On 05/04/09 08:24, Mun Johl wrote: > Hi Tony, > > Thanks very much for your reply. > Please see my comments below. > > On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 05:23 PM PDT, Tony Mechelynck wrote: [...] > TM> Oh, and BTW: you do have the gtk2-devel package installed, and with the > TM> same version as your gtk2 package, don't you? (I have them both at > TM> 2.14.4-8.6.2, part of which could be a SuSE sub-versioning system.) > TM> Without them I don't expect that configure would enable the GTK2 GUI > TM> anyway. Try: > TM> > TM> rpm -qa|grep gtk2-[d2] > > That is a good question. My system originally only came with the > following gtk2 package: gtk2-2.10.4-20.el5 . Because I did not have the > gtk2-devel package, vim's configure script was not enabling the gui. > Therefore, I searched for what I could find regarding gtk2 on the RedHat > site. > > It turns out that the v2.10.4 release was the most recent package they > had for both gtk2 and gtk2-devel; and that release was dated Dec 2007 . > Because that release was old, I downloaded the gtk2 v2.16 sources and > compiled everything up and installed them. My assumption was that the > sources (along with the list of dependencies) would of included > everything that comes with the gtk2 and gtk2-devel packages. But I > certainly don't know that for a fact. > > I'll try and see what comes in the gtk2 and gtk2-devel packages and > ensure I have everything I need. I may also try uninstalling the old > gtk2 package to ensure there isn't some incompatibility on my system. > > Thanks again, Tony. >
Vim has been using GTK2 for quite some time, so even a year-and-a half old version ought to work with it. If I were you, I would try to compile Vim with those gtk2 and gtk2-devel packages from the RedHat site, but also check my installed version of the RedHat OS against the latest RedHat and Fedora versions offered for download, then either upgrade if I were out of date, or if I weren't, complain on bugzilla.redhat.com (or something; I didn't check the URL) about outdated GTK2 packages. Best regards, Tony. -- An apple every eight hours will keep three doctors away. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
