Re: [Pan-users] Upgrading to Pan v0.12.0 on Red Hat Linux 7.1 issues

[Phillip Pi]

> On Sun, 2002-06-23 at 11:18, Phillip Pi wrote:
> 
> > Christophe. I noticed something. I believe gtk2 package wanted me to
> > upgrade libpng from v1.0.12-2 (Red Hat Linux v7.1 and v7.2) to v1.2.2-5
> > (rpmfind.net) because libpng12.so.0 was missing. 
> 
> Yes, since the gtk2 package is built with libpng v1.2.2
> 
> > I think the old libpng package was from Red Hat's up2date, but I don't 
> > really remember. Now, I have two libpng since I did an install force.
> > IIRC, upgrading (rpm -Uvh) had dependencies all over the places (e.g.,
> > Nautilus, kruler, eog, lisa, ktimer, gnome-core, abiword, etc.).
> > However, other programs seem to still work. I guess having two libpng
> > packages are fine.
> 
> You can add RPMs to your system in two modes: upgrading (-Uvh) replaces
> any existing package with the new one.  Installing just puts the new
> package on your system: if there's an existing one, the two sit side by
> side.  
> 
> In this case, there don't appear to be any clashes between the two
> version, so you shouldn't have any problems.
> 
> In theory, you could also have upgraded the dependency problems to the
> replacements that have been built with v1.2.2-5, but the dual install is
> definitely the easier solution here. :)

Whew! I got something right! [grin]

 
> > Another question, is it normal for Pan not to use my theme/custom desktop 
> > settings? I get the boring GNOME defaults except for my custom border.
> 
> Pan 0.12 is a gtk2 application. Gtk2 does not use the gtk1 themes at
> all: you must install gtk2 themes for that. There are theme sites that
> carry gt2 themes (http://themes.freshmeat.net,
> http://www.sunshineinabag.co.uk/gtk2/), but I have no experience with
> that. I'm far too busy helping people install gtk2 itself. :)

Ah, how new is gtk2? Is this what GNOME 2.0 going to use? I heard it uses 
GT2K. I wonder what other applications I have use GNOME v2.0.