Re: How to install GtkAda

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On 24/10/2020 13:09, AdaMagica wrote:
> I downloaded the newest release 21.0.0 from https://github.com/AdaCore/gtkada and unpacked it.
> 
> README.md says:
> Installation
> ------------
> See the file `INSTALL`.
> 
> INSTALL says:
> On Windows, just run the Gtkada installer and follow the displayed instructions.
> 
> This is a joke! Where is this installer?

The binary release of GtkAda with an installer is in the GNAT CE:

    https://www.adacore.com/download/more

You cannot install GtkAda from the sources under Windows, because GTK 
cannot be without some serious hair-pulling bootstrapping process as it 
has circular dependencies in it, and to be honest, it is a total mess.

However if you could skip the the fun part. Install MinGW and get 
pre-built GTK packages from there. Then you could try to compile GtkAda 
by usual config-make way under MinGW. You can use either MinGW GNAT or 
GNAT CE for that. This should give you GtkAda compiled for Windows.

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de