Some hints for compiling GPA for Windows: - supported compiler: mingw cross-compiler (things are in flux. please ask on the developer mailing list for details) - once you have the cross-compiler set up: ./autogen.sh ./autogen.sh --build-w32 make and if you want to make gpa.exe lean: cd src rm gpa (compile gpa again with option -mwindows) mingw32 strip gpa - for Windows, GTK 1.3 is used requirering UTF-8 encoding of the .mo file. The conversion to UTF-8 is not automized. Just do the following: ./to-utf8 po/de.po | msgfmt -o po/de.mo -