2026-06-11 18:23:30 +00:00
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**Hacking gtk2-ng**
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Note:
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2026-06-11 18:19:56 +00:00
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When this document was first created back in the day, "hacking" meant to
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modify code to do new and interesting things, not quite the same as the
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more sinister meaning it has taken on today. It is in the spirit of the
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original meaning that this newly revised document has been updated.
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Full list of Daemonratte's projects:
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https://git.devuan.org/Daemonratte
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We welcome all contributions to the project! And the best way to make that
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happen is to first clone the main gtk2-ng repo at :
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https://git.devuan.org/Daemonratte/gtk2-ng
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To make a pull request or report a bug, you'll need to register an account
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at: https://git.devuan.org
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Got some ideas or a feature request? You can also make an account at:
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https://devuanusers.com and join in the discussions here:
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https://devuanusers.com/forum-gtk2-revival-project--12
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Cloning the git repo to your local computer is a great way to experiment
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and test results, you'll need to be familiar with git commands and first
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need to install the build dependencies:
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# yad build-essential git libcups2-dev gettext autopoint
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# autoconf automake libtool pkg-config gtk-doc-tools gobject-introspection
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# libglib2.0-dev libpango1.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libcairo2-dev libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev
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# libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype-dev libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev libpng-dev
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# libx11-dev libxext-dev libxrender-dev libxrandr-dev libxcursor-dev
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# libxinerama-dev libxi-dev libxfixes-dev libxcomposite-dev libxdamage-dev
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There are build scripts (Linux) to help automate the process and do local testing
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side-by-side against current versions of gtk2, you can find them here:
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https://git.devuan.org/greenjeans/gtk2-ng-test-scripts
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And if you just want to do some simple testing there's an easy way to do
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that without having to do a lot of building/installing, a special test-iso
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with the above scripts already installed to automate everything, that you
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can run in a live-session or a VM, or also install if you have a partition
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to spare:
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/vuu-do/files/Vuu-do-5.03/5.03-gtk2ng-testing/
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~greenjeans June 2026
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