Re: Linux and Gtk 2.0

["David M. Cook" <dave davidcook org>]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 05:58:01PM +0530, Chandrashekhar V. Joshi wrote:

> I have developed a  Ui based on GTk 1.2.6
> Now as we intend to move to Gtk2.0
> we would like to know what version of Linux will support it.
> 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.

I assume those are versions of Red Hat Linux.  The versions of Red Hat with
gtk+ 2.x are as follows:

        gtk+      pygtk
7.3     2.0.2     1.99.8
8.0     2.0.6     1.99.12
9       2.2.1     1.99.14

The gtk+ 2.2 series has significant bug fixes and not just new features. For
example a show stopper for me was the TreeView.get_cursor bug fixed in 2.2.1.

Note that Red Hat calls these packages gtk2 and pygtk2.  pygtk 1.99.12 was
incomplete and buggy.  

However, it is fairly easy to install a newer pygtk that doesn't interfere
with the old one as it will install itself in
/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/gtk-2.0.  You then load that particular
version with:

import pygtk; pygtk.require('2.0')
import gtk

Recent versions of pygtk use distutils as well.

Dave Cook