Hi, I need to compile a software which requires a recent version of the GTK library. Being on debian stable, I am in the process of compiling from source the gtk library which doesn't have a large set a of dependencies(just his glib). My wish is to keep things well contained, so as suggested here http://library.gnome.org/devel/gtk/unstable/gtk-building.html I am compiling all the code under /opt (/opt/gtk /opt/glib). When I try to compile the software which need those libraries I seem to be just not able to tell gcc that it needs to compile against libraries under /opt and not against the system ones under /usr/lib. The strange fact is that the configure command execute without any problems,but then when I issue the "make" command it complains about "undefined reference to `gtk_orientable_set_orientation'" sign that is using system old gtk library. I tried also to export ,before issue the configure command, adjusted CPPFLAGS,LDFLAGS,PKG_CONFIG_PATH pointing them respectively to folders under /opt/gtk/ /opt/glib etc...but it seems to have no effect (I read in another post that: "LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not needed when later running the built software due to libtool's use of rpaths"). So,what is the right way to tell gcc (make) to use one or another library path when your system has two installed, one of which under /usr/lib and so will probably be used by default ? Also is there any recommended way to act in situations like that, when you need a different version of a lib , and want to keep the system's one to prevent breaking the system ? Put all in an isolate folder under /home or /opt would be enough ? At run-time are there any risks that the software choose the wrong .so objects to load in memory from the system path? If it is compiled against the right path, even if shared I think not.... Thank you for any clarification, Keep me CC'ed please, Marco Vittorini Orgeas _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
