Getting started

Styrene runs in MSYS2 and uses the tools it provides to do its job. The commands below should be run from its MSYS2 shell.

Install dependencies

You will need some extra packages to make Styrene work.

1. Install MSYS2 first, and update it. Their msys2-x86_64-*.exe installer is preferable, since it can be used to generate both Win64 and Win32 bundles.

2. Then install the extra packages that Styrene needs.

   pacman -S zip
   pacman -S mingw-w64-{i686,x86_64}-python3
   pacman -S mingw-w64-{i686,x86_64}-nsis
   pacman -S mingw-w64-{i686,x86_64}-gcc
   pacman -S mingw-w64-{i686,x86_64}-binutils
   

Download Styrene

pacman -S git
git clone https://github.com/achadwick/styrene.git

Trying it out

Styrene includes a little launcher script which allows you to test it from inside the clone you just made. It also includes an example spec file which creates a bundle of all the GTK3 demo apps.

cd styrene
./styrene.sh -o tmp gtk3-examples.cfg

The distributable output files are eventually written into tmp in the current working directory.