On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 01:32:01PM -0700, Matt Gushee wrote: > Bernd Eggink wrote: > > I compiled and installed the latest version of gtk, gimp etc., and > > nearly everything works fine. With one exception: The program > > 'ossxmix' complains about missing libraries libgtk-1.2 and libgdk-1.2. > > This is not really a GIMP-related issue, since the GTK libraries became > separate from the GIMP a long time ago. Nonetheless, there happen to be > people here who know something about this ;-) > > > I'm confused. Are these parts of an ancient version of gtk (without > > +)? > > Well, it's pretty old. But AFAIK the lack of a + symbol doesn't mean > anything. I believe the official name of the package as a whole is GTK+, > though specific packagers (e.g. Linux distributions) sometimes omit the > +, but in any case the actual shared libraries that get installed on > your system don't have + in their names. At least they don't on my > system, and I'm pretty sure it's not a meaningful distinction. > > > And if so, where can I download the sources, as I would prefer to > > compile them myself? > > You should be able to find them via www.gtk.org. > > Just beware of replacing newer files with older ones. That *probably* > won't happen, since you say you've got the latest GIMP etc. ... that > implies you have GTK2 installed, so there shouldn't be any conflict. > Still, I'd suggest doing a dry run in a fresh install directory, just to > make sure you're not going to overwrite anything important.
Thanks. I daringly installed it into /usr/local/lib, and anything works fine now. Fortunately the naming scheme had been changed in gtk+-2.x, so no conflicts arise. Regards, Bernd -- Bernd Eggink Regionales Rechenzentrum der Uni Hamburg [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/RRZ/B.Eggink/ _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
