For pre-built binary packages of GLib, GTK etc, see http://www.gimp.org/win32/downloads.html . No pre-built GIMP 1.3 packages, though. Building GIMP on Win32 ====================== There are two ways to build GIMP for Win32: 1) Use the autoconf-generated configure script, and the resulting Makefiles (which use libtool and gcc to do the compilation). I use this myself, but it might be hell to setup correctly. Doesn't work correctly in all directories, for instance in the po* directories it is much easier to use the makefile.mingw files. 2) Use the Microsoft compiler, cl and Make, nmake. Say nmake -f makefile.msc in various directories. These makefiles are maintained by Hans Breuer . They presumably will not generate the same name DLLs and import libraries as the autoconfiscated libtool build does, nor necesarily use the same named GLib, GTK etc import libraries as those distributed from the web site mentioned above. --Tor Lillqvist