vala Using Vala on Windows Using msys2 (64 Bit)
Example
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Install msys2 (http://www.msys2.org/)
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Install the required prerequisites for Vala
pacman -S mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc pacman -S mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-pkg-config pacman -S mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-valaand all the additional packages your code requires, i.e.
pacman -S mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-libgee ... -
Launch the correct msys2 shell
C:\msys64\mingw64.exe -
Check the
MSYSTEMandPKG_CONFIG_PATHenvironment variables$ echo $MSYSTEM MINGW64 $ echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH /mingw64/lib/pkgconfig:/mingw64/share/pkgconfig -
Run
valacas usual, but make sure to always work in the correct environment (see steps 3 and 4)For example let's build the first GeeSample here:
$ valac gee-list.vala --pkg gee-0.8
