The Gtkmm package provides a C++ interface to GTK+ 2. It can be installed alongside Gtkmm-3.24.5 (the GTK+ 3 version) with no namespace conflicts.
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Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/gtkmm/2.24/gtkmm-2.24.5.tar.xz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/gtkmm/2.24/gtkmm-2.24.5.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: 6c59ae8bbff48fad9132f23af347acf1
Download size: 11 MB
Estimated disk space required: 426 MB (with tests)
Estimated build time: 3.4 SBU (with tests)
Atkmm-2.28.2, GTK+-2.24.33 and Pangomm-2.46.2
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gtkmm2
First, fix the documents directory name:
sed -e '/^libdocdir =/ s/$(book_name)/gtkmm-2.24.5/' \
-i docs/Makefile.in
Install Gtkmm by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make
To test the results, issue: make check.
Now, as the root user:
make install