To create the installer you need to follow the next steps: - install the latest version of msys2: http://msys2.github.io/ - launch msys2_shell.bat and update it with pacman -Syu, you will need to relaunch msys2_shell.bat after updating it - install git: pacman -S git - clone gedit: git clone git://git.gnome.org/gedit - cd gedit/win32 - edit make-gedit-installer and set the right version of gedit - ./make-gedit-installer.bat