Re: GTK-Config

[Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh yahoo com>]

--- Michael Natterer <mitch gimp org> wrote:

> On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 14:48 -0800, Sergei Steshenko wrote:
> > --- aldo camargo und nodak edu wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi GTK people:
> > > 
> > > I am trying to compile Carmen Software (software to programm robots) and in the Module Map
> > > Editor I found this problem; it seems like the gtk-config is not installed.
> > > 
> > > I am using the gtk 2.8.19, that I downloaded from
> > > http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gtk+/2.8/
> > > I think that this missing a lot of files, could you send me the complete version of gtk
> 2.8.19
> > > (including the gtk-config)
> > > 
> > > Thanks a lot in advance,
> > > 
> > > Aldo
> > 
> > Have a look at my tool (see signature) - it builds gtk+ out of the box, does
> > not require root privileges, builds/installs everything locally, so integrity
> > of your system won't be compromized.
> > 
> > Atfer downloading and unpackaging the tarball you'll run something
> > like this:
> > 
> > ~/AppsFromScratch/20060710/bin/build.pl 1>build.log 2>&1 &
> 
> Ha ha, you gotta be kidding?
> 
> Do you seriously ask people who have build problems to download yet
> another obscure build environment? They won't learn anything from
> using "your tool".
> 
> And constantly advertizing "your tool" here is not what I'd call
> good style either.
> 
> Anyway, just my two cent...
> 
> ciao,
> --mitch
> 
> 


No, I'm not kidding, and I believe that gtk (and not only) developers should have
written such a tool in the first place - to make life easier for end users, so
they won't have to learn exisitng obscure build environments in the first place.

The idea to build and intall everything in a separate directory is not uniquely
mine, see, for example, http://www.gobolinux.org/ ->
http://www.gobolinux.org/?page=at_a_glance
.

The next release of my tool will allow to specify a subset of described
targets on command line, e.g.

/ibm/home/sergei/AppsFromScratch/20061104/bin/build.pl -targets_to_build gcc4:gtk+ -make_like > &
! build.log &

I am also going to introduce dumping of dependency tree, so people will be
able to see what actually depends on whta, etc.

--Sergei.

Applications From Scratch: http://appsfromscratch.berlios.de/



 
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