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September 24, 2008

GTK+ OS X framework

Finally we have a binary build for the native GTK+ Mac OS X port! You can check it out here. The download is an installer that comes with frameworks for GTK+ and friends. The installed frameworks can be used directly in the Xcode IDE and come with a project template that sets all the necessary flags and variables to build against the frameworks.

You can also use the frameworks for building normal autotools based projects. This requires a bit of magic, so you will need a special jhbuild setup for it to work, which is currently work in progress but should be ready soon.

What is missing still is support for creating standalone apps, i.e. packages that contain the run-time parts of the frameworks needed to run the app. Also note that this is a beta version so please let me know if you run into any problems so we can work them out.

The binaries are Intel only, and require Mac OS X 10.4 or newer. Note that the Xcode integration is only tested with 3.x so feedback on using 2.5 is appreciated.