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I need to install libgtk in Ubuntu linux.

I tried to use "sudo apt-get install libgtk", but the answer is that libgtk can't be found in the libgtk package.

How can I use a Linux command to find the latest version of libgtk?

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If you're looking to FIND a gtk that's already installed on your box, try locate libgtk (if you have gnu slocate installed and running) or find / -name "libgtk*.so*" and be prepared to wait a while.

The suggestion to search using aptitude search or apt-cache search will probably do what you need if you're trying to determine how to INSTALL libgtk. Chances are you should have run sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev.

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You can use

aptitude search libgtk

or

apt-cache search libgtk

to search for package names containing libgtk. Availability of aptitude depends on Ubuntu version, but it can be easily installed by apt-get if not found; apt-cache is probably always available.

Which libgtk package you need can't really be decided by the information you provide, so please clarify if you need further help.

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  • Then which information should I count on to install with "sudo apt-get install libgtk?" should I use pkg-config ? how do I use that? – angela Mar 20 '11 at 02:14
  • `apt-cache search` will return a list of packages that use/are libgtk. You `apt-get install` one of them. – boatcoder May 07 '13 at 19:01