wxPdfDocument how to select wich version of GTK to use

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wxPdfDocument how to select wich version of GTK to use

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I have installed wxWidgets with GTK2 and GTk3 on the same OS.
wxPdfDocument automatticaly compiles with GTK3.

How to make it to comple with GTK2?

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wx 3.1.6 win/mac/linux

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Re: wxPdfDocument how to select wich version of GTK to use

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Hi,

I don't know anything about wxPdfDocument (and you don't give any details about how you are building it) but I suspect that your issue is an example of the standard 'which wx version to use?' question.

When building any program against wx on Linux, its makefile (or similar) will probably use the first wx-config script it finds. If you don't do anything special, that will be the first found in your $PATH; and that will be the one selected in update-alternatives.

So, look at the output of doing, as root:
update-alternatives --config wx-config
If the default is not what you want, you can change it there.

Alternatively (and perhaps more relevant to your situation) if you wish to use a different wx build, especially one that isn't installed, just point to its wx-config in your makefile; or in your IDE compilation and linking settings; or prepend its filepath to your build-terminal's $PATH
e.g. PATH=/full/path/to/preferred/wx-config:$PATH

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Re: wxPdfDocument how to select wich version of GTK to use

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Hello!

I build it with ./configure

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  mkdir build-gtk [or any other suitable name]
  cd build-gtk
  ../configure [here you should use the same flags you used to configure wxWidgets]
  make
if I run

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sudo update-alternatives --config wx-config
I got error

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no altenatives for wx-config
if I run

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wx-config --list
I got

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   Default config is gtk3-unicode-3.1

  Default config will be used for output

  Alternate matches:
    gtk2-unicode-3.1
wx 3.1.6 win/mac/linux

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Re: wxPdfDocument how to select wich version of GTK to use

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Default config is gtk3-unicode-3.1
So that's why the gtk3 build is being used.

How did you configure/install your 2 wx builds? Did you:
../configure --with-gtk=<whichever> && make && sudo make install
or (the way I much prefer):
../configure --with-gtk=<whichever> --prefix=$(pwd) && make

The first way would install to /usr/local/. The second way would not install it anywhere; instead it can be used where it is.

Either way, before you configure wxPdfDocument, you need to point the terminal's $PATH at the /full/path/to/gtk2-build:
PATH=/full/path/to/my/wxgtk2-build-dir/wx-config:$PATH
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Re: wxPdfDocument how to select wich version of GTK to use

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Tank you

I used wx builds without prefixes

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../configure --enable-shared --enable-unicode --with-gtk=2
I found wxPdfDocument configure switches

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  --with-wxdir=PATH       Use uninstalled version of wxWidgets in PATH
  --with-wx-config=CONFIG wx-config script to use (optional)
  --with-wx-prefix=PREFIX Prefix where wxWidgets is installed (optional)
I'll try to build wx the other way
wx 3.1.6 win/mac/linux

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