GTK version problem

b123coder · 04-06-2006, 06:42 AM

Hi,
What is the GTK version provided on FC5 ?? How can i test which gtk i have 1.2 or 2?? and whats difference between gtk-config and pkg-config? and which is to be used with which GTK version to compile a GTK program?

acid_kewpie · 04-06-2006, 06:45 AM

you will have BOTH versions. they are seperate libraries and happily coexist together. gtk-config is for gtk whilst gtk2 uses the generic pkg-config framework.

b123coder · 04-06-2006, 07:10 AM

hi,
thanks for answer. but i am not understanding why both versions are given?? and why pkg-config is not working??
i mean on FC5 when i gave

Quote:

gcc -c test.c `gtk-config --cflags --libs` -o test

worked
but

Quote:

gcc -c test.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs` -o test

not working why??

Nylex · 04-06-2006, 07:39 AM

Not sure about gtk-config as I've never used it, but you need to specify the library to link with pkg-config, e.g.

$ gcc test.c -otest `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-2.0`.

acid_kewpie · 04-06-2006, 08:35 AM

you either have gtk applications or you have gtk2 applications, they are seperate libraries, seperate API's. you can consider them as totally different things. you can not choose wether you compile an application with gtk or gtk2 just as you can not choose to use qt instead on a whim.

and of course you are using pkgconfig wrongly...