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 To run Geany under Windows you may need to install the GTK+ runtime libraries, depending how you installed Geany. If you use the [[http://www.geany.org/Download/Releases|official full installer]], a recent GTK+ runtime is included and you don't need any additional software. To run Geany under Windows you may need to install the GTK+ runtime libraries, depending how you installed Geany. If you use the [[http://www.geany.org/Download/Releases|official full installer]], a recent GTK+ runtime is included and you don't need any additional software.
  
-If not using the full installer, you need to install a GTK+ runtime environment, e.g.:+If not using the full installer, you need to install a GTK+ runtime environment. 
 +The best way is to use the [[http://msys2.github.io/|MSYS2]] project which provides all necessary dependencies to build and run Geany on Windows coupled with a comfortable package manager.
  
-GTK+ runtime for Windows 2000 and newer: +Information on how to build Geany from source yourself on Windows can be found on [[howtos/win32/msys2]]
-http://sourceforge.net/projects/gtk-win/files/GTK%2B%20Runtime%20Environment/GTK%2B%202.24/gtk2-runtime-2.24.10-2012-10-10-ash.exe+
  
-  * GTK+ >= 2.24 is required on Windows as the official Windows builds are compiled against GTK+ 2.24. 
  
 (The Geany Windows executable can be downloaded from the [[http://www.geany.org/Download/Releases|Geany website]].) (The Geany Windows executable can be downloaded from the [[http://www.geany.org/Download/Releases|Geany website]].)
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 Some features are missing: Some features are missing:
-  * build support (implemented but might be still buggy) +  * embedded terminal emulation (VTE, as far as we know there is nothing equal for Windows)
-  * embedded terminal emulation (VTE, as far as I know there is nothing equal for Windows)+
  
-The Build system support on Windows has been improved in the past but it is still not as good as on other platforms. 
-Currently, build commands are executed synchronous on Windows, that is, while the command is being executed, 
-Geany won't respond to user interactions and its user interface won't redraw, i.e. it seems to be frozen. 
-Once the executed command has finished, the Geany main window becomes responsive again. 
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-FYI, the original announcement for the Geany 0.7 Windows build (mostly outdated): 
-http://lists.uvena.de/pipermail/geany/2006-June/000134.html 
  
 ===== Windows developer tools ===== ===== Windows developer tools =====
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 ==== Other ==== ==== Other ====
-For the below, download the 'Automated MinGW Installer' program from [[http://www.mingw.org|Minimal GNU for Windows]], as it is harder to install each tool separately:+For the below, download the 'Automated MinGW Installer' program from [[https://osdn.net/projects/mingw/|Minimal GNU for Windows]], as it is harder to install each tool separately:
   * gcc   * gcc
   * g++ (g++ requires gcc)   * g++ (g++ requires gcc)
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