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 ### Windows
 
+Make sure you have the [GNU
+ABI](https://www.rust-lang.org/downloads.html#win-foot) version of the rust
+compiler installed.  Since we need our own toolchain make sure to uncheck
+"Linker and platform libraries" in the Rust setup.
+![Screenshot](rust_setup.png)
+
+If you already installed Rust, check if your Rust installation has `gcc.exe`
+and `ld.exe` in its `bin` directory.  In that case remove those executables,
+they will be provided by mingw instead.  If you won't you'll probably get a
+linking error `ld: cannot find -limm32`.
+
+For the toolchain one has two possibilities:
+ 1. Install msys2 with a mingw toolchain and the gtk3 package
+ 2. Install the mingw-w64 toolchain separately and then install a GTK+ SDK
+
+#### 1. msys2 toolchain
+
+This method is recommended according to the [GTK+ project]
+(http://www.gtk.org/download/windows.php).  You can follow [this guide]
+(https://blogs.gnome.org/nacho/2014/08/01/how-to-build-your-gtk-application-on-windows/)
+or follow this steps:
+
+ - Install and update [msys2](https://msys2.github.io/)
+ - Install the mingw toolchain
+ ```
+ $ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
+ ```
+ - Install the gtk3 package
+ ```
+ $ pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3
+ ```
+
+#### 2. separate mingw toolchain
+
 Install [mingw-w64](http://mingw-w64.yaxm.org/) (select the win32 threading model) and download a __GTK+__ SDK:
- * The GNOME project has [official distributions](http://win32builder.gnome.org/) of GTK+ 3.4 upto 3.10
+ * The GNOME project hosts [distributions](http://win32builder.gnome.org/) of GTK+ 3.4 upto 3.10
  * [GTK+ for Windows Runtime Environment Installer: 64-bit](https://github.com/tschoonj/GTK-for-Windows-Runtime-Environment-Installer) supports GTK+ 3.14, its SDK downloads can currently be found [here](http://lvserver.ugent.be/gtk-win64/sdk/).
 
 Make sure both mingw's and the sdk's `bin` directories are in your `PATH` e.g. (assuming mingw is installed in `C:\mingw-w64` and the SDK unpacked into `C:\gtk`)
 ```
 C:\> set PATH="C:\mingw-w64\bin;C:\gtk\bin;%PATH%"
 ```
-If your Rust installation has `gcc.exe` and `ld.exe` in its `bin` directory, you may
-get a linking error `ld: cannot find -limm32`. In that case remove those executables,
-they will be provided by mingw instead.
 
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