CustomGtk

This page describes how to install a patched Gtk for development.

On macOS with MacPorts

1. Install everything as usual, see CompilingMacOsX
2. sudo port install meson
3. Get Gtk source from stable branch

   git clone https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk.git
   cd gtk
   git checkout gtk-3-24
   

4. Optional: Apply patches
5. Build and install directly into MacPorts tree, overwriting the system package

   mkdir -p build-meson
   cd build-meson
   
   PREFIX=/opt/local
   export PATH="$PREFIX/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
   
   meson \
       --buildtype=release \
       --prefix=$PREFIX \
       ..
   
   ninja
   sudo ninja install
   sudo chown -R $USER .