Re: final gtk+maverick battles

[Bric <bric flight us>]

On 02/16/2014 10:24 PM, Michael Torrie wrote:
> 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).

Thank you.

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

I do dislike Unity.  But I somehow managed to pull gnome back into my 
new install, so currently, i am using gnome (you are prompted to choose 
among several options, on boot)

To D. Marceau:

I'm going to take a chance and not back up everything.  I don't have 
space to back up all my stuff right now.  One would think that, after 
years of developing system installs, Ubuntu won't do me in (outside of 
my clicking "erase everything..." during the install because I'm going 
on two hours of sleep or something) (Word of caution to others:  the 
installer wipes out stuff in /usr and /etc, so, for example, I lost a 
painstakingly developed xkb configuration file ... painful to no end...)

I think I have to switch a couple of settings in update-manager, no?  
Like, broaden the upgrade option to all systems, rather just to 
long-term versions. Will be rebooting and re-probing shortly.

I made the mistake the first time around of NOT selecting "download 
packages..." during the install. (I had to upgrade from the CD). I am 
assuming that would have made the installer better match whatever I 
already had, with remote repositories, rather than simply getting rid of 
packages it couldn't match with the CD installer. (It's a pain having to 
reconstruct everything it wiped out!)

To A. Cottrell:

You are probably right; I should have tried gtk+ 3.0.12 or some such.  I 
wonder if that would have worked with the old system.  And, of course, 
you are right about not messing with glib  - i had a vague memory of 
installing gtk+ on a fedora, years ago, and the memory didn't involve 
system trashing, or any risk thereof.  So... that's what you get when 
you rely on old, vague memories - the world of linux libraries has been 
moving on rapidly :-))