starting with GTK+ on Ubuntu

Question

I am just beginning with GTK+.

I have an Ubuntu 11.04. How should I install the GTK and which stable version?

The GTK website offers packages for download. However there are 4 other supporting packages. I was wondering if I can us sudo apt-get or synaptic to download them. When I typed GTK on Synaptic there is a long list though.

Please suggest a stable GTK version available for download using sudo apt-get.

Also, what IDE should I use for development and simulation?

I have been programming with Qt till now which had the QtCreator, QtDesigner for this purpose. My Application has to now be ported on GTK. I googled to find out no translator engine for Qt to GTK.

Did any of you have this experience?

Thanks

For downloading gtk3.0 stable version for Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev I could compile some sample gtk+ examples after this. — user907810, May 11 '12 at 10:22
just curious as to why was this closed..? was it due to vagueness of question? — Steve Rathbone, Mar 26 '13 at 09:35

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered May 11 '12 at 11:00

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You can install two different versions (2.24.10, 3.4.1) of GTK+ on Ubuntu (precise).

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev
sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev

Examples and demo application can be installed by the following commands

sudo apt-get install gtk2.0-examples
sudo apt-get install gtk-3-examples

There is no IDE like QtCreator in case of Qt, but there is a user interface builder named Glade.

sudo apt-get install glade

answered May 11 '12 at 11:00

Szilárd Pfeiffer

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Thanks to you. +1 for the glade :) – user907810 May 14 '12 at 07:47

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

If your background is Qt, which is a C++ API, you should probably go straight for gtkmm, which is the official C++ bindings for GTK+. This is needed since at heart, GTK+ is a C API, which relies on bindings to make the toolkit available in other programming languages than C.

I would not expect there to be a 1:1 translation tool, either, so your porting might become quite labor-intensive. I hope you don't need to continue to support the Qt version, too.

Also, this question seems to be relevant, and have good answers that seem worth reading for someone in your position.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 11 '12 at 15:01

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Anjuta is the defacto IDE for development on the Gnome platform using GTK. You can install it on Ubuntu using

sudo apt-get install anjuta

answered May 11 '12 at 15:01

Can you please tell me if there is an eclipse plugin for GTK+ development? – user907810 May 14 '12 at 11:06

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