Installation MSYS2
Packages needed
Be very sure to install the packages correct for your architecture. The Guide refers to intel-64bit. Using the same procedure with the respective packages for 32bit failed currently. One package is msys, the other for mingw64
Be sure to work in the correct shell: for the 64bit example, launch and work inside MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit
Essential tools:
msys/make 4.3-1 (base-devel) [installed]
For GCC
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc-objc
msys/gcc-libs 9.1.0-2
mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-gcc-libs
For Clang + libobjc2
TBD
Patches needed
For a successful build, MSYS2 headers need to be patched. Please apply following proposed fix:
Build instructions
Make
Configure as:
./configure --with-layout=gnustep
then, remember, to source the script from the respective MinGW shell version, e.g. the 64 bit is in:
. /mingw64/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh
Base
Essential base libraries, headers included:
msys/libxslt-devel 1.1.34-1 (development) [installed]
msys/libxslt 1.1.34-1 (libraries) [installed]
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-libxslt 1.1.34-2 [installed]
msys/libffi 3.2.1-3 (libraries) [installed]
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-libffi 3.2.1-4 [installed]
msys/libffi-devel 3.2.1-3 (development) [installed]
msys/libxml2-devel 2.9.10-2 (development) [installed]
msys/libxml2 2.9.10-2 (libraries) [installed]
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-libxml2 2.9.10-3 [installed]
msys/libgnutls-devel 3.6.11.1-1 (development) [installed]
msys/libgnutls 3.6.11.1-1 (libraries) [installed]
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-gnutls 3.6.11.1-1 [installed]
If all dependencies are installed, no difficulties then:
./configure
make install
Gui
Essential gui libraries:
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-libjpeg-turbo
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-libtiff
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-libpng
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-giflib
Then installation is as simple as:
./configure
make install
Back
Essential back libraries:
mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-freetype
Then installation for the 'native windows' backend is as simple as:
./configure --enable-graphics=winlib
make install
You may want to try cairo if you prefer, install also cairo libraries before.