I know that gtkmm can be installed using package manager, but here I am keen to install it from source.

• It requires me to install the Dependencies first as follows:

• Before attempting to install gtkmm 3.0, you might first need to install these other packages.

  • libsigc++ 2.0
  • GTK+ 3.0
  • glibmm
  • cairomm
  • pangomm
  • atkmm

• These dependencies have their own dependencies, including the following applications and libraries:

  • pkg-config
  • glib
  • ATK
  • Pango
  • cairo
  • gdk-pixbuf

• I have following questions:

  • Do I need to install these dependencies by source (also)? or if they are already installed by package manager, that could also work?
  • How can I check if these packages are installed by the package manager? Concern: I know about apt search but may be the package that apt uses to install the library might have a different name than the library.
  • Also, if the dependencies are installed by source, where should those be installed?

I am interested in trying out both dynamic and static linking.

I know that gtkmm can be installed using package manager, but here I am keen to install it from source.

• It requires me to install the Dependencies:

  • libsigc++ 2.0
  • GTK+ 3.0
  • glibmm
  • cairomm
  • pangomm
  • atkmm

• These dependencies have their own dependencies, including the following applications and libraries:

  • pkg-config
  • glib
  • ATK
  • Pango
  • cairo
  • gdk-pixbuf

• I have following questions:

  • Do I need to install these dependencies by source (also)? or if they are already installed by package manager, that could also work?
  • How can I check if these packages are installed by the package manager? Concern: I know about apt search but may be the package that apt uses to install the library might have a different name than the library.
  • Also, if the dependencies are installed by source, where should those be installed?

I am interested in trying out both dynamic and static linking.