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How to setup a complete PHP-GTK2 development environment under Ubuntu 9.04

Folks great news, I’ve successfully setup the same PHP-GTK2 enviornment under Ubuntu 9.04 using the same method described in http://blog.xgra.com/2009/03/31/how-to-setup-a-complete-php-gtk2-development-enviornment-under-ubuntu-810/

I also had chance to test this personal PHP-GTK2 Ubuntu repository described in http://php-gtk.eu/en/ubuntu-repository-with-php-gtk. However it failed on me when I tested it using a GtkAboutDialog widget. It says GtkAboutDialog is not found. I just gave up after seeing this message.

How to setup a complete PHP-GTK2 development environment under Ubuntu 8.10

I’ve spent countless hours at night doing researches and tests on this topic. I hope my efforts will help you save tons of time. I even wrote a simple shell script to automate this process, however it’s far from perfection. I only recommend you run the shell script under a fresh Ubuntu 8.10 installation. My intention of this environment is to develop a full fledged windows based PHP applications. Thus, a lot of other essential development tools and packages are also included in the shell script and to be installed. These including MySQL, Apache, Vim and various font packages. I won’t go into details explaining what every package does. I know the purpose of some GTK packages can be confusing, fortunately most of them are documented. You can find more information on them on http://www.gnome.org. Feel free to modify the script to suit your needs. I recommend you set this up under a virtual machine to avoid the pain of re-installing system if anything goes wrong. This script will take about 15-30 minutes to complete depends on your hardware and network connection. Close monitoring is recommended when running this script since no error reporting is incorporated in the script.

I also have a plan to come up with script to do the same thing under Debian 5.0.

Warning: I don’t guarantee my method will work for you, use it at your own risk.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, please make sure:

1. You have a fresh installation of Ubuntu 8.10
2. You install all updates
3. Enable the following repositories under System -> Administration -> Software Sources and update system again
   • http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
   • http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner (Source Code)

The Shell Script
(I am no shell script expert, please don’t criticize me on this)

#!/bin/sh

# Make sure you’ve done what I told you to do
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get upgrade -y

# Development essentials
sudo apt-get install -y php5 php5-dev php5-cli mysql-server-5.0 mysql-client-5.0 apache2 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mysql php5-curl php5-mcrypt php5-gd re2c

# GTK2 essentials
sudo apt-get install -y libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-dev libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-dev libgtkextra-x11-2.0-1 libgtkextra-x11-2.0-dev libgtksourceview-dev libgnomeprint2.2-dev libgtksourceview2.0-0 libgtksourceview2.0-dev libsexy2 libsexy-dev libgtkhtml3.14-19 libgtkhtml3.14-dev libgtkhtml3.8-15 libgtkhtml3.8-dev libglade2-0 libglade2-dev libgtkspell0 libgtkspell-dev

# https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/262251
cd /usr/share/aclocal
sudo cp libtool.m4 libtool.m4.bk
sudo chmod 777 libtool.m4
sudo cat lt~obsolete.m4 ltoptions.m4 ltsugar.m4 ltversion.m4 >> libtool.m4
sudo chmod 644 libtool.m4

# Build php-gtk2
cd ~/Desktop
wget http://gtk.php.net/do_download.php?download_file=php-gtk-2.0.1.tar.gz
tar -xvvf php-gtk-2.0.1.tar.gz >> /dev/null
cd php-gtk-2.0.1
./buildconf
sudo ./configure –with-extra –with-sourceview –with-libsexy –with-html –with-spell –enable-scintilla
sudo make
sudo make install

# Install php-gtk2
cd /usr/lib/php5/200*
sudo chmod 744 php_gtk2.so
cd /etc/php5/conf.d/
sudo touch php_gtk2.ini
sudo chmod 777 php_gtk2.ini
sudo echo ‘extension=php_gtk2.so’ > php_gtk2.ini
sudo chmod 644 php_gtk2.ini

# Add multilingual support to GTK2, you gotta thank me for that
sudo chmod 777 /etc/php5/cli/php.ini
sudo echo ‘php-gtk.codepage = UTF8′ >> /etc/php5/cli/php.ini
sudo chmod 644 /etc/php5/cli/php.ini

# Remove build
cd ~/Desktop
sudo rm -rf php-gtk-2.0.1*

# Install SVN, VIM, SSH
sudo apt-get install -y subversion vim ssh

# Better fonts
sudo apt-get install -y msttcorefonts

# Install CLI sound player
sudo apt-get install -y music123

# Clean up
sudo apt-get autoremove -y

Download The Shell Script

php-gtk2-ubuntu-810

Run A Test

A test GTK application is included in the download. Run it to make sure everything is setup correctly.

History of XGRA.com

For those of you don’t know, the XGRA.com was an open source web site I developed back around 2002 to distribute free PHP programs and web graphics that I created. It gained a short time popularity with my zForum and zClassifieds projects, then the site was closed due to lack of maintaince time. XGRA.com was originally named XGraphics because of my interests in graphic design.

Create a piechart with PHP

A piechart script I wrote back in 2001.

http://www.pantz.org/software/php/piechartwithphp.html

Past C# custom controls

A few C# custom controls I’ve done in the past:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/buttons/zhaocolorbutton.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/colorprogressbar.aspx

It has been a while since I last played with C#. I hope to pick it up some day soon.

A site I recommend for PHP-GTK enthusiasts

http://www.kksou.com

2nd MBP shipment hit natural disaster in AK

It happens to be vocano eruption.

Green MacBook?

A point made by people from: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=673714&page=2

“how can apple call their notebook green when they have to fly all the way from china to USA?”

MBP lost in plane crash

I ordered my first MacBook Pro a week ago and suppose to receive it today.

Unforturnely, Apple sent me a email says that the shipment was lost in the plane crash:

http://www.nowpublic.com/world/fedex-plane-crashes-tokyo

They are sending me a new one. However there will be another week of waiting since most Apple products are shipped from China.

My condolence to the pilots’ families.

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