GTK+-2.2.1

Introduction to GTK+

Download location (HTTP):       
Download location (FTP):        ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.2/gtk+-2.2.1.tar.bz2
Version used:                   2.2.1
Package size:                   6.3 MB
Estimated Disk space required:  66.1 MB
Estimated build time:           5.49 SBU

The GTK+ package contains GTK+ Libraries. This is useful for creating graphical user interfaces for applications.

GTK+ depends on:
GLib-2.2.1, xfree86-4.3.0, Pango-1.2.1, ATK-1.2.0, 
libpng-1.2.5, libtiff-3.5.7 and libjpeg-6b
GTK+ will utilize:
gtk-doc-1.0

Installation of GTK+

Install GTK+ by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--sysconfdir=/etc : This switch installs the configuration files into /etc instead of /usr/etc.

--enable-gtk-doc : This switch will rebuild the API documentation during the make command.

Configuring GTK+

Configuration Information

As with most libraries, there is no configuration to do, save that the library directory i.e. /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib should appear in /etc/ld.so.conf so that ldd can find the shared libraries. After checking that this is the case, /sbin/ldconfig should be run while logged in as root.

Contents

The GTK+ package contains libgtk-x11-2.0 libraries.

Description

GTK+ Libraries

GTK+ Libraries provide the API to implement graphical user interfaces.