w32api

The w32api package provides freely distributable headers and import libraries for the vendor provided Windows(tm) shared libraries.

Full description

The w32api is the package of headers and import libraries to support the Win32 Application Programming Interface as created by Microsoft. The MinGW development team are the current maintainers of the w32api since without that package Windows Programming would not be possible. The package was created by Anders Norlander and its license is also non-restrictive. For more information see the file README.w32api.

Packages that install w32api

• MinGW
• mSys Developer?

Libraries installed

• All the Window libraries, most notably libkernel32.a, libshell32.a, libadvapi32.dll, libgdi32.a, libuser32.a

Tools required to use it

• A working C/C++ compiler

Tools required to build it (other than a working compiler)

Note: Actually a working compiler isn't really need because we don't build executables. Nevertheless, you won't get past the configure script if your compiler doesn't work.

• dlltool - a tool that is installed by binutils if compiling binutils for a windows platform

License

Unless otherwise stated in individual source files, source code is public domain

Links

How to build w32api?