| # About |
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| The SWT Linux port is based on the GTK. |
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| The natives are build using make and (by default) gcc. |
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| # Development overview |
| SWT is made up of 2 parts, Java and the natives (written in C). |
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| * **Java Part** |
| If you only make changes in the Java part or need to configure SWT for running |
| snippets, then you don't need to recompile the natives, instead, you can just |
| use the pre-compiled libraries in the binary repository. |
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| * **Natives Part** |
| Make sure the binary project for your platform is imported and open in your |
| workspace. |
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| ## Building Natives |
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| ### Building 64bit natives for GTK3 |
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| You need to install the following on your system: |
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| * make |
| * gcc |
| * GTK+ development files (gtk3-devel) |
| * Java 8 or 11 JDK |
| * (optional) Webkit for GTK development files (webkit2gtk3-devel) |
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| ### Building and Testing locally |
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| Import and build the SWT project `bundles/org.eclipse.swt` in Eclipse. See the |
| platform independent Readme for how to set the .classpath. This will populate |
| the `bundles/org.eclipse.swt/bin/library` with the native code and build files. |
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| To build SWT natives run the `build.sh` script in `./bin/library` directory. To |
| use the locally build natives run the build script with the 'install' argument |
| (`./build.sh install`) or --help to see more options. |
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| You can find additional information on GTK SWT development can be found in |
| Eclipse Wiki. |
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| https://wiki.eclipse.org/SWT/Devel/Gtk/Dev_guide |
