Re: gtk+ compile problems...

[Joel Becker <jlbec evilplan org>]

On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 11:38:59AM -0400, Nils Barth wrote:
> Aha! Here's the problem.
> I'm not installing Glib 1.3; I have Glib 1.2.7 installed, and I
> compiled but DON'T install Glib 1.3, then configure GTk+ 1.3 with:
> ~/work/software/gtk+$ ./autogen.sh --with-glib=../glib
> and then `make'.
> This worked fine until the beginning of May (about), then died.

	GTK+ should (probably) still support that, and tracking that
down I'll leave for others.  But...

> ...so I should prolly install Glib 1.3?
> I'm just a little worried about system stability -- can I use
> --prefix and --exec-prefix to put Glib 1.3 somewhere different from
> Glib 1.2?
> How do I do this/what do I need to be aware of so I don't hose my system?

	Simply install your development versions of glib/gtk+ in a
separate prefix.  Say, /usr/local/test.  So, build glib with
--prefix=/usr/local/test.  Then, when building GTK+, you only need to
make sure that the 1.3.x glib-config is in the PATH before the 1.2.7
one.  eg:

[/usr/build/gtk+]$ PATH=/usr/local/test:$PATH ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/test

	As long as the proper glib-config is first in your PATH, the
1.3.x version of GTK+ will link against the 1.3.x glib.  You may also
have to update LD_LIBRARY_PATH or ld.so.conf with this new library
directory (/usr/local/test/lib).
	To build applications against the 1.3.x gtk+/glib libraries, do
the same thing with your PATH as you configure those applications.

Joel

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