Re: gtk+ for windows problem

[Toni Willberg <toniw iki fi>]

On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 08:57, Tor Lillqvist wrote:

> This same problem has been reported on the gimpwin-users
> list. Basically it is a packaging problem. Some of the lower-level
> dependent DLL (intl? iconv? zlib? something like that) is a different
> version in the two installers. One packages an older version, and the
> other a newer version, and also needs the new version. Then GTK+
> installed by the other isn't noticed by the first. I don't remember
> the exact details.

Also many Silky [1] users have reported problems when trying to test
GAIM and Silky on same computer.

Silky requires Dropline.net's GTK+ 2.2.4.1 -package. After installing
GAIM, Silky stops working and reinstalling GAIM breaks Silky. :)

Something should be done to resolve this issue as more and more GTK+
applications are being ported to Windows.

One issue causing this problem is that there are no official runtime-
and development packages of GTK+ available from gtk.org. Some
application developers use Dropline.net's packages, and some use Tor's
separate binaries and embed them into their application's installation
package.

Package management systems, like RPM as Tor suggested, are not the
ultimate solution to this. I've seen badly built RPM packages as well.
The problem is the people packaging them. :)


[1] Silky, a secure chat client using SILC protocol,
http://silky.sf.net/