# Gtk2 install error

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**Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\
**Created:** [April 2, 2012, 9:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gtk2-install-error/218484 "2012-04-02T09:56:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 9:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gtk2-install-error/218484/1 "2012-04-02T09:56:13Z")

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OS: redhat3  
ruby: 1.9.2

I installed gtk2 by “gem install gtk2”  
but it show below error messages.

In file included from rbglib\_timer.c:22:  
rbgprivate.h:52: syntax error before “extern”  
rbgprivate.h:111: syntax error before “VALUE”  
rbgprivate.h:112: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:113: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:114: syntax error before “char”  
rbgprivate.h:116: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:117: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:118: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:119: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:120: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:121: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:122: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:123: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:124: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:125: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:126: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:127: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:128: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:129: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:130: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:131: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:132: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:133: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:134: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:135: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:136: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:137: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:138: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:139: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:140: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:141: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:142: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:143: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:144: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:145: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:146: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:147: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:149: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:150: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:151: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:152: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:153: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:154: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:155: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:159: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:160: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:161: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:162: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:163: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:164: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:165: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:166: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:167: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:168: syntax error before “void”  
rbgprivate.h:169: syntax error before “void”  
make: \*\*\* [rbglib\_timer.o] Error 1

And I change to “gem install green\_shoes” also show the same error.  
Does gtk2 didn’t support redhat3?

How to fix the problems?

Thanks,  
Gavin

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gtk2-install-error/218484/2 "2012-04-02T13:25:54Z")

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Hi,

In [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
“[ruby-gnome2-devel-en] gtk2 install error” on Mon, 02 Apr 2012  
09:56:13 +0200,  
CC Chen [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> OS: redhat3  
> ruby: 1.9.2

Recent Ruby/GTK2 releases don’t support Red Hat 3. Sorry.  
An old release may work on Red Hat 3 but I don’t know about it…

## Thanks,

kou

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gtk2-install-error/218484/3 "2012-04-02T14:16:24Z")

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Kouhei S. wrote in post #1054592:

> Hi,
> 
> In [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
> “[ruby-gnome2-devel-en] gtk2 install error” on Mon, 02 Apr 2012  
> 09:56:13 +0200,  
> CC Chen [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> > OS: redhat3  
> > ruby: 1.9.2
> 
> Recent Ruby/GTK2 releases don’t support Red Hat 3. Sorry.  
> An old release may work on Red Hat 3 but I don’t know about it…
> 
> ## Thanks,
> 
> kou

Thanks, I think i should to find older version to install

But I try on redhat5/ruby1.9.2 also have some problem when I exce “gem  
install gtk2”

Below are error message:

/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/include  
-I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -o rbgtkprintsettings.o -c  
rbgtkprintsettings.c  
rbgtkprintsettings.c: In function ‘Init\_gtk\_print\_settings’:  
rbgtkprintsettings.c:704: error: ‘rg\_initialize’ undeclared (first use  
in this function)  
rbgtkprintsettings.c:704: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported  
only once  
rbgtkprintsettings.c:704: error: for each function it appears in.)  
make: \*\*\* [rbgtkprintsettings.o] Error 1

How to fix the error?

Thanks,  
Gavin