running example gtk cairo game on windows and sbcl 1.4.14

windowsSBCLnotes.org

Notes

install sbcl and quicklisp

make sure you have the all libraries

$ ls /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/*dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/edit.dll                           /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libjson-glib-1.0-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libaspell-15.dll                   /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/liblcms2-2.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libasprintf-0.dll                  /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/liblqr-1-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libatk-1.0-0.dll                   /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libltdl-7.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libatomic-1.dll                    /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/liblzma-5.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libbz2-1.dll                       /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/liblzo2-2.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libcairo-2.dll                     /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libMagick++-7.Q16HDRI-4.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libcairo-gobject-2.dll             /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libMagickCore-7.Q16HDRI-6.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libcairo-script-interpreter-2.dll  /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libMagickWand-7.Q16HDRI-6.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libcharset-1.dll                   /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libminizip-1.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libcroco-0.6-3.dll                 /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libmpdec-2.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll              /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libnettle-6.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libdatrie-1.dll                    /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libopenjp2-7.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libdbus-1-3.dll                    /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libopenjp3d-7.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libdjvulibre-21.dll                /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libopenjpip-7.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libepoxy-0.dll                     /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libopenjpwl-7.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libexpat-1.dll                     /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libopenmj2-7.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libffi-6.dll                       /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libp11-kit-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libfftw3-3.dll                     /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libpango-1.0-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libfftw3f-3.dll                    /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libpangocairo-1.0-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libfftw3l-3.dll                    /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libpangoft2-1.0-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libflif.dll                        /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libpangowin32-1.0-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libflif_dec.dll                    /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libpcre-1.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libfontconfig-1.dll                /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libpcre16-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libfreeglut.dll                    /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libpcre32-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libfreetype-6.dll                  /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libpcrecpp-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libfribidi-0.dll                   /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libpcreposix-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgailutil-3-0.dll                /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libpixman-1-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgcc_s_seh-1.dll                 /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libpng16-16.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll            /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libpspell-15.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgdk-3-0.dll                     /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libpython3.7m.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgettextlib-0-19-8-1.dll         /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libquadmath-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgettextpo-0.dll                 /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libraqm-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgettextsrc-0-19-8-1.dll         /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libreadline8.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgif-7.dll                       /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/librsvg-2-2.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgio-2.0-0.dll                   /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libsqlite3-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgirepository-1.0-1.dll          /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libssl-1_1-x64.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libglib-2.0-0.dll                  /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libssp-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgmodule-2.0-0.dll               /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libstdc++-6.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgmp-10.dll                      /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libsystre-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgmpxx-4.dll                     /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libtasn1-6.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgnutls-30.dll                   /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libtermcap-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgnutlsxx-28.dll                 /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libthai-0.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgobject-2.0-0.dll               /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libtiff-5.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgomp-1.dll                      /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libtiffxx-5.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgraphite2.dll                   /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libtre-5.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgthread-2.0-0.dll               /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libturbojpeg.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgtk-3-0.dll                     /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libunistring-2.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libgtkreftestprivate-0.dll         /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libvulkan-1.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libharfbuzz-0.dll                  /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libwebp-7.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libharfbuzz-gobject-0.dll          /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libwebpdecoder-3.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libharfbuzz-icu-0.dll              /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libwebpdemux-2.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libharfbuzz-subset-0.dll           /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libwebpmux-3.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libhistory8.dll                    /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libwinpthread-1.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libhogweed-4.dll                   /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libxml2-2.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libiconv-2.dll                     /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libXpm-noX4.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libidn2-0.dll                      /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libzstd.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libintl-8.dll                      /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/SDL2.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libjasper-4.dll                    /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/tcl86.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libjbig-0.dll                      /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/tk86.dll
/c/msys64/mingw64/bin/libjpeg-8.dll                      /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/zlib1.dll

copy dll files

go to c/msys64/mingw64/lib folder

search all *dll files

select and copy those files

paste them in the sbcl executable folder

run sbcl program

sbcl --load ./loader.lisp

Where loader is the file with code fragment loading the program on windows.

bat file

sbcl --load C:\Users\IEUser\loader.lisp