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Installing GTK 4 into Linux distributions
This section describes how to install GTK 4 into Linux distributions.
There are two ways to install GTK 4.
- Install it from the distribution packages.
- Build it from the source files.
Installation from the distribution packages
The first way is the best and easiest way to install it. I've installed GTK 4 packages (version 4.8.1) in Ubuntu 22.10.
$ sudo apt install libgtk-4-dev
It is important to install the developing package (libgtk-4-dev). It includes C header files. Otherwise, you can't compile any GTK 4 based programs.
Fedora, Debian, Arch, Gentoo and OpenSUSE also have GTK 4 packages. Package information for Arch, Debian/Ubuntu and Fedra is described by Installing GTK from packages. The following table shows the distributions which support GTK 4.
| Distribution | version | GTK 4 | GNOME |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fedora | 37 | 4.8.2-2 | GNOME 43 |
| Ubuntu | 22.10 | 4.8.1 | GNOME 43.0 |
| Debian | bookworm(testing) | 4.8.2 | GNOME 43 |
| Arch | rolling release | 4.8.2 | GNOME 43 |
| Gentoo | rolling release | 4.8.2 | GNOME 43 |
| OpenSUSE | Tumbleweed(rolling release) | 4.8.2 | GNOME 43 |
Installation from the source file
If you want to install a developing version of GTK 4, you need to build it from the source. See Compiling the GTK Libraries section in the GTK 4 API reference.