RE: [gtkmm] gtkmm2.x on debian

["Bradley Bell" <bradleyb u washington edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gtkmm-list-admin gnome org [mailto:gtkmm-list-admin gnome org]On
> Behalf Of Elizabeth Barham
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 8:44 PM
> To: gtkmm-list gnome org
> Subject: [gtkmm] gtkmm2.x on debian
>
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
>    Sometime back I was advised to discontinue my use of gtkmm-1.2 and
> head over to the 2.x series. I did not follow this advice, however,
> because gtkmm-2.x is not in the stable tree of Debian.  Someone wrote
> back that gtkmm-2.x libraries and development files are available for
> Debian.
>
>     Recently, I've discovered that many of the development-minded
> people associated with the Debian project regularly use testing and
> unstable packages and, apparently, this is the norm. Further, the
> person who originally mentioned the gtkmm-2.x series in Debian is
> available made a reference to the next Debian release, Sarge, saying
> that gtkmm-2.x will most likely be part of that major version of
> Debian.
>
>     So, what is the best course I should take to add gtkmm-2.x onto my
> stable Debian Woody system?

Using testing seems to be a good idea for a lot of software developers who
use debian.  Even though gtkmm2.0 is not yet in testing (soon, I hope), you
can probably install it from unstable without too much trouble.  If you want
to stay with stable, you can install gnome 2 from here:
http://people.debian.org/~walters/gnome2.html (or just gtk, if you don't
need gnome) and then compile gtkmm yourself, which I can help with if needs
be.

-brad