Re: GLib 2.12.12 released

[Andrew Sobala <aes gnome org>]

Claudio Saavedra wrote:

> El mar, 01-05-2007 a las 22:01 -0400, Jamiil Abduqadir escribi�  
>
> > I first installed Gtk+/Gtkmm from deb package using apt-get, now if I
> > want to install Gtk+/Gtkmm from source, do I have to first remove the
> > previous package installation?
> >    
>
> Not necessarily, you can install in a different prefix if you prefer. If
> you don't, gtk+/gtkmm will overwrite the default installation -- not
> sure if that's what you want.
No - by default, source will install into /usr/local instead of /usr and *not* overwrite package-managed files. Which is what you want (overwriting package-managed files is Bad (tm)).


> By the way, gnome-hackers gnome org is not the proper place to ask this,
> please use gtk-list gnome org in the future.
>  

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Andrew