Re: Linux and Gtk 2.0

[Filip Van Raemdonck <mechanix debian org>]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 02:48:41PM +0200, Peter Firefly Lund wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Chandrashekhar V. Joshi wrote:
> 
> > As for Linux desktops the gtk libraries are in built and we dont need to
> > install them I am interested in knowing what version of Linux will have
> > gtk2 libraries.
> >
> > presently we are working on 7.x version and moving towards 8.x version
> > of Linux.
> 
> Well, version 3.0 doesn't have them:
> (http://www.debian.org/)

But, why, yes it does:

http://packages.debian.org/stable/libs/libgtk2.0-0.html

> From reading the webpage it looks like you have to try 1.4_rc4 instead:
> (http://www.gentoo.org/)

Ah, this has a more recent version - might be a better choice.
Dang, rc4 - it's not stable yet :-(

Maybe version 9 is the way to go - after all that one is officially
released now, isn't it?
(http://www.mandrakelinux.com/, http://www.redhat.com/)

Oh, wait, he did ask for GTK+ 2.0.
Version 3.0 is the best choice then, the others have 2.2 :-P
(url above :-)


Regards,

Filip

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