FS#72265 - [arduino] dependency on gtk2

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 07:15 GMT
Last edited by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Thursday, 01 September 2022, 08:55 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To NicoHood (NicoHood)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

According to https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/blob/c33fb9fde3cdd6c5d6629fa2a672ef19c110902a/build/shared/revisions.txt#L176, the following item was fixed for the 1.8.8 release:

> * Fixed: on some newer Linux distributions, NPE when loading GTK look-and-feel without libgtk2 installed

Apparently, not having libgtk2 installed could be feasible.

Could you please look into if dropping support for gtk2 is a possibility? Thanks.
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Closed by  Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto)
Thursday, 01 September 2022, 08:55 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by NicoHood (NicoHood) - Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 07:41 GMT
That is a good point! Is there a way to test an application without gtk2? I cannot uninstall it on my system, as it is still required for a lot of components.
Comment by NicoHood (NicoHood) - Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 07:43 GMT
Upstream issue: https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/issues/11089
Comment by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 21:53 GMT
Also, building the arduino package with a make dependency on "gtk2-compat" and a dependency on "gtk3" worked here. I have only tested building the package, not using the GUI, though.
Comment by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Friday, 26 August 2022, 15:39 GMT
NicoHood, do you mind if I make this change?
Comment by NicoHood (NicoHood) - Wednesday, 31 August 2022, 20:38 GMT
Please, sorry for responding late.

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