Building Meld on Windows
As of version 3.11.1, Meld supports building on Windows.
Prerequisites
Check the SOURCES file in the directory for a binary release to see what versions of the above are used. PyGObject Win32 is the dependency most likely to cause issues if using a different version than that which has been tested. msysgit is used purely for the scripting environment, so any version should be fine.
Getting Meld code
Using git from the command line:
git clone git://git.gnome.org/meld
Building
Almost nothing in Meld actually requires building; we are just gathering and packaging the necessary files for Meld to run once installed. Ideally, creating a new Meld MSI should be:
python setup_win32.py bdist_msi
Some current build system limitations stop things from being this easy:
- GSettings schemas need a manual compile first. Locate your PyGObjectWin32
- install folder (probably C:\Python27\Libs\site-packages\gnome) and find
glib-compile-schemas within it. Run glib-compile-schemas on the data folder to generate gschemas.compiled.
- install folder (probably C:\Python27\Libs\site-packages\gnome) and find
- Translations are not compiled or installed, and thus won't work
- Help is not built or installed
Installing
The resulting MSI file will be in the dist folder.