linuxfonts.narod.ru -> How to: compile and install GTK3 libraries in CentOS 6.4

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CentOS doesn't contain GTK3 libraries so you cannot install software that is dependent on them. Here you will find the instructions how to compile and install GTK3 libraries into /opt in CentOS 6.3/6.4.

If anyone's interested I can upload compiled GTK3 libraries - but I don't want to do that as you shouldn't trust me - I can easily embed something nasty in them ;-).

0. Prepare your system by installing these packages:

yum install gcc make bison yasm atk-devel gtk2-devel cairo-devel glib2-devel pango-devel gettext-devel rpm-build expat-devel

1. Download the following packages:

atk-2.4.0.tar.xz
cairo-1.12.2.tar.xz
gdk-pixbuf-2.26.3.tar.xz
glib-2.32.4.tar.xz
gtk+-3.4.4.tar.xz
pango-1.30.1.tar.xz
pixman-0.26.2.tar.xz

2. Run the following commands:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gtk3/lib
export PATH="/opt/gtk3/bin:$PATH"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/opt/gtk3/lib/pkgconfig"

3. Temporarily disable all existing GTK2-headers:

cd /usr/include
mkdir OLDHEADERS
mv atk* cairo glib* gtk* pango* OLDHEADERS

4. Now build the packages in this order using the following configure argument:

1. glib
2. atk
3. pango
4. pixman
5. cairo
6. gdk-pixbuf
7. gtk

./configure --prefix=/opt/gtk3 && make -j<NUMBER_OF_YOUR_CPU_CORES> && make install

5. You can now build and install software which requires GTK3 using these commands:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gtk3/lib
export PATH="/opt/gtk3/bin:$PATH"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/opt/gtk3/lib/pkgconfig"
./configure && make && make install

or, alternatively,

export CFLAGS="-I/opt/gtk3/include -L/opt/gtk3/lib"
export PATH="/opt/gtk3/bin:$PATH"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/opt/gtk3/lib/pkgconfig"
./configure && make && make install

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