could not compile due to LINK error

[gtk-rs]

could not compile due to LINK error

[EPashkin]

Try set GTK_LIB_DIR and PATH environment variables.

[coolit]

In cmd, I tried to use the command below, but error was still there.
SETX GTK_LIB_DIR C:\msys64\mingw64\lib
SETX PATH C:\msys64\mingw64\bin

[EPashkin]

Hm, you use visual studio linker and tried link with msys64's dlls and libraries?
For pc-windows-msvc you need libraries, imported for MVS from dlls, or try add mingw64/bin to GTK_LIB_DIR too, maybe MVS make import automatically,
in bad case you need MVS version of gtk too.

[coolit]

Because msvc is officially recommended. I added mingw64/bin to GTK_LIB_DIR, but it didn't work. So where could the MVS version of gtk be downloaded?

[EPashkin]

2.16 https://sourceforge.net/projects/gladewin32/
http://old.grakovne.org/files/GTK/gtk+-bundle_3.6.4-20130921_win32.zip
Or build it yourself https://www.gtk.org/download/index.php
Or use stable-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu with msys64, not sure that it works with MVS really

[coolit]

Solution 01 seems quite old, so I used solution 02, but had the same problem as this post: gtk-rs/gtk#539
The exe can only run under "%msys_root%\mingw64\bin". So I tried to use Dependency Walker and found many missing dlls, mostly are API-MS-WIN-CORE-.......ones. Not sure how this walker could be helpful, since it would also identify many missing DLLs for a proper executable.

[EPashkin]

Strange, I thought that API-MS-WIN-CORExxx always present on windows.

[coolit]

After following the requirements as in http://gtk-rs.org/docs/requirements.html, it worked.