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## Building on non-Linux

Cairo is quite portable, and it is quite feasible to build on other systems. However, the [cairo-rs] crate seems to expect a library to be provided, rather than building it from sources. On Windows, I've been using prebuilt binary releases from [cairo-windows].
Cairo is quite portable, and it is quite feasible to build on other systems. However, the [cairo-rs] crate seems to expect a library to be provided, rather than building it from sources.

See the [Gtk-rs requirements] page for more detailed instructions how to get it properly installed. On macOS with Homebrew, the following should work:
On Windows, I've been using prebuilt binary releases from [cairo-windows].

On macOS with Homebrew, the following should work:

```shell
brew install gtk+3
brew install cairo
```

TODO: nicer installation instructions (contributions welcome)
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