Solved. Debian 10 buster has GTK 3.0 installed but LC needs GTK 2.0. I just ran the following:
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgtk2.0-0 This got me back down to gtk v2 and the installer for LC ran properly. Sean Cole *Pi Digital * On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 at 17:43, Sean Cole (Pi) <s...@pidigital.co.uk> wrote: > Hmm, so why would it say "Failed to load library 'gdk' (tried > libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0)"? > > Sean > > On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 at 17:11, Mark Wieder via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> On 12/17/20 8:29 AM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Continuing my study on Linux alternatives, I've just tried installing >> > LC9.6.2RC onto the latest Debian 10 (buster) build (clean install in >> > Parallels from its add VM page). However, it comes up with an error when >> > installing LC right after double-clicking the installer: "Failed to load >> > library 'gdk' (tried libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0)". Debian 10 has Gtk 3.x >> > installed. Is this the problem? Do I need to go back a build to Debian >> 9? >> > Or can I still install on 10 somehow with a tweak? >> >> Sean- >> >> Don't know about Parallels. I just loaded the latest debian build onto a >> 15GB virtualbox VM, downloaded the latest stable LC, and installed. Had >> to restart the system in order for LiveCode to show up in the menu, but >> other than that no problems. I could launch from a commandline or after >> the restart from the menu. I installed debian using the semi-automated >> installer, which by default is using cinnamon as its desktop manager. I >> did have to fiddle with the display resolution to get the whole menubar >> on screen, but that's a virtualbox/debian thing and not LC. >> >> Note that debian 10 is the only debian version that hasn't reached an >> end of life (and therefore no updates), so I wouldn't waste time trying >> earlier versions if you're putting something into production. >> >> ...and to correct my earlier statement, I revisited the docs and I see >> >> "The x86-64 and x86 Linux build environments used for compiling LiveCode >> are based on Debian Wheezy." >> >> -- >> Mark Wieder >> ahsoftw...@gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode