That's not acceptable for my situation. I'm using a Gtk+ binding for PLT Scheme. --Hans David J. Andruczyk schreef: > statically link your program so that is doesn't need > any outside libs. (it'll likely be large in size and > won't respond to theme changes (may not matter to > you)) > > there are other caveats to that AFAIK. > > --- Hans Oesterholt-Dijkema <hdnews@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> What would be a good way to make a private Win32 >> GTK+ release >> independent of others? >> >> --Hans >> >> >> David J. Andruczyk schreef: >> >>> Beware that doing so (incorporating a "private" >>> >> GTK+ >> >>> release intro your installer) will mostly likely >>> >> BREAK >> >>> or screw up ANY OTHER GTK+ apps on the box.. >>> >>> I have this problem with my software (MegaTunix). >>> >> I >> >>> recommend my users to use the gladewin32.sf.net >>> >> GTK+ >> >>> runtime as it has GTK+, glade, and gtkglext, all >>> >> in a >> >>> simple 5 click installer. >>> >>> Users report that if they had gaim installed, >>> >> this >> >>> breaks things horribly. They can't run my SW with >>> gaim's GTK+ as it is missing gtkglext, and cairo >>> dll.s, and instlaling the sladewin32.sf.net >>> >> runtime >> >>> doesn't resolve it as gaim's "privatized" gtk+ >>> >> screws >> >>> up the rest of the system except for itself. >>> >>> So adding in your own privatized version is likely >>> >> to >> >>> affect other applications. >>> >>> The best "all in one" runtime I have found for me >>> >> is >> >>> the gladewin32.sf.net as it keeps it's DLL's OUT >>> >> of >> >>> the window's dir (everything goes into C:\GTK) >>> >>> It also includes bits that other GTK+ libs DO NOT >>> have, like gtkglext (openGL extension), >>> glade/libglade, libxml2, cairo, etc. >>> >>> >>> --- Tor Lillqvist <tml@xxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Bleriot Trece writes: >>>> > is it possible to copy a set of GTK files >>>> >> (DLLs >> >>>> or whatever) and, >>>> > in this way, make GTK available WITHOUT using >>>> >> an >> >>>> official GTK >>>> > installer? >>>> >>>> Of course. And anyway, the degree of officialness >>>> >> of >> >>>> the various GTK >>>> installers out there isn't that clear. >>>> >>>> > what files should be copied, what environment >>>> variables >>>> > modified... and so on? >>>> >>>> I could try to list them, but you learn best by >>>> doing, so I will tell you >>>> how to do that: >>>> >>>> Start by fetching from >>>> http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/binaries/win32/ >>>> the latest run-time zipfiles (not the *-dev-* >>>> >> ones) >> >>>> for gtk+, pango, >>>> atk, glib. From the depencensies subfolder get >>>> >> the >> >>>> latest cairo, >>>> gettext, and libiconv run-time zipfiles. If you >>>> >> know >> >>>> that your app >>>> will need the libpng pixbuf loader at run-time, >>>> >> also >> >>>> get libpng and >>>> zlib. >>>> >>>> Unzip all the above in some new empty folder. Add >>>> the "bin" folder of >>>> that to your PATH environment variable. >>>> >>>> Then start removing stuff you think your app and >>>> your customers won't >>>> need. For instance, if you don't have any need >>>> >> for >> >>>> localised strings from >>>> gtk+ etc, you can remove everything from >>>> >> lib/locale >> >>>> . If you want localised >>>> strings, but not for some "exotic" languages, >>>> >> remove >> >>>> the corresponding >>>> subfolders from lib/locale. >>>> >>>> If you don't need pixbuf loaders for "exotic" >>>> >> image >> >>>> formats, remove >>>> those dlls from lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/loaders . >>>> >>>> If you don't need gtk+ input modules, drop >>>> lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/immodules >>>> . Also, then edit etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules. >>>> >>>> If you want the MS-Windows theme to be the >>>> >> default, >> >>>> create a file >>>> etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc with the line gtk-theme-name = >>>> "MS-Windows" . Otherwise, >>>> if you don't want the end-users to be able to >>>> >> change >> >>>> theme engine, drop >>>> lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/engines and >>>> share/themes/MS-Windows . >>>> >>>> If you don't need the Freetype2 Pango backend >>>> >> (and >> >>>> you presumably >>>> won't), remove bin/linpangoft2-1.0-0.dll. >>>> >>>> Hmm, that should be about it. If I forgot >>>> >> something >> >>>> obvious that can >>>> also be dropped, please follow-up... >>>> >>>> Then you add what's left to your application's >>>> installer. >>>> >>>> Don't change the folder substructure. Keep the >>>> >> DLLs >> >>>> in the "bin" >>>> subfolder for instance. >>>> >>>> It's easiest to put your application's exe file >>>> >> in >> >>>> the same "bin" folder >>>> and have your Start Menu etc shortcuts point to >>>> that. Otherwise you will >>>> have to make sure that the "bin" folder is >>>> >> included >> >>>> in PATH when the >>>> end-user runs your app, either by having your >>>> installer modifying the >>>> environment variable, using the App Paths >>>> >> Registry >> >>>> method, using a tiny >>>> wrapper executable that modifies PATH, or >>>> >> something >> >>>> else. >>>> >>>> The recommended way (at least if I am doing the >>>> recommentation) is indeed >>>> to install a copy of GTK+ with each application >>>> >> (or >> >>>> set of applications >>>> originating from the same maintainer / packager) >>>> that uses it. This is >>>> unlike Linux, I know. But attempts to use a >>>> >> shared >> >>>> GTK+ installation on >>>> Windows between applications developed and >>>> distributed by unrelated parties >>>> have not really been successful. >>>> >>>> --tml >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gtk-list mailing list >>>> gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx >>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- David J. Andruczyk >>> >>> __________________________________________________ >>> Do You Yahoo!? >>> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam >>> >> protection around >> >>> http://mail.yahoo.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gtk-list mailing list >>> gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx >>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- David J. Andruczyk > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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