Re: gtk font problem?

[Daniel Nilsson <daniel oden homeip net>]

On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 08:59:58AM -0700, Robert Watkins wrote:
> I think I need to ask my question differently to get some response. 
> 
> How can I remove the gtk installations (plus dependencies) and start
> again?
> 
> I've reinstalled, but I'm still getting problems. My system is
> crippled and It's my fault. Any assistance would be greatly
> appreciated. I'm not interested in rebuilding my box, though that
> isn't out of the question.

This is the whole reason behind using package managers to install
software... But it sounds like you figured that out by now.

So, this might save you

1. Create a temp directory, /tmp/foo for example.

2. Run ./confifure --prefix=/tmp/foo in your GTK source tree that you
   now have spread out all over your system.

3. Run make and make install, you should now have a complete
   installation in /tmp/foo of all the files. 

4. Dump the /tmp/foo directory contents into a file (find /tmp/foo >
   bar). Read the file bar and go through each line and delete the
   corresponding entries from where you put them in the conflicting
   location (/usr probably).

5. Reinstall the correct library version from your distribution
   (potentially forcing a reinstall).


You could perform these steps installing the library in
/home/<me>/<something or the other> and then figure out how to use
PKG_CONFIG_PATH and friends LD_LIBRARY_PATH and so on to use the
library outside of /usr/

Good luck !

-- 
Daniel Nilsson