IMO it’s beyond anyone without a good understanding of how MSYS2 works to make a Mingw32 build environment for GnuCash so I’ve put a new top level block on https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building_on_Windows saying it’s broken and explaining why.
Regards, John Ralls > On Aug 8, 2026, at 10:12, Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Neil, > > MSYS2 has been migrating away from 32-bit support. To recolve the issue, it > is usually a matter of identifying the appropriate packages still mainained > at https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/mingw32 and pulling them ourselves. When I > decide to setup the environment, I usually modify the setup-mingw64.ps1 > script locally. The attached version is what I used in June. Note: At the > pause, I apply updates within the gnucash-on-windows.git folder that I find > appropriate. > > Regards, > > Sherlock > > > On 8/8/26 3:06 AM, Neil Aggarwal wrote: >> Hello all: >> I am following this guide: >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building_on_Windows >> Everything seems to go fine until I ran this command: >> jhbuild -f src/gnucash-on-windows.git/jhbuildrc build >> It gives me this output: >> Required packages: >> System installed packages which are too old: >> (none) >> No matching system package installed: >> boost >> cmake >> ninja >> jhbuild build: Required system dependencies not installed. Install using >> the command 'jhbuild sysdeps --install' or to ignore system dependencies >> use command-line option --nodeps >> When I ran >> jhbuild sysdeps --install >> the first time, it installed some stuff, but gave me some messages about >> things not found so I ran it multiple times with it installing some >> packages. >> Now, when I run it, nothing installs and I get this output: >> System installed packages which are new enough: >> automake >> libtool >> make >> pkg-config >> libxslt (libxslt.pc, required=1.1.26, installed=1.1.45) >> libxml2 (libxml-2.0.pc, required=2.7.8, installed=2.15.3) >> intltool (required=0.50.2) >> itstool >> git >> xmllint >> xsltproc >> python3-devel (python3.pc, required=3.2, installed=3.14) >> xmlcatalog >> docbook-xml >> docbook-xsl >> cc >> libffi (libffi.pc, required=3.0.0, installed=3.7.1) >> zlib (zlib.pc, installed=1.3.2) >> libpcre (libpcre.pc, required=8.31, installed=8.45) >> libpng (libpng.pc, installed=1.6.58) >> freetype2 (freetype2.pc, required=12.0.6, installed=26.6.20) >> bison (required=2.4) >> flex (required=2.0) >> c++ >> libicu (icu-i18n.pc, required=4, installed=76.1) >> bash-completion (bash-completion.pc, installed=2.17.0) >> gperf >> libarchive (libarchive.pc, required=3.2.1, installed=3.8.9) >> sqlite3 (sqlite3.pc, required=3.8.3, installed=3.53.4) >> gnutls (gnutls.pc, required=3.1, installed=3.8.13) >> p11-kit (p11-kit-1.pc, required=0.19.0, installed=0.26.4) >> libuuid (uuid.pc, installed=2.40.2) >> libyaml >> libgcrypt (required=1.5.0) >> libnghttp2 (libnghttp2.pc, installed=1.70.0) >> krb5 >> texinfo >> libtasn1 (libtasn1.pc, required=2.7, installed=4.21.0) >> asciidoc >> libdb >> llvm >> libclang >> readline >> hogweed (hogweed.pc, required=3.2, installed=4.0) >> nettle (nettle.pc, required=3.2, installed=4.0) >> libcurl (libcurl.pc, installed=8.21.0) >> gpgme (required=1.0.0) >> file >> mpc >> mpfr >> libunistring >> Required packages: >> System installed packages which are too old: >> (none) >> No matching system package installed: >> ninja >> shared-mime-info (shared-mime-info.pc, required=1.0) >> fontconfig (fontconfig.pc, required=2.13.0) >> gl (gl.pc) >> libXext (xext.pc) >> libXrender (xrender.pc) >> x11 (x11.pc) >> libXft (xft.pc, required=2.0.0) >> ragel >> libjpeg >> egl (egl.pc, required=1.3) >> cups (required=1.4) >> libXcursor (xcursor.pc) >> desktop-file-utils (required=0.20) >> flac (flac.pc, required=1.1.4) >> libvpx (vpx.pc) >> taglib (taglib.pc, required=1.5) >> wavpack (wavpack.pc, required=4.2) >> libavfilter (libavfilter.pc) >> libavformat (libavformat.pc) >> libavcodec (libavcodec.pc) >> libavutil (libavutil.pc) >> x11-xcb (x11-xcb.pc) >> libv4l (libv4l2.pc) >> dbus (dbus-1.pc, required=1.4.10) >> libXtst (xtst.pc, required=1) >> xi (xi.pc) >> xkbcommon-x11 (xkbcommon-x11.pc) >> pulseaudio (libpulse-mainloop-glib.pc, required=2.0) >> yasm >> cargo >> graphviz (libgvc.pc, required=2.26.0) >> vala-bootstrap >> polkit-gobject (polkit-gobject-1.pc, required=0.103) >> libcanberra (libcanberra-gtk.pc, required=0.30) >> nss (nss.pc, required=3.12.11) >> pam >> cmake >> libproxy (libproxy-1.0.pc) >> argyll >> lcms2 (lcms2.pc, required=2.6) >> docbook-utils (required=0.6.14) >> libxkbfile (xkbfile.pc) >> libXrandr (xrandr.pc, required=1.3) >> xkeyboard-config (xkeyboard-config.pc) >> libexif (libexif.pc, required=0.6.19) >> libtiff >> libdrm (libdrm.pc, required=2.4.45) >> libXcomposite (xcomposite.pc) >> xcb-dri2 (xcb-dri2.pc, required=1.8.1) >> hunspell (hunspell.pc) >> avahi (avahi-gobject.pc, required=0.6.31) >> hyphen >> libwebp >> mesa-libGLES (glesv2.pc, required=3.0) >> openjpeg (libopenjp2.pc, required=2.2.0) >> ruby >> libXdamage (xdamage.pc) >> libXt (xt.pc) >> libcanberra-gtk3 (libcanberra-gtk3.pc) >> dbus-glib (dbus-glib-1.pc, required=0.98) >> libpwquality (pwquality.pc) >> smbclient (smbclient.pc) >> kyotocabinet (kyotocabinet.pc) >> anthy (anthy.pc, required=0.3) >> libhangul (libhangul.pc, required=0.1.0) >> libxklavier (libxklavier.pc, required=5.0) >> sm (sm.pc) >> xtrans (xtrans.pc, required=1.3.5) >> liboauth (oauth.pc, required=0.9.4) >> openldap >> nspr (nspr.pc, required=4.9.2) >> dbus-run-session >> cvt >> libevdev (libevdev.pc, required=1.2.2) >> libxkbcommon (xkbcommon.pc, required=0.5.0) >> libX11 (x11.pc) >> libXfixes (xfixes.pc) >> libXi (xi.pc, required=1.7.4) >> libXinerama >> mesa-libEGL >> startup-notification (libstartup-notification-1.0.pc, required=0.12) >> xcb-randr (xcb-randr.pc) >> xcb-res (xcb-res.pc) >> xvfb-run >> polkit-agent (polkit-agent-1.pc, required=0.102) >> fuse (fuse.pc, required=2.8.0) >> libbluray (libbluray.pc) >> libcap >> libimobiledevice (libimobiledevice-1.0.pc, required=1.2.0) >> libnfs (libnfs.pc, required=1.9.8) >> libplist-2.0 (libplist-2.0.pc, required=2.2.0) >> libusb1 (libusb-1.0.pc, required=1.0.19) >> dotconf (dotconf.pc, required=1.3) >> espeak (required=1.46.02) >> libsndfile (sndfile.pc, required=1.0.21) >> exempi (exempi-2.0.pc, required=2.2.0) >> boost (required=1.33.1) >> libdmapsharing (libdmapsharing-3.0.pc) >> libvorbis (vorbisfile.pc) >> libraw (libraw.pc) >> lmdb >> libstemmer >> valgrind (valgrind.pc, required=3.10.0) >> libmusicbrainz (libmusicbrainz5.pc, required=5.0) Optional packages: >> (JHBuild will build the missing packages) >> System installed packages which are too old: >> (none) >> No matching system package installed: >> libepoxy (epoxy.pc) >> iso-codes (iso-codes.pc) >> cogl (cogl-1.0.pc) >> libgdata (libgdata.pc) >> WebKit6.0 (webkitgtk-6.0.pc, required=2.41.90) >> mozjs102 (mozjs-102.pc, required=102.1.0gnome1) >> telepathy-glib (telepathy-glib.pc) >> telepathy-logger (telepathy-logger-0.2.pc) >> libgee (gee-0.8.pc) >> WebKit (webkit2gtk-4.0.pc, required=2.41.90) >> I: Installing dependencies on system: ninja shared-mime-info fontconfig gl >> libXext libXrender x11 libXft ragel libjpeg egl cups libXcursor >> desktop-file-utils flac libvpx taglib wavpack libavfilter libavformat >> libavcodec libavutil x11-xcb libv4l dbus libXtst xi xkbcommon-x11 >> pulseaudio yasm cargo graphviz vala-bootstrap polkit-gobject libcanberra >> nss pam cmake libproxy argyll lcms2 docbook-utils libxkbfile libXrandr >> xkeyboard-config libexif libtiff libdrm libXcomposite xcb-dri2 hunspell >> avahi hyphen libwebp mesa-libGLES openjpeg ruby libXdamage libXt >> libcanberra-gtk3 dbus-glib libpwquality smbclient kyotocabinet anthy >> libhangul libxklavier sm xtrans liboauth openldap nspr dbus-run-session >> cvt libevdev libxkbcommon libX11 libXfixes libXi libXinerama mesa-libEGL >> startup-notification xcb-randr xcb-res xvfb-run polkit-agent fuse >> libbluray libcap libimobiledevice libnfs libplist-2.0 libusb1 dotconf >> espeak libsndfile exempi boost libdmapsharing libvorbis libraw lmdb >> libstemmer valgrind libmusicbrainz libepoxy iso-codes cogl libgdata >> WebKit6.0 mozjs102 telepathy-glib telepathy-logger libgee WebKit >> I: Using pacman to install packages. Please wait. >> W: Provider for "ninja" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "ragel" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "libjpeg" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "cups" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "desktop-file-utils" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "yasm" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "cargo" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "vala-bootstrap" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "pam" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "cmake" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "argyll" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "docbook-utils" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "libtiff" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "hyphen" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "libwebp" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "ruby" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "openldap" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "dbus-run-session" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "cvt" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "libXinerama" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "mesa-libEGL" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "xvfb-run" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "libcap" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "espeak" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "boost" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "lmdb" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "libstemmer" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/shared-mime-info.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/fontconfig.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/gl.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xext.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xrender.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/x11.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xft.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/egl.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xcursor.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/flac.