Re: final gtk+maverick battles

[Michael Torrie <torriem gmail com>]

On 02/16/2014 04:30 AM, Bric wrote:
> Nonetheless, I run ./configure in gtk+ git, and I am still getting unmet 
> dependencies:
>
> configure: error: Package requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.39.5    atk >= 
> 2.7.5    pango >= 1.32.4    cairo >= 1.12.0 cairo-gobject >= 1.12.0    
> gdk-pixbuf-2.0 >= 2.27.1) were not met:
>
> Requested 'glib-2.0 >= 2.39.5' but version of GLib is 2.32.4
> Requested 'atk >= 2.7.5' but version of Atk is 2.4.0
> Requested 'pango >= 1.32.4' but version of Pango is 1.30.0
> Requested 'gdk-pixbuf-2.0 >= 2.27.1' but version of GdkPixbuf is 2.26.1
>
> ________________________
>
> So, this is no longer an ancient system. What do I do?  (Aside from 
> "trashing" this new one with local builds, as I did the old one?)

Never upgrade system versions of glib and gtk+ in place unless you
really know what you're doing.  Instead if you need newer versions,
compile them to their own prefix.  You can set the PKG_CONFIG_PATH
variable to point to that prefix and ./configure will see them.

Also you can use jhbuild (google for it) to build the latest versions of
gtk+ to its own prefix (say /opt/gtk3).

If you dislike Unity, you can install the mate-desktop, which is a
continuation of the old gnome2 desktop that you are used to.