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| author | Owen Taylor <owt1@cornell.edu> | 1998-04-04 00:12:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Owen Taylor <otaylor@src.gnome.org> | 1998-04-04 00:12:58 +0000 |
| commit | b1446447fc2ea7edfb6e7415b0509d63a71233ba (patch) | |
| tree | d267e13198662afb84b461d17ded3899fcc7288d /docs | |
| parent | 308adaa6db894924e40246d83c7096493c73aa2c (diff) | |
| download | gtk+-b1446447fc2ea7edfb6e7415b0509d63a71233ba.tar.gz | |
Added flags --prefix[=dir] and --exec-prefix[=DIR] which allow querying
Fri Apr 3 18:33:47 1998 Owen Taylor <owt1@cornell.edu>
* gtk-config.in: Added flags --prefix[=dir] and
--exec-prefix[=DIR] which allow querying and overriding the
configured-in prefix and exec-prefix.
* gtk.m4: Added configure flags --with-gtk-prefix=
and --with-gtk-exec-prefix= to set the --prefix and
--exec-prefix argumetns to gtk.m4
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/gtk-config.txt | 49 |
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/gtk-config.txt b/docs/gtk-config.txt index 4934fbe5d9..68555fabfe 100644 --- a/docs/gtk-config.txt +++ b/docs/gtk-config.txt @@ -16,17 +16,27 @@ $exec_prefix/bin): Invoking gtk-config ------------------- -gtk-config can be invoked in one of three forms: +gtk-config takes the following flags: - gtk-config --version + --version Prints out the version of GTK installed - gtk-config --cflags + --cflags Prints '-I' flags pointing to the installed header files. - gtk-config --libs + --libs Prints out the linker flags necessary to link a program against GTK - + + --prefix[=PREFIX] + If PREFIX is specified, overrides the configured value of $prefix. + (And of exec-prefix, unless --exec-prefix is also specified) + Otherwise, prints out the configured value of $prefix + + --exec-prefix[=PREFIX] + If PREFIX is specified, overrides the configured value of $exec_prefix. + Otherwise, prints out the configured value of $exec_prefix + + Example of using gtk-config --------------------------- @@ -88,6 +98,24 @@ the configure script. Notes: +* The directory where the GTK libraries are installed needs + to be found by your system's dynamic linker. + + This is generally done by + + editing /etc/ld.so.conf and running ldconfig + + Or by: + + setting the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH, + + or, as a last resort, + + Giving a -R or -rpath flag (depending on your linker) when + running configure, for instance: + + LDFLAGS=-R/usr/home/owen/lib ./configure + * You can also specify a gtk-config not in your path by setting the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the name of the executable @@ -96,9 +124,16 @@ Notes: you will need either need to modify gtk-config script manually to point to the new location or rebuild GTK. - [ As a future enhancement AM_PATH_GTK should support options - to override the default locations found in gtk-config ] +Advanced note: + +* configure flags + + --with-gtk-prefix=PREFIX + --with-gtk-exec-prefix=PREFIX + are provided to override the prefix and exec-prefix that were stored + in the gtk-config shell script by GTK's configure. You are generally + better off configuring GTK with the right path to begin with. Example of a package using AM_PATH_GTK -------------------------------------- |