Re: "Can't link to Pango"

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>]

hi;

On 13 February 2014 18:37, Bric <bric flight us> wrote:

> Is this because the "git" version doesn't definitively dominate all the
> version markers when it installs, and leaves behind the previously installed
> versions ??  (git gtk+ is picking up the previous "glib-2.39.4", somehow,
> the one compiled from release tarball.)

you most likely have .la files lying around.

> > why are you targeting such an old platform?
>
>
> Well... i guess it all started with the advent of "unity", in Ubuntu 11.

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my question was more: are you planning on developing GTK/GNOME apps
while retaining your system copy, or are you literally trashing your
system by installing newer versions on top of your running system?

if you're just looking at a development environment, then you should
probably be cloning jhbuild from git, and creating a separate
environment, in a separate directory.

otherwise, I'd strongly suggest you just learn to let go. there are
other distributions, even Debian-based, that are shipping with a
decent set of dependencies. learning how to make packages will lead
you to maintain a Ubuntu fork anyway, and I can assure you:
maintaining a distribution by yourself is not in any way, shape, or
form "fun".

ciao,
 Emmanuele.

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