig does not required it, but it required autoconf configuration scripts. This is minimal required packages version which need to successful build win32 synfig:

* mingw-runtime-3.11.tar.gz (416 Kb)
* w32api-3.8.tar.gz (1.54 Mb)
* binutils-2.17.50-20060824-1.tar.gz (8.9 Mb)
* gcc-core-3.4.5-20060117-1.tar.gz (3.3 Mb)
* gcc-g++-3.4.5-20060117-1.gz (4.5 Mb)
* gcc-g77-3.4.5-20060117-1.tar.gz (2.0 Mb)
* mingw32-make-3.81-1.tar.gz (237.5 Kb)
* mingw32-make-3.80.0-3.tar.gz (928 Kb)

Confirm default installation path <code>C:\MinGW</code>. If you install MinGW into another directory, synfig compilation may fail.

===MSYS===
Now download and install MSYS - a shell and tools kit.

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MSYS-1.0.10.exe?big_mirror=1 (2.8 Mb)

Run MSYS-1.0.10.exe, confirm default installation path <code>C:\msys\1.0</code>. Wait until installation complete. Then installer open console and ask some questions.

''This is a post install process that will try to normalize between'' 
''your MinGW install if any as well as your previous MSYS installs'' 
''if any. I don't have any traps as aborts will not hurt anything.'' 
''Do you wish to continue with the post install? [yn ]''

Answer "y" here.

''Do you have MinGW installed? [yn ]''

Answer "y" here.

''Please answer following the in the form of c:/foo/bar.'' 
''Where is your MinGW installation?'' 

Answer "<code>c:/mingw</code>".

Installer script print some text and finally write:

''Oh joy, you do not have c:/mingw/bin/make.exe. Keep it that way.''

It's ok. The first phase of installation is completed. Press any key.

===MSYS Developer Toolkit===
Download MSYS Developer Toolkit, which contain such required tools as [http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/ autoconf], [http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/ automake], [http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/ libtool], [http://www.cpan.org/ perl], pkg-tools, etc.

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/msysDTK-1.0.1.exe?big_mirror=1 (10.29 Mb)

Run msysDTK-1.0.1.exe. Confirm your MSYS installation path <code>C:\msys\1.0</code>. Nothing more. Installation will continue without additional questions.

===bash===
Current bash version is not enough for Synfig building and new 2.05b too. It contain an error and you need to download 3.1 snapshot:

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/bash-3.1-MSYS-1.0.11-snapshot.tar.bz2?big_mirror=1 (551K)

Make sure what all msys sessions are closed, then just decompress bash-3.1 directory from archive into <code>C:\msys\1.0</code>.

Also, you may want to edit <code>C:\msys\1.0\msys.bat</code> file. You may find string which contain <code>if "x%MINGW32BGCOLOR%" == "x" set MINGW32BGCOLOR=</code> and set <code>Black</code> as color. Into <code>if "x%MINGW32FGCOLOR%" == "x" set MINGW32FGCOLOR=</code> you may set color <code>White</code>. In string <code>start rxvt -backspacekey</code> you may replace <code>-fn Courier-12</code> to <code>-fn Courier-16</code>. I think, now msys sessions will look better.

===[http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/ libtool]===
In Synfig Core bootstrap file we can find what libtool prior 1.4.2 has an error in libltdl but msys has only 1.4e. I think - will be better to update it instead of patching. Download libtool 1.5 from:

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/msys-libtool-1.5.tar.bz2?big_mirror=1 (421 Kb)

Decompress content of archive to <code>C:\msys\1.0</code> directory.

===[http://www.mktemp.org/ mktemp]===
Synfig required mktemp for building, but by unknown reason this tool is not installed by default in MinGW. Download MinGW implementation of this tool from:

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/mktemp-1.5-MSYS.tar.bz2?big_mirror=1 (4 Kb)

Decompress mktemp.exe from this archive to <code>C:\msys\1.0\bin</code> directory.

===[http://darwinsys.com/file/ file]===
libtool required file tool to check filetype of libraries. So it's need to download:

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/file-4.16-MSYS-1.0.11-snapshot.tar.bz2?big_mirror=1 (241 Kb)

and decompress content of directory file-4.16 of archive to <code>C:\msys\1.0</code>.

===cygpath emulation===
As far as I rear, Cygwin support only paths like /C/somedir/somefile. MinGW can use native windows paths also. Cygwin has a special tool for this (and some another features). MinGW has not. But several Synfig configure scripts is required this tool and will be better make it. Just save next text as <code>C:\msys\1.0\bin\cygpath</code>:

<pre>#!/bin/sh
# A simple cygpath replacement

until [ -z "$1" ]
do
if [ "${1:0:1}" != "-" ]; then
echo $1 | sed -e 's/\\/\//g' -e 's/^$[a-zA-Z]$:/\/\1/g'
fi
shift
done</pre>

===[http://www.winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico/index.html png2ico]===
Early version of Synfig was use [http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/graphics/pngtoico/ pngtoico] tool to produce icons from png files. Unfortunately is tool is broken now. You can see it by yourself, by installing official build of Synfig Studio 0.61.05. But latest versions of Synfig using another tool, the png2ico. This tool is not perfect, but is work. Download it from:

* http://www.winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico/data/png2ico-win-2002-12-08.zip (92 Kb)

And decompress png2ico.exe file to <code>C:\msys\1.0\bin</code> directory.

==Non MinGW packages==
===[http://subversion.tigris.org Subversion]===
Synfig sources stored into subversion repository. You will need the svn client to get it. Also svn client is required to Synfig build scripts, to receive revision number of sources.
You can download windows subversion package from this page:

* http://subversion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectDocumentList?folderID=91

When I write this the latest version was 1.4.3:

* http://subversion.tigris.org/files/documents/15/36797/svn-1.4.3-setup.exe (3.58 Mb)

But it will better to get any of newer version.

===[http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsis/ NSIS]===
NSIS is a Null Soft Installer System, a free and opensource installer for WinAmp, a popular windows music player.
When I write this the latest version was 2.27:

* http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/nsis/nsis-2.27-setup.exe?download (1.52 Mb)

But you can get any of newer.

===[http://www.imagemagick.org ImageMagick]===
When I write this the latest version was 6.3.4-0:

* http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-6.3.4-0-Q16-windows-dll.exe (7.23 Mb)

ImageMagick is required for build Studio, also Core has ImageMagick render target.

==Gtk+/Gtkmm==
===[http://www.gtk.org/ GTK+]===
Go at [http://gladewin32.sourceforge.net/modules/news/ this page] and download latest GTK+ devel package for windows:

* http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gladewin32/gtk-dev-2.10.6-win32-1.exe?big_mirror=0 (11.41 Mb)

You need only next components to be installed:

* Gtk+ Runtime (required)
* Register Environment Variables
* Devel header/libraries

Confirm registration for environment: ''MSYS (C:\msys\1.0)''.

Install GTK+ to <code>C:\GTK</code>.

===[http://www.gtkmm.org/ GTKmm]===
Go at [http://www.pcpm.ucl.ac.be/~gustin/win32_ports/gtkmm.html this page] and download latest GTK+ devel package for windows:

* http://www.pcpm.ucl.ac.be/~gustin/win32_ports/binaries/gtkmm-devel-2.8.8-2.exe (16.65 Mb)

You need only next components to be installed:

* libsigs++
* glibmm
* gtkmm
* libxml++

For each of selected component you may keep only

* Runtime
* Development

subcategories. Install GTKmm to <code>C:\GTK</code>.

[[Category:Windows]]