# Can someone link me a picture of SWT on Linux that objectively looks good? **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [20 October 2021 17:32 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/can-someone-link-me-a-picture-of-swt-on-linux-that-objectively-looks-good/75631 "2021-10-20T17:32:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 38
**Author:** ![AndyObtiva](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/rubytalk.org/andyobtiva/32/2375_2.png) [@AndyObtiva](https://rubytalk.org/u/AndyObtiva)\ **Post date:** [2 November 2021 03:38 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/can-someone-link-me-a-picture-of-swt-on-linux-that-objectively-looks-good/75631/38 "2021-11-02T03:38:53Z")
> My GTK was always working I thought you had an issue, which you shared and got a reply for by Kou. Details are clearly here: > [@Use Javascript and Ruby for Freedom and Liberty](https://rubytalk.org/t/use-javascript-and-ruby-for-freedom-and-liberty/75584/40): > > Mate with KDE and GNOME installed too. 2012 Intel Macbook Pro > > > **···** > > > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 8:32 PM Andy Maleh \<\andy.am@gmail.com\\> wrote: I just setup a Linux Mint VirtualBox image, installed rvm, open-jdk16, jruby-9.3.1.0, and glimmer-dsl-swt, and I was able to run `glimmer samples`, which brings up the Glimmer Meta-Sample (Sample of Samples). What version and style of Linux Mint are you running? I am running Linux Mint Cinn… You definitely had issues with GTK. I can't help you if you won't admit the truth or that you have a problem. "Well, on my Mint machine, I couldn't install gtk3 either, though apt install ruby-gtk3 works fine a@a:~$ jruby glimmer WARNING: An illegal reflective access operation has occurred WARNING: Illegal reflective access by jnr.posix.JavaLibCHelper$ReflectiveAccess to method sun.nio.ch.SelChImpl.getFD() WARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of jnr.posix.JavaLibCHelper$ReflectiveAccess WARNING: Use --illegal-access=warn to enable warnings of further illegal reflective access operations WARNING: All illegal access operations will be denied in a future release LoadError: no such file to load -- glimmer-dsl-swt   require at org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:956   require at /usr/share/jruby/lib/ruby/stdlib/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:55    \ at glimmer:2 a@a:~$ ruby glimmer Traceback (most recent call last): 2: from glimmer:2:in `\' 1: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:92:in `require' /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:92:in `require': cannot load such file -- glimmer-dsl-swt (LoadError) 9: from glimmer:2:in `\' 8: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:156:in `require' 7: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:168:in `rescue in require' 6: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:168:in `require' 5: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/glimmer-dsl-swt-4.21.0.1/lib/glimmer-dsl-swt.rb:46:in `\' 4: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:92:in `require' 3: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:92:in `require' 2: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/glimmer-dsl-swt-4.21.0.1/lib/glimmer/dsl/swt/dsl.rb:23:in `\' 1: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:92:in `require' /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:92:in `require': cannot load such file -- /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/glimmer-dsl-swt-4.21.0.1/vendor/swt/linux/swt.jar (LoadError) a@a:~$ ^C a@a:~$" "a@a:~$ sudo apt-get purge ruby-gtk3 Display all 4059 possibilities? (y or n)^C a@a:~$ apt install open-jdk16^C a@a:~$ sudo apt-get purge ruby-gtk3 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:   ruby-atk ruby-cairo ruby-cairo-gobject ruby-gdk-pixbuf2 ruby-gdk3 ruby-gio2   ruby-glib2 ruby-gobject-introspection ruby-pango ruby-pkg-config Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED:   ruby-gtk3\* ruby-webkit2-gtk\* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 2,272 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 609700 files and directories currently installed.) Removing ruby-webkit2-gtk (3.4.1-2build1) ... Removing ruby-gtk3:amd64 (3.4.1-2build1) ... a@a:~$ sudo apt autoremove --purge Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED:   ruby-atk\* ruby-cairo\* ruby-cairo-gobject\* ruby-gdk-pixbuf2\* ruby-gdk3\*   ruby-gio2\* ruby-glib2\* ruby-gobject-introspection\* ruby-pango\*   ruby-pkg-config\* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 10 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 1,766 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... 609227 files and directories currently installed.) Removing ruby-gdk3 (3.4.1-2build1) ... Removing ruby-atk (3.4.1-2build1) ... Removing ruby-pango:amd64 (3.4.1-2build1) ... Removing ruby-cairo-gobject:amd64 (3.4.1-2build1) ... Removing ruby-cairo:amd64 (1.16.5-1build1) ... Removing ruby-gdk-pixbuf2 (3.4.1-2build1) ... Removing ruby-gio2:amd64 (3.4.1-2build1) ... Removing ruby-gobject-introspection:amd64 (3.4.1-2build1) ... Removing ruby-glib2:amd64 (3.4.1-2build1) ... Removing ruby-pkg-config (1.4.0-1) ... a@a:~$ sudo gem install gtk3 Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing gtk3: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.     