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Up: [README.md](../README.md), Prev: [Section 1](sec1.md), Next: [Section 3](sec3.md)
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# Preparation (GTK 4 installation and the download of this repository)
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## Installing GTK 4 into Linux distributions
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This section describes how to install GTK 4 into Linux distributions.
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There are two ways to install GTK 4.
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- Install it from the distribution packages.
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- Build it from the source files.
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### Installation from the distribution packages
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The first way is the easiest way to install.
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I've installed GTK 4 packages (version 4.12.2) on Ubuntu 23.10.
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$ sudo apt install libgtk-4-dev
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~~~
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It is important to install the development files package (libgtk-4-dev).
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Otherwise, you can't compile any GTK 4 based programs.
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Fedora, Debian, Arch, Gentoo and OpenSUSE also have GTK 4 packages.
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Package information for Arch, Debian/Ubuntu and Fedora is described in [Installing GTK from packages](https://www.gtk.org/docs/installations/linux#installing-gtk-from-packages).
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The following table shows the distributions which support GTK 4.
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|Distribution| version | GTK 4 | GNOME |
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|:----------:|:-------------------------:|:-----------:|:----------:|
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| Fedora | 39 |4.12.2-2.fc39| GNOME 45 |
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| Ubuntu | 23.10 | 4.12.2 | GNOME 45 |
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| Debian | trixie(testing) | 4.12.3+ds-3 | GNOME 44.5 |
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| Arch | rolling release | 4.12.4-1 |GNOME 45.2-1|
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| Gentoo | rolling release | 4.12.3 | GNOME 45.1 |
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| OpenSUSE |Tumbleweed(rolling release)| 4.12.4 | GNOME 45.2 |
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### Installation from the source file
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If you want to install a developing version of GTK 4, you need to build it from the source.
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See [Compiling the GTK Libraries](https://docs.gtk.org/gtk4/building.html) section in the GTK 4 API reference.
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## How to download this repository
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There are two ways: zip and git.
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Downloading a zip file is the easiest way.
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However, if you use git, you can easily update your local repository.
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### Download a zip file
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- Run your browser and open [this repository](https://github.com/ToshioCP/Gtk4-tutorial).
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- Click on the green button with `<> Code`. Then a popup menu appears. Click on `Download ZIP` menu.
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- Then the repository data is downloaded as a zip file into your download folder.
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- Unzip the file.
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### Clone the repository
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- Click on the green button with the label `<> Code`. Then a popup menu appears. The first section is `Clone` with three tabs.
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Click `HTTPS` tab and click on the copy icon, which is on the right of `https://github.com/ToshioCP/Gtk4-tutorial.git`.
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- Run your terminal and type `git clone `, Ctrl+Shift+V.
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Then the line will be `git clone https://github.com/ToshioCP/Gtk4-tutorial.git`.
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Press the enter key.
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- A directory `Gtk4-tutorial` is created. It is the copy of this repository.
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## Examples in the tutorial
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Examples are under the `src` directory.
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For example, the first example of the tutorial is `pr1.c` and its pathname is `src/misc/pr1.c`.
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So you don't need to type the example codes by yourself.
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Up: [README.md](../README.md), Prev: [Section 1](sec1.md), Next: [Section 3](sec3.md)
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