Which GTK ?

jowa45 · 12-13-2015, 10:01 AM

Slackware 14.1 ships with three versions of gtk, gtk-1.2 gtk-2.0 gtk-3.0.

It also uses pkg-config.

Would someone be as good as to tell me what switches I need in "./configure" and possibly "make" to ensure that I link with the gtk-3.0 packages.

I am trying to compile pcb-20140316.

Judging by all all the text I see rolling before my eyes the default is gtk-2.0 and the compilation fails.

John

knudfl · 12-13-2015, 10:17 AM

As you can see in the file 'configure', line 15,721, the only option is gtk2 :
".....\ "gtk+-2.0 >= 2.18.0""; } >&5" . I.e. gtk2 version 2.18.0 or any later.

The usual place to look for options is './configure --help' : But no gtk choices.

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bormant · 12-13-2015, 10:27 AM

As I can see, pcb's ./configure --help has no options to build with gtk-3.
pcb needs pangox-compat and gtkglext to build, both are available at SBo.

willysr · 12-13-2015, 11:26 AM

it depends on gtkglext, which in turns depends on gtk+2

why do you want it to be linked against gtk+3 ?

USUARIONUEVO · 12-13-2015, 01:43 PM

If no option in configure, cant force nothing.

Normally, in configure some options in other packages are

--enable-gtk3
--with-gtk=3

or similar , if no configure option, you cant go to gtk3 , some packages have auto detection and goes with the higer available on system.

jowa45 · 12-14-2015, 05:11 AM

Many thanks all.

I will wait for the next pcb.
It did compile using the lesstif alternative but is flaky.
I am still using a version on my Slackware 11 which I installed at about the same time as joining this forum.

John