Re: Compiling gtk+ as user (non-root)

[Torsten Scheck <torsten scheck sot de>]

Hi again!

I'm lacking all the basic Linux programming and gtk-knowledge,
so I may be totally wrong, but I just 'greped' my way through the
source code and found a possible atk-bug:

glib-1.3.12/gobject/ChangeLog says:

Tue Feb 27 18:35:15 2001  Tim Janik  <timj gtk org>
 * gvalue.[hc]: marked g_value_fits_pointer() and
   g_value_peek_pointer() as private (the latter got renamed from
   g_value_get_as_pointer()).

The tarball atk-0.8.tar.gz contains a file ./atk/atkmarshal.c
which still uses g_value_get_as_pointer instead of
g_value_peek_pointer, though.
Therefore gtk won't compile (see initial message below).

After the substitution of g_value_get_as_pointer with
g_value_peek_pointer and after the recompilation of atk,
gtk gets configured and compiled without errors.
Even gimp-1.3.1 compiled perfectly.

So, now my questions:

Did I correct a bug, or did gtk compile after my
modification by chance i.e. due to other coherences
I don't overlook.

If it was a bug, why am I the only one who encountered
this severe problem, which even prevents you from
compiling?

If I solved the bug, whom shall I contact wrt atk
and how am I supposed to create a patch? (i.e. are there
any special diff options I shall use?)

Torsten


Torsten Scheck wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm new to gtk and to linux programming, so please try to
> bear with me.
>
> I want to install gimp-1.3.1 as a user in my home directory
> for I don't have root access.
> The box runs Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma), but
> gimp was not installed by the admin. (sad but true)
>
> The INSTALL file notes that I need the following libraries
> from ftp.gtk.org:
>
> glib-1.3.12.tar.gz
> pango-0.23.tar.gz
> atk-0.8.tar.gz
> gtk+-1.3.12.tar.gz
>
> glib, pango, and atk were compiled and installed without problems
> using these environment variables and the appropriate commands:
>
> $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/home/torsten/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
> $ export 
> PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/home/torsten/local/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
>
> $ ./configure --prefix=/home/torsten/local
> $ make
> $ make install
>
>
> The configure-script of gtk+ stops with an error, though:
> ---
> checking for atk_object_get_type in -latk... no
> configure: error:
> *** Cannot link to Accessibility Toolkit. Accessibility Toolkit is required
> *** to build GTK+
> ---
>
> extract from config.log
> ---
> configure:14978: checking for atk_object_get_type in -latk
> configure:15011: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -g -Wall   conftest.c
> -latk  -L/home/torsten/local/lib -latk -lgobject-1.3
> -lgmodule-1.3 -ldl -lglib-1.3 -Wl,--export-dynamic
> -L/home/torsten/local/lib -lgobject-1.3
> -lgmodule-1.3 -ldl -lgthread-1.3 -lpthread -lglib-1.3     >&5
> /home/torsten/local/lib/libatk.so: undefined reference to
> `g_value_get_as_pointer'
> ---
>
> When I do a
>
> $ nm /home/torsten/local/lib/libatk.so.8.0.0 |grep value_get_as
>          U g_value_get_as_pointer
>
> the reference is undefined indeed, but I don't know if I'm on the
> right track here.
>
> The new gtk+-version needs pkgconfig-0.8.0 according to an
> install note. RH7.2 only supplies pkgconfig-0.7.0, so I locally
> installed pkgconfig-0.8.0.tar.gz. Then I re-configured gtk+, but
> the error remained. Recompiling atk doesn't help either.
>
> As you see, I'm totally lost.
>
> Any hints?
>
> I'm willing to learn the basics. I also appreciate pointers
> to good documentation for beginners, dealing with the concepts
> I'm lacking with this problem.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Torsten Scheck