Re: Installing more than 1 version of Gtk+

[Stephen Ng <stephen ng planetnutek com>]

Michael,

Thanks for taking the trouble to reply.

I hope you don't mind is I pick your brain i order to get this right!!

When compiling gtk+, I should use -

./configure --prefix=/opt/gtk2.8
make
make install

I believe I should then include the new path in /etc/ld.so.conf and run 
ldconfig to update the database.

Then when compiling any gtk based program, I should set
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/gtk2.8/lib/pkgconfig

In order for the compile to work, I should use -
`pkg-config --cflags gtk-2.0 --libs gtk-2.0`

in the script. I note that the version number in that script is the same 
for gtk v2.4.

Si, if I wish to go back to my v2.4 install, I should change 
PKG_CONFIG_PATH back to the default

Is this right?

Another question: will I have to install the new versions of glib, pango 
and atk in the same way i.e. in different directory e.g /opt/glib2.8 etc ?

Regards.

Stephen

Michael Torrie wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 14:01 +0800, Stephen Ng wrote:
>   
> > Hi!
> >
> > I am running on a standard FC3 and was wondering if it is possible to 
> > install the latest Gtk+ (v2.8) simultaneously with the existing v2.4. If 
> > so, how do I do that and when linking what do I need to do to pick the 
> > right version of the library?
> >     
>
> Sure you can, as long as the prefix the new version installs to is not
> in /usr.  If the prefix you installed gtk to was /opt/garnome, for
> example you would configure like so:
>
> PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/garnome/lib/pkgconfig ./configure
>
>
>   
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Stephen
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