We’re pretty close to having a GTK3 or 4 backend which would solve this nicely.
PRs welcome! > On Oct 8, 2025, at 12:25 PM, Zoltán Kéri via Factor-talk > <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, it was not written by an LLM. > > If you disagree with the content, please address the substance directly > rather than suggesting that my message was generated by an LLM. > > That said, you can verify this yourself here: > https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=default§ion=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=libgtkglext1-dev > > As you can see, bullseye (the release for which I provided a temporary > workaround to obtain the package) is the last Debian version that includes it. > > And yes, you are absolutely correct, it is indeed a legitimate issue. I > recommend that you, or Martin, submit a bug report on GitHub so that it can > be properly tracked and addressed. :) > > Thank you. > >> On Wednesday, October 8th, 2025 at 5:33 PM, Jon Harper >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think Martin just tried to use build.sh deps-apt and it doesn't work >> on the latest Debian...? It does sound like a real problem. >> https://github.com/factor/factor/blob/b06f7f0b25d7b8f7cc568379619fe673354dc271/build.sh#L776 >> >> (Incidentally, it feels to me like the previous response could have >> been written by an llm ? Not intending to be dismissing but the >> response didn't seem very appropriate) >> >> Sorry I'm not bringing much to the table either, I just wanted to say >> that Martin's question looks legitimate, maybe someone else using >> Trixie can provide some more help ? >> >> On Sat, Oct 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM Zoltán Kéri via Factor-talk >> [email protected] wrote: >> >>> `libgtkglext1-dev` is deprecated and has been removed from recent Debian >>> releases. GtkGLExt hasn't been maintained since around 2012 and doesn't >>> support GTK+ 3 or later. >>> >>> First, check if it's still available in your repositories: >>> >>> `bash apt-cache search libgtkglext` >>> >>> If you actually need `libgtkglext1-dev`, it's likely gone from Debian >>> Trixie. Your options are: >>> >>> Option 1: Try Debian Bullseye (oldstable) >>> >>> `bash # Add bullseye sources temporarily echo "deb >>> http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main" | sudo tee >>> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye.list sudo apt update sudo apt install >>> libgtkglext1-dev sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye.list sudo apt >>> update` >>> >>> Option 2: Build from source >>> >>> `bash sudo apt install libgtk2.0-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dev >>> pangox-compat git clone https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/gtkglext.git cd >>> gtkglext ./autogen.sh make sudo make install` >>> >>> Note: I'm currently unable to access https://gitlab.gnome.org, which might >>> be an issue on my end. You may need to find a mirror. >>> >>> I have no idea what you are doing, but if possible, consider migrating to >>> modern alternatives like GtkGLArea (part of GTK+ 3), Epoxy, SDL2, or GLFW. >>> >>> --- >>> >>> https://zolk3ri.name >>> >>> -------- Original Message -------- >>>> On 2025-10-04 16:01, Martin Nicholas via Factor-talk >>>> [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Installing dependencies I get: >>>> E: Unable to locate package libgtkglext1-dev >>>> >>>> Also tried the latest build - no joy. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Martin Nicholas. >>>> >>>> E-mail: [email protected] (Address will be valid throughout 2025). >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Factor-talk mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Factor-talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk > > > _______________________________________________ > Factor-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
