Michael, Thanks for taking the trouble to reply. I hope you don't mind is I pick your brain i order to get this right!! When compiling gtk+, I should use - ./configure --prefix=/opt/gtk2.8 make make install I believe I should then include the new path in /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig to update the database. Then when compiling any gtk based program, I should set PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/gtk2.8/lib/pkgconfig In order for the compile to work, I should use - `pkg-config --cflags gtk-2.0 --libs gtk-2.0` in the script. I note that the version number in that script is the same for gtk v2.4. Si, if I wish to go back to my v2.4 install, I should change PKG_CONFIG_PATH back to the default Is this right? Another question: will I have to install the new versions of glib, pango and atk in the same way i.e. in different directory e.g /opt/glib2.8 etc ? Regards. Stephen Michael Torrie wrote: > On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 14:01 +0800, Stephen Ng wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> I am running on a standard FC3 and was wondering if it is possible to >> install the latest Gtk+ (v2.8) simultaneously with the existing v2.4. If >> so, how do I do that and when linking what do I need to do to pick the >> right version of the library? >> > > Sure you can, as long as the prefix the new version installs to is not > in /usr. If the prefix you installed gtk to was /opt/garnome, for > example you would configure like so: > > PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/garnome/lib/pkgconfig ./configure > > > >> Thanks. >> >> Stephen >> _______________________________________________ >> >> gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
