Re: upgrade from GTK 1.2 to a recent 2.x

[Sven Neumann <sven gimp org>]

Hi,

johncoltrane39 gmx de writes:

> on my system is GTK 1.2.10 installed. I want to upgrade to a recent
> 2.0 release (2.0.6 seems to be most recent in the moment). What do I
> have to do, to get this done ? I know I need some other packages,
> namely glib, atk and pango.  But I do not want to break anything on
> my system. How are the chances to get such a major release upgrade
> done without breaking existing apps ? I have had a look into the FAQ
> and into the listarchive, but have found no related infos

just install the GTK+-2.0 packages and don't touch the old ones.
GTK+-1.2 and GTK+-2.0 coexist nicely even in the same prefix. They are
incompatible and all your old GTK+ apps will continue to use GTK+-1.2.


Salut, Sven