Installing GTK

User Name. · 06-29-2007, 02:14 PM

I want to install GTK as I want to learn about GUI programming, and also implement GUI into a few programs of my own. I am completely capable of install GTK from source if I really wanted to, but I would rather just apt-get it, and save some time. I have looked through synaptic, and nothing has caught my attention; though I may have missed something. If that is true, then I am sorry for posting this, otherwise, what package should I apt-get?

MS3FGX · 06-29-2007, 02:26 PM

GTK will already be installed on your system, as it is a critical system component if you are using graphical applications on the machine.

User Name. · 06-29-2007, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MS3FGX

GTK will already be installed on your system, as it is a critical system component if you are using graphical applications on the machine.

Hmm...there isn't a header in /usr/include:

Code:

/usr/include$ ls
aio.h        assert.h       elf.h       fpu_control.h   gpilotd       limits.h    netash      nss.h      regex.h      signal.h     sysexits.h   ustat.h
aliases.h    autosprintf.h  endian.h    fstab.h         grp.h         link.h      netatalk    obstack.h  regexp.h     spawn.h      syslog.h     utime.h
alloca.h     bits           envz.h      fts.h           iconv.h       linux       netax25     paths.h    resolv.h     stab.h       tar.h        utmp.h
a.out.h      byteswap.h     err.h       ftw.h           ieee754.h     locale.h    netdb.h     poll.h     rpc          stdint.h     termio.h     utmpx.h
argp.h       c++            errno.h     _G_config.h     ifaddrs.h     malloc.h    neteconet   printf.h   rpcsvc       stdio_ext.h  termios.h    values.h
argz.h       complex.h      error.h     gconv.h         inttypes.h    math.h      netinet     protocols  sched.h      stdio.h      tgmath.h     wait.h
ar.h         cpio.h         execinfo.h  gdict-1.0       langinfo.h    mcheck.h    netipx      pthread.h  scsi         stdlib.h     thread_db.h  wchar.h
arpa         crypt.h        fcntl.h     getopt.h        lastlog.h     memory.h    netpacket   pty.h      search.h     string.h     time.h       wctype.h
asm          ctype.h        features.h  gettext-po.h    libgen.h      mntent.h    netrom      pwd.h      semaphore.h  strings.h    ttyent.h     wordexp.h
asm-generic  dbus-1.0       fenv.h      glob.h          libgpilotdCM  monetary.h  netrose     python2.4  setjmp.h     stropts.h    ucontext.h   X11
asm-i386     dirent.h       fmtmsg.h    gnu             libintl.h     mqueue.h    nfs         python2.5  sgtty.h      sys          ulimit.h     xlocale.h
asm-x86_64   dlfcn.h        fnmatch.h   gnu-versions.h  libio.h       net         nl_types.h  re_comp.h  shadow.h     syscall.h    unistd.h

In the gtk tutorials, they #include <gtk/gtk.h>, and there is no gtk directory, nor a gtk.h.

I do however have these directories:

Code:

/usr/lib$ echo gtk*
gtk-2.0 gtkhtml gtk-sharp-2.0

Maybe a whereis or slocate (which outputs more lines then can fit in the terminal) command?

MS3FGX · 06-30-2007, 06:41 AM

Strange, it must be an Ubuntu-specific thing then. On my Slackware machine, the GTK header files are included with the binary packages.

Code:

tj@T-Bird:/usr/lib$ locate "gtk.h"           
/usr/include/gtk-1.2/gtk/gtk.h
/usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h
/usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/gtk/win_gtk.h
/usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/gtk/assertdlg_gtk.h
/usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/gtk/tbargtk.h
/usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/gtk/treeentry_gtk.h
/usr/include/pygtk-2.0/pygtk/pygtk.h

As you can see, they are right where the GTK tutorials are referencing them "/gtk/gtk.h". Perhaps there is some development GTK package that needs to be installed. Check for something along the lines of "libgtk-dev".

pixellany · 06-30-2007, 08:01 AM

My system (Mepis) did not install this by default--even though GTK itself is there.

The package is libgtk2.0-dev

User Name. · 06-30-2007, 07:23 PM

MS3FGX:
You are comparing Slackware to Ubuntu; obviously Slackware wins that. The only reason I don't run Slackware is my wireless card. And Ubuntu doesn't even come with gcc installed by default. You expect the gtk headers to be there too?

I had installed that package and gtk.h is in /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h by default, and #include <gtk/gtk.h> works fine.

Thanks for your help.