Re: gtk-themes problems

[Graham Ashton <graham@mirror.bt.co.uk>]

On Thursday 20 May, Martin Bialasinski wrote:

> GA> but GIMP still refuses to respond to the GTK themes - do I need to
> GA> recompile GIMP to make it work?
> 
> Check dpkg -s gimp. Themes don't work for programms compiled for
> libgtk1.0 or libgtk1.1 earlier than 1.1.16 or such.

okay, I did, and it appears to be compiled against gtk 1.0.6;

shandy% dpkg -s gimp
[snip]
Depends: aalib1 (>= 1.2-7), libc6 (>= 2.0.7u), libgimp1 (>= 1.0.2-2), libgpmg1
(>= 1.14-3), libgtk1 (>= 1:1.0.6-2), libjpeg62, libmpeg1, libncurses4,
libpng2, slang1 (<< 1.3), slang1 (>> 1.2.2-0), xlib6g (>= 3.3-5), xpm4g (>=
3.4j-0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3)

I've installed the version of gimp that I found in potato, and now gtk
themes work perfectly in gimp. Thanks for the tip.

shandy% dpkg -s gimp
[snip]
Depends: aalib1 (>= 1.2-7), libc6, libgimp1, libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0),
libgpmg1 (>= 1.14-3), libgtk1.2 (>= 1.2.0), libjpeg62, libmpeg1,
libncurses4, libpng2, slang1 (<< 1.3), slang1 (>> 1.2.2-0), xlib6g (>=
3.3-5), xpm4g (>= 3.4j-0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3)

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Graham