Re: GTK+ Apps
"Wathen, Metherion" <mwathen@bsadesign.com> writes:
> What is required to install GTK+ apps on a system?
Strictly speaking, the libgtk1.2 package and its dependencies. More
loosely, APT. :-)
> Do you need to have Gnome installed as your desktop?
No.
> Can you just install GTK+?
Yes. (Well, and also Glib, since that's a dependency.)
> If certain dependencies are needed (i.e. lib... , or lib.so) where do you
> find them?
On the Debian archive, along with everything else.
> If you have .deb pkgs do you just run dpkg <filename.deb> to install
> them?
'dpkg --install filename.deb'; see dpkg(8) or run 'dpkg --help'.
For basic application installation, though, lots and lots of things
are packaged in Debian. I'd recommend doing the following:
(1) Install aptitude, if you don't already have it. Run 'apt-get
update', then 'apt-get install aptitude'.
(2) Start aptitude by running 'aptitude'. Press / to search; you
can type in "package-name", or "~dsomething" to search for
"something" in the package descriptions. \ will repeat the last
search. If you find a package you want, press "+" to install
it. Pressing "g" twice will then install the things you've
selected.
--
David Maze dmaze@debian.org http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/
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