w64devkit-tools

A native Windows GUI application (libui-ng) for managing and installing libraries into a w64devkit environment.

Features

• Browse 20+ libraries (zlib, SDL2, curl, freetype, opus, etc.)
• Automatic dependency resolution and topological install order
• Installs to a user-specified prefix (default: C:/w64devkit)
• Tracks installed libraries per prefix in res/installed.ini
• Streaming output display during script execution

Building

Requires w64devkit (MinGW-w64 + make).

make -j4                        # Release build (stripped)

make -j4 config=Debug           # Debug build (-g, -DDEBUG, no strip)
gdb -x gdb_watch.cmd w64devkit-tools-debug.exe

This compiles the libui-ng bundled library and links the executable.

Usage

./w64devkit-tools.exe

1. Select the libraries to install via the checkboxes
2. Optionally change the install prefix
3. Click Install Selected
4. Output appears in real-time as each install script runs

Adding a new library

Create scripts/install_<name>.sh with these metadata headers:

#!/bin/bash
#deps: <dependency names, space or comma separated>
#desc: Short description
#version: x.y.z
#name: Display Name

Then source the shared preamble and call the skip check:

source "$(dirname "$0")/common.sh"
skip_if_installed "<pkgconfig_name>" "$INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/lib<name>.a" "<display_name>"

The script receives two arguments: the install prefix ($1) and a force-update flag ($2, "true" or "false"). These are parsed by common.sh into $INSTALL_PREFIX and $FORCE_UPDATE. Exit 0 on success.

Project structure

├── main.cpp           — GUI application
├── Makefile           — Build system
├── libui-ng/          — Bundled libui-ng source
├── scripts/           — Per-library install shell scripts
│   └── common.sh      — Shared preamble (sourced by all install scripts)
├── res/               — Resources (icon, manifest, rc, installed.ini)