• adnan449 (7/7) Nov 29 2020 Hello, I would be greatly thankful if I was given an easy guide
• adnan449 (3/10) Nov 29 2020 To be more clear, my development platform is x86-linux-gnu and my
• Jack (12/19) Nov 29 2020 To produce such executable on windows check out this[1]. To make
• Ferhat =?UTF-8?B?S3VydHVsbXXFnw==?= (9/16) Nov 30 2020 A useful tip.

adnan449 <adnan449 protonmail.com> writes:

Hello, I would be greatly thankful if I was given an easy guide 
on how to produce windows executables for GtkD applications. I do 
not have an access to a windows machine but I need to be able to 
produce installers/exe files for the windows users.

Users should not have to install any dependency manually to be 
able to install my program.
Thank you.

adnan449 <adnan449 protonmail.com> writes:

On Sunday, 29 November 2020 at 20:08:33 UTC, adnan449 wrote:
 Hello, I would be greatly thankful if I was given an easy guide 
 on how to produce windows executables for GtkD applications. I 
 do not have an access to a windows machine but I need to be 
 able to produce installers/exe files for the windows users.

 Users should not have to install any dependency manually to be 
 able to install my program.
 Thank you.

To be more clear, my development platform is x86-linux-gnu and my 
app depends on libgtk-3-dev and sqlite3.

Jack <jckj33 gmail.com> writes:

On Sunday, 29 November 2020 at 20:08:33 UTC, adnan449 wrote:
 Hello, I would be greatly thankful if I was given an easy guide 
 on how to produce windows executables for GtkD applications. I 
 do not have an access to a windows machine but I need to be 
 able to produce installers/exe files for the windows users.

 Users should not have to install any dependency manually to be 
 able to install my program.
 Thank you.

To produce such executable on windows check out this[1]. To make 
a installer, you need to find the dll files that the executable 
depend on,I'm trying to do excactly this[2], in order to deploy 
an application without the user need to install the Gtk+ runtime. 
I believe just copying those dlls to application's folder will 
work. It seems for themes and stuff you need something more but 
I'm not there yet.

[1]: 
https://github.com/gtkd-developers/GtkD/wiki/Installing-on-Windows
[2]: 
https://forum.dlang.org/post/vhmwtetoqtstgmlcvsga forum.dlang.org

Ferhat =?UTF-8?B?S3VydHVsbXXFnw==?= <aferust gmail.com> writes:

On Sunday, 29 November 2020 at 20:08:33 UTC, adnan449 wrote:
 Hello, I would be greatly thankful if I was given an easy guide 
 on how to produce windows executables for GtkD applications. I 
 do not have an access to a windows machine but I need to be 
 able to produce installers/exe files for the windows users.

 Users should not have to install any dependency manually to be 
 able to install my program.
 Thank you.

A useful tip.

Assuming one has a list of dependent dlls.

https://github.com/tschoonj/GTK-for-Windows-Runtime-Environment-Installer

The subfolder gtk-nsis-pack contains a required folder structure 
if you want to use theme support etc. Simply put your gtkd exe in 
the bin folder. You can remove redundant dlls from the bin folder 
to obtain a minimal bundle for your program. The NSIS project 
structure may also help to create an installer for your program.