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I just installed OpenSuse 11.1 and was trying to install GTK+ and I haven't a clue how to install packages. Everyone I know do not have Linux. I don't understand where do I unpack the compressed files and where I input commands
Distribution: PCLinuxOS2020 CentOS6.10 CentOS7.7 + 50+ other Linux OS, for test only.
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To know, what you already have installed ..
Please open a terminal window and type :
rpm -qa | sort > installed-packages.txt ,
which will save the text file in /home/"name".
Installing packages, please use the package manager,
Yast2 , or use the command line ( terminal window
again.)
1) su password
2) zypper se gtk
.. when searching for e.g. gtk2 + gtk2-devel
3) zypper in gtk2-devel
.. to install the files to build applications
with gtk2. (The package gtk2 is always installed).
.....
.....
gtk+ a) gtk-devel-1.2.10 is old style gtk+.
........ b) gtk2-devel-2.14.4 is the modern gtk+.
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