Re: Deploying GTK on win

[John Cupitt <jcupitt gmail com>]

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:18:42 +0100, Goran Rakic <gox devbase net> wrote:
> > What is the model you guys use to deploy on Windows -- By this I mean - When
> > creating a distribution with an installer, how to we set up so that the libs
> > are found correclty. I am trying to avoid using REGISTRY stuff for this and
> > also trying to avoid putting the GTK and my libs on the  WIN golder.
>
> You can:
>
> 1) Have GTK runtime in SystemPath
> 2) Have GTK runtime in same dir as your Exe
> 3) Create shortcut to your Exe and point "Start in folder" to GTK runtime
> 4) Add GTK runtime path in registry as Application Path for your Exe.
> 5) something other???

Good list. I use (2) for my application. It means you can distribute
as a simple .zip file, so it can run off a USB keyring and does not
need admin rights to install.

I think there's another option: the gtk runtime installer adds a
registry key for its location and the app looks it up and links on
startup.

John