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/vpx.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/taglib.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/wavpack.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libavfilter.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libavformat.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libavcodec.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libavutil.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/x11-xcb.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libv4l2.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/dbus-1.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xtst.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xi.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xkbcommon-x11.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libpulse-mainloop-glib.pc" was not >> found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libgvc.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/polkit-gobject-1.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcanberra-gtk.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/nss.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libproxy-1.0.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/lcms2.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xkbfile.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xrandr.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xkeyboard-config.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libexif.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libdrm.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xcomposite.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xcb-dri2.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/hunspell.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/avahi-gobject.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/glesv2.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libopenjp2.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xdamage.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xt.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcanberra-gtk3.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/dbus-glib-1.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/pwquality.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/smbclient.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/kyotocabinet.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/anthy.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libhangul.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libxklavier.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/sm.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xtrans.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/oauth.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/nspr.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libevdev.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xkbcommon.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/x11.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xfixes.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xi.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libstartup-notification-1.0.pc" was >> not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xcb-randr.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xcb-res.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/polkit-agent-1.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/fuse.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libbluray.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libimobiledevice-1.0.pc" was not >> found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libnfs.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libplist-2.0.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libusb-1.0.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/dotconf.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/sndfile.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/exempi-2.0.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libdmapsharing-3.0.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/vorbisfile.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libraw.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/valgrind.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libmusicbrainz5.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/epoxy.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/iso-codes.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/cogl-1.0.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libgdata.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/webkitgtk-6.0.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/mozjs-102.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/telepathy-glib.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/telepathy-logger-0.2.pc" was not >> found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/gee-0.8.pc" was not found, ignoring >> W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/webkit2gtk-4.0.pc" was not found, >> ignoring >> I: Nothing to install >> Any ideas what went wrong? >> Thank you, >> Neil > <setup-mingw64.ps1>_______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all 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