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

["Padraig O'Briain" <Padraig Obriain Sun COM>]

Torsten,

I am the person to contact. I will read your mail and get back to you, probably 
tomorrow.

Padraig


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> 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
> > 
> 
> 
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