Re: [gtk-osx-users] Removing GTK from Mac OSX Mavericks

[Anthony McInvale <anthony mcinvale me com>]

Excellent!

I did use the default and did not modify the installation.  I appreciate the clarification on the environment 
modifications of Gtk-osx and MacPorts.

Thank you for your help!
Anthony McInvale


On Jan 9, 2014, at 10:51 AM, John Ralls <jralls ceridwen us> wrote:

> On Jan 9, 2014, at 7:35 AM, Anthony McInvale <anthony mcinvale me com> wrote:
>
> > I executed the shell script to install GTK for Mac OSX as provided on the website.  I subsequently 
> > discovered that the GNU application that I am trying to compile requires X11 functionality.  I wanted to 
> > remove GTK for Mac OSX to prevent conflicts with MacPorts or other solutions that I may find.
> >
> > Your suggestion was to delete the ~/gtk directory and sub-directories under it.  I just want to confirm 
> > that there are no other clean up tasks required.
>
> Gtk-osx doesn't interfere with MacPorts or Fink, they interfere with it by exporting their environments 
> into the user's default environment. Gtk-osx doesn't export its environment.
>
> But to completely remove gtk-osx, and assuming that you used the default .jhbuildrc-custom unmodified, do 
> the following:
>
> rm -rf ~/gtk
> rm -rf ~/Source
> rm -rf ~/.local
> rm ~/.jhbuild*
> rm ~/gtk-osx-build-setup.sh
>
> ls -d ~/.* and rm -rf any config directories like .gconf and .gnome-2 that might have been created by 
> running programs during your unsuccessful build process. Be careful here not to delete anything that isn't 
> from gtk. 
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls