[Gtk-sharp-list] Problems with Gtk# 0.10 installer for Windows
Shane Hyde
shane@trontech.net
Thu, 3 Jul 2003 09:02:32 +1000
> AFAIK the need for %PATH% munging is not affected by this:
> The patch for
> Gtk.Application.Init is needed, since Gtk# depends on
> pinvoking the Gtk+
> libraries. To do this successfully we must allow all Gtk#
> applications
> to find the Gtk+ libraries. Possible solutions:
>
> 1) Gtk+ is installed in %SystemRoot%\System32
> 2) every Gtk# application adjust HLKM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
> Windows\App Paths\$APPNAME\Path
> 3) Gtk+ globally fixes %PATH% on installation
>
> IHMO "solution" 1 and 2 definitly are out of discussion. Solution 3
> doesn't work since appearently nobody in the Gtk+/Gtk#
> community knows,
> how to cleanly set global environment variables on the
> Windows platform.
Solution 3 is the correct way. The GTK+ installer needs to do it, and
if not the GTK# installer should.