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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: can one make a static build Ada+GUI GTK application?
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:30:19 -0600
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote in message 
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> On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:39:01 -0600, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
>
>> Just a basic question: Is it possible to build
>> a standalone .exe that is linked completely
>> statically which includes all libraries needed to make an Ada
>> with GUI front end using, I assume GTK since
>> that is the most complete GUI API for Ada.
>
> Normally GTK does not support static linking. E.g.
>
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-app-devel-list/2007-April/msg00039.html

Of course, you can do this for Windows using Claw (or probably other Windows 
interfaces). Usually, its not necessary to "install" or "package" anything 
on Windows; this is one place where Windows definitely is preferable to 
Linux (but that isn't much of a reason to use Windows, IMHO). I hate the 
fact that slow installers have taken over Windows, especially as most of 
them do little of value. (The fact that we need one for Janus/Ada shows me 
more that we have usability problems with the product than any value for 
installers.)

                                            Randy.