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Here you can download a GTK+ 2 bundle (and a few additional libraries) built with Visual Studio 2015. HexChat for Windows is built using this bundle.

GTK+ Bundle

This is the bundle built by us containing all the GTK+ binaries, headers and import libraries. If you just want to use GTK+ for your application and don't want to build it yourself, download this. You will also need the Visual C++ redistributable to be able to run applications that use this bundle.

<table> <tr> <td>GTK+ bundle</td> <td><a href="https://dl.hexchat.net/gtk-win32/vc14/x86/gtk-Win32.7z">32-bit</a></td> <td><a href="https://dl.hexchat.net/gtk-win32/vc14/x64/gtk-x64.7z">64-bit</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145">Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2015</a></td> <td>vcredist_x86.exe - 32-bit</a></td> <td>vcredist_x64.exe - 64-bit</a></td> </tr> </table>

These are the libraries in the bundle:

Library	Version	Source
ATK	2.20.0	Source
Cairo	1.14.6	Source
Enchant	1.6.1	Source
Fontconfig	2.8.0	Source
FreeType	2.6.5	Source
GDK-PixBuf	2.34.0	Source
gettext-runtime	0.18	Source
GLib	2.48.2	Source
GObject-Introspection	1.48.0	Source
GTK+	2.24.30	Source
HarfBuzz	1.3.0	Source
lgi	0.9.1	Source
libffi	3.2.1	Source
libpng	1.6.25	Source
libxml2	2.9.4	Source
luajit	2.0.4	Source
OpenSSL	1.0.2h	Source
Pango	1.40.2	Source
Pixman	0.34.0	Source
win-iconv	0.0.8	Source
zlib	1.2.8	Source

Building from Source

If you want to build the bundle from source yourself, we have a PowerShell script that will download the sources, apply some patches and run the build. It is largely based on Fan Chun-wei's Compiling the GTK+ (and Clutter) stack using Visual C++ 2008 and later.

Install the following build tools and dependencies:
- Visual Studio 2015 Community or Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 - Any version of VS apart from 2015 is not supported.
- Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for VS 2012 Update 4
- Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for VS 2013
- Windows Management Framework 4.0 - Not needed for Windows 8.1 and above
- CMake 3.6.1
- msys2
- Python 2.7 (install to C:\gtk-build\python-2.7\Win32 or C:\gtk-build\python-2.7\x64)
Follow the instructions on the msys2 page to update the core packages.
Install needed packages in the msys2 shell
```
pacman -S gzip nasm patch tar xz
```
Install the following build tools and dependencies:
- Perl 5.20 x86 or x64 (extract to C:\gtk-build\perl-5.20 so you have C:\gtk-build\perl-5.20\Win32\bin\perl.exe or C:\gtk-build\perl-5.20\x64\bin\perl.exe)
- msgfmt (extract to C:\gtk-build so you have C:\gtk-build\msgfmt\msgfmt.exe)
Extract the files with 7-zip, or in the MSYS2 shell with the tar command, eg tar xf perl-5.20.0-x86.tar.xz
Clone this repository to C:\gtk-build\github\gtk-win32 It contains the build script, project files and patches.
Now you have to allow PowerShell scripts to be run on your system. Open a PowerShell prompt as Administrator and run the following command:
```
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
```
Now start a new PowerShell window as a regular user. Go to the gtk-win32 directory and start building with the script. For example, to build the 32-bit bundle, run:
```
C:\gtk-build\github\gtk-win32\build.ps1
```
To build the 64-bit bundle instead, run:
```
C:\gtk-build\github\gtk-win32\build.ps1 -Configuration x64
```
The script has some parameters you can pass in. Run
```
Get-Help -Full C:\gtk-build\github\gtk-win32\build.ps1
```
to see the help for the parameters and examples.
When the script is done, your GTK+ stack will be found under C:\gtk-build\gtk. Enjoy!

GTK+ 2 dependency graph