Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp "make install" fails with undefined references to fresh-built gegl

[Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop ntlworld com>]

On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 02:39:08PM -0700, Deft Developer wrote:
> I got all of the dependencies (except WebKit) and GIMP 2.10.20 to build on
> CentOS.
> To make a very long  story short, each dependency, and GIMP, is best built
> with no traces of previous builds or out-of-date dependencies. "make clean"
> and re-configuring  are inadequate. It's easiest just to re-clone each
> repository, or delete each extracted source directory.
> Each dependency needs to be installed into whatever build-prefix is
> configured, and then the next dependency may be built. Sometimes, Iterating
> over multiple versions of a dependency is required. In that case,
> delete/uninstall the older version after you have built what needed it, and
> then build the newer version.
>
> I simply gave up for webkit. Webkit is gigantic, and has a wilderness of
> dependencies. It easier just to use an external browser to access GIMP help.
First, I'm glad you fixed it.

Second, for webkit my impression is that gimp-2.10 looks for an
ancient version.  Certainly, using firefox to access the online help
has worked fine for me in the last couple of years.

ĸen
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