I am trying to set up a development environment on Windows 7, to use Perl and Glade.
This environment needs to reside as a collection of directories on a shared network drive (say e.g., X:) which can also be accessed by users of my code, and it must avoid using C: (as much as possible). I have copied Strawberry Perl Portable 5.26.1.1 (64bit) ( http://strawberryperl.com/releases.html) to, say, X:\Strawberry\, and my Perl code to X:\code\, and it all runs fine (in a .bat shell window). I've installed Glade (Glade 3.8.5, http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/win32/glade/3.8/) to X:\Glade\, and it runs okay and I can create the .glade file okay. (Only I will be using Glade, not my end users.) Now the tricky part (for me at least). I want to set up whatever else I need to be able to write Perl to add a GUI for my existing Perl code using the Glade file I created. (use Glib ...; use Gtk2 ...; etc.) (It's the setup part I need help with, not writing the Perl code.) I have reviewed a lot of web pages that contain install guidance, but I am still a little lost about how to integrate GTK in this situation, and I am seeking any advice on the best way to proceed. I guess I need (at least) a GTK+ or GTK2 runtime environment that works with Strawberry and Glade, plus setting up Windows environment variables properly. (?) I would really like to stick with Strawberry and Glade if possible. Strawberry has build tools, so I am not adverse to compiling if necessary, but I would prefer to avoid that if possible and to just get some appropriate GTK binaries, plus some set up guidance. I need to avoid impact to C:, so e.g., installing MSYS2 is not feasible in this situation. Thanks very much for any help. - Peter
