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# GtkSharp
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GtkSharp is a C# wrapper for Gtk and its related components. The component list includes the following libraries: glib, gio, cairo, pango, atk, gdk. This is a fork of https://github.com/mono/gtk-sharp and is maintained completely separately from that project.
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Differences can be seen with the following table:
| | Target framework | Target Gtk Version | Extra notes |
|:--------------|:-------------------|:---------------------------------------------------|:------------------------------|
| GtkSharp | .NET Standard 2.0 | Gtk 3.22 | Does not need glue libraries. |
| mono/gtksharp | .NET Framework 4.5 | Gtk 2 (also Gtk 3.0 but never officially released) | |
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* [Building from source ](#building-from-source )
* [Using the library ](#using-the-library )
* [License ](#license )
## Building from source
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Pre requirements for building from source are that you have .Net 6 installed on the system.
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To build the repository, simply do:
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```sh
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git clone https://github.com/GtkSharp/GtkSharp.git
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cd GtkSharp
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dotnet tool restore
dotnet cake build.cake
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```
A breakdown on how the source is structured:
* Tools that are needed to generate wrapper code are found in [Tools ](Source/Tools ) folder
* The actual wrappers code is found in [Libs ](Source/Libs ) folder
* Templates are located in [Templates ](Source/Templates ) folder
* Build script is separated between [build.cake ](build.cake ) and [CakeScripts ](CakeScripts ) folder
## Using the library
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On macOS, you'll need to manually install Gtk, see [Installing Gtk on Mac ](https://github.com/GtkSharp/GtkSharp/wiki/Installing-Gtk-on-Mac ) wiki page for more details on how to do it.
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Available NuGet packages:
* [GtkSharp ](https://www.nuget.org/packages/GtkSharp/ )
* [GdkSharp ](https://www.nuget.org/packages/GdkSharp/ )
* [GioSharp ](https://www.nuget.org/packages/GioSharp/ )
* [GLibSharp ](https://www.nuget.org/packages/GLibSharp/ )
* [AtkSharp ](https://www.nuget.org/packages/AtkSharp/ )
* [PangoSharp ](https://www.nuget.org/packages/PangoSharp/ )
* [CairoSharp ](https://www.nuget.org/packages/CairoSharp/ )
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* [GtkSourceSharp ](https://www.nuget.org/packages/GtkSourceSharp/ )
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To create a new gtk app project, simply use `dotnet new` templating engine:
* install: `dotnet new --install GtkSharp.Template.CSharp`
* uninstall: `dotnet new --uninstall GtkSharp.Template.CSharp`
* generate project: `dotnet new gtkapp`
## License
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GtkSharp and its related components are licensed under [LGPL v2.0 license ](LICENSE ), while [Samples ](Source/Samples ) are licenced under [The Unlicense ](Source/Samples/LICENSE ).
