libgio-2.0.so: undefined reference

tmkd · 04-05-2010, 08:06 AM

I am trying to update gtk+.
I have installed pango-1.26.2 and glib 2.22.5.
I see some error information, from google i know that it is old glib library fault. Ichecked. pkg-config --modversion glib shows 1.2.*** and pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0 shows 2.22.5. It looks like gtk+ using older 1.2.**. How to avoid this?

Code:

/usr/local/lib/libgio-2.0.so: undefined reference to `g_mkstemp_full'
/usr/local/lib/libgio-2.0.so: undefined reference to `g_byte_array_unref'
./.libs/libgtk-x11-2.0.so: undefined reference to `g_array_get_element_size'
/usr/local/lib/libgio-2.0.so: undefined reference to `g_hostname_to_ascii'
/usr/local/lib/libgio-2.0.so: undefined reference to `g_byte_array_get_type'
/usr/local/lib/libgio-2.0.so: undefined reference to `g_error_new_valist'
/usr/local/lib/libgio-2.0.so: undefined reference to `g_ptr_array_new_with_free_

knudfl · 04-05-2010, 10:06 AM

Verifying versions with "pkg-config --modversion" :
A wrong question will provide a reply different from the expected.

'pkg-config --modversion glib' : 'glib' = old style = 1.2
'pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0 : new style = 2.x.xx

I.e pkg-config looks for an exact match of names found in
/usr/lib/pkgconfig . No wild cards are allowed.
( Both the old "1.2" and the new 2.x version of glib / gtk are
supposed to be present in /usr/lib/ .(See install disk 1 //l/ ))

Quote:

trying to update gtk

Installing to /usr/local/ is not an update, the system versions
are still present in /usr/ .
And it is not advisable to change glib2 / gtk2 to new versions.
.....

tmkd · 04-06-2010, 02:40 AM

You wrote 'old style' , 'new style'. Does it mean that this is almost same version but developers change naming style from 1.*.* to 2.*.*.?
I did not know that it is not advisible. Thanks a lot. But after few years when gtk will become so old will it be possible to update it?
To update software installed from sources i should remove old version (make uninstall ) and compile new version?

Didier Spaier · 04-06-2010, 05:16 AM

As a rule of thumb if you want to upgrade a package included in Slackware, I would recommend to reuse the slackbuild you'll find in /source in the Slackware tree and use the upgradepkg command to install the new package you'll find in /tmp afterwards if all goes well.

But it's not guaranteed to work in any case, so good luck.

knudfl · 04-06-2010, 11:24 AM

Gtk 1.x is the old gtk+ = Gimp Tool Kit.

Gtk 2.x is the new gtk+

And they are different . GTK 2.0 is always installed.
GTK 1.2 is most often installed too, to be used for
older applications.
The latest version = 1.2.10, was released 04-Jan-2002.

GTK 1.2 depends on GLIB 1.x
GTK 2.xx depends on GLIB 2.xx
.....

And no, it not a good idea to remove the system gtk.
Hundreds of installed applications are usually depending
on the installed version. Some will work with a later
version. And you are not keeping e.g. Slackware 13 forever.
When you some time in the future install version 13.1,
you will get gtk+2-2.18.7 ( and again gtk+-1.2.10 ).
.....