Re: gtk+ 2.4.4 on Solaris 8?

[Dave Reed <drlinux columbus rr com>]

On Thursday 29 July 2004 20:59, John Carr wrote:
> I want to install some gtk apps (gimp, gphoto) on Solaris 8 without
> installing the entire gnome desktop.
> 
> For the past week I've been trying to compile gtk+ 2.4.4.  After
> chasing down the long list of dependencies I've run into a fatal
> problem.  I don't have the render extension[*].  Without the xrender
> client library I can't build Xft.  Without Xft I can't build pangoxft.
> Without pangoxft I can't configure gtk+.
> 
> Any advice?
> 
> Is it feasible to transplant X-without-xrender code from an older
> version of gtk?

I had the same problems on a Solaris 9 machine. I eventually got gtk
to compile but never got it to run - got a runtime error when running
the gtk test program about needing to configure fonts. I decided to
stick with gtk 2.2.x for now and hope that maybe newer versions of
Solaris will come with everything I need.

I think there are the files I downloaded and compiled but don't
remember the order:

render-0.8.tar.gz
xrender-0.8.3.tar.gz
fontconfig-2.2.2.tar.gz
xft-2.1.2.tar.gz
pkgconfig-0.15.0.tar.gz

and then the usual glib, pango, atk, gtk.

If you get it working, please let me know.

Dave