Windows Installer
This page describes the installer for loading GNUstep on Windows systems and various other apps that have an installer for Windows After installing the GNUstep Windows installer, you will have a complete system for compiling and running GNUstep applications.
Introduction
The GNUstep Windows installer is based on the MinGW system and consists of the basic MSYS and MinGW libraries, other library dependancies and the GNUstep Core packages (gnustep-make, gnustep-base, gnustep-gui, and gnustep-back.) The installer installs GNUstep onto most varieties of Windows (see below for tested installations) and sets up the computer to make it easy to run GNUstep applications. It was created with the NSIS installer.
State
The 0.19.2 release of the core installer includes the latest core packages (Make 2.0.5, Base 1.15.3, GUI 0.13.2, Back 0.13.2). We recommend you uninstall any previous core installers first so you don't have extra unecessary files hanging around, although this is not necessary. Since these libraries are part of an unstable release, you may need to recompile/reinstall any GNUstep applications you have. The version number for this release was also changed to roughly match the gnustep-startup release series.
The system package has had gdb added to it.
The installer has been tested on XP and NT. It does not work on 64-bit systems. Administrator access is needed to install. It also only sets things up correctly for the current user, not for any other users on the system. Please report any other bugs or issues to us.
Download
For the full environment for compiling and running GNUstep. Install the following packages in order.
| Package | Required? | Stable | Unstable | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GNUstep System | Required | none | 0.19.2 | MSYS/MinGW System |
| GNUstep Core | Required | none | 0.19.2 | GNUstep Core |
Applications, Frameworks and other Libraries
This is just a sample of GNUstep applications that can be packaged on Windows. Please request additional ones if you are interested.
- Calculator.app Version 1.0.0-2
- Gorm.app Version 1.2.4
- SystemPreferences.app Version 1.0.2-2
Developers
The installer sources are located in SVN at:
http://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/tools/installers/trunk/nsis
Please send any patches or improvements to the normal bugs locations.