current directory: /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/gobject-introspection-3.4.9/ext/gobject-introspection /usr/bin/ruby2.7 -I /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0 -r ./siteconf20211022-2544-1kla93u.rb extconf.rb checking for --enable-debug-build option... no checking for -Wall option to compiler... yes checking for -Waggregate-return option to compiler... yes checking for -Wcast-align option to compiler... yes checking for -Wextra option to compiler... yes checking for -Wformat=2 option to compiler... yes checking for -Winit-self option to compiler... yes checking for -Wlarger-than-65500 option to compiler... yes checking for -Wmissing-declarations option to compiler... yes checking for -Wmissing-format-attribute option to compiler... yes checking for -Wmissing-include-dirs option to compiler... yes checking for -Wmissing-noreturn option to compiler... yes checking for -Wmissing-prototypes option to compiler... yes checking for -Wnested-externs option to compiler... no checking for -Wold-style-definition option to compiler... yes checking for -Wpacked option to compiler... yes checking for -Wp,-D\_FORTIFY\_SOURCE=2 option to compiler... yes checking for -Wpointer-arith option to compiler... yes checking for -Wundef option to compiler... yes checking for -Wout-of-line-declaration option to compiler... no checking for -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations option to compiler... yes checking for -Wwrite-strings option to compiler... yes checking for Homebrew... yes checking for gobject-introspection-1.0... no installing 'gobject-introspection' native package... failed Failed to run 'brew install gobject-introspection'. \*\*\* extconf.rb failed \*\*\* Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more details. You may need configuration options. Provided configuration options: --with-opt-dir --without-opt-dir --with-opt-include --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include --with-opt-lib --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib --with-make-prog --without-make-prog --srcdir=. --curdir --ruby=/usr/bin/$(RUBY\_BASE\_NAME)2.7 --enable-debug-build --disable-debug-build --with-pkg-config --without-pkg-config --with-override-variables --without-override-variables To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here: /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/extensions/x86\_64-linux/2.7.0/gobject-introspection-3.4.9/mkmf.log extconf failed, exit code 1 Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/gobject-introspection-3.4.9 for inspection. Results logged to /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/extensions/x86\_64-linux/2.7.0/gobject-introspection-3.4.9/gem\_make.out a@a:~$" "a@a:/home$ sudo gem install vte3 Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing vte3: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.     current directory: /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/vte3-3.4.9/dependency-check /usr/bin/ruby2.7 -I/usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems -rrubygems /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/rake-13.0.6/exe/rake RUBYARCHDIR\=/var/lib/gems/2.7.0/extensions/x86\_64-linux/2.7.0/vte3-3.4.9 RUBYLIBDIR\=/var/lib/gems/2.7.0/extensions/x86\_64-linux/2.7.0/vte3-3.4.9 installing 'vte3' native package... /bin/bash: /usr/Library/Homebrew/brew.sh: No such file or directory installing 'vte3' native package... failed failed Failed to run 'brew install vte3'. Failed to run 'brew install vte3'. ··· Gregory Cohen 10d irb(main):001:0\> require 'gtk3' =\> true irb(main):002:0\> require 'vte' Traceback (most recent call last): 21: from /usr/bin/irb:23:in `\' 20: from /usr/bin/irb:23:in `load' 19: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/irb-1.3.7/exe/irb:11:in `\' 2: from (irb):2:in `\' 1: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:92:in `require' /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:92:in `require': cannot load such file -- vte (LoadError) 28: from /usr/bin/irb:23:in `\' 27: from /usr/bin/irb:23:in `load' 26: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/irb-1.3.7/exe/irb:11:in `\' 9: from (irb):2:in `\' 8: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:156:in `require' 7: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:161:in `rescue in require' 6: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems.rb:209:in `try\_activate' 5: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1373:in `activate' 4: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1391:in `activate\_dependencies' 3: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1391:in `each' 2: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1405:in `block in activate\_dependencies' 1: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1371:in `activate' /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/specification.rb:2245:in `raise\_if\_conflicts': Unable to activate gtk2-3.4.3, because atk-3.4.9 conflicts with atk (= 3.4.3), pango-3.4.9 conflicts with pango (= 3.4.3), gdk\_pixbuf2-3.4.9 conflicts with gdk\_pixbuf2 (= 3.4.3) (Gem::ConflictError) 29: from /usr/bin/irb:23:in `\' 28: from /usr/bin/irb:23:in `load' 27: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/irb-1.3.7/exe/irb:11:in `\' 10: from (irb):2:in `\' 9: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:156:in `require' 8: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:161:in `rescue in require' 7: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems.rb:208:in `try\_activate' 6: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems.rb:215:in `rescue in try\_activate' 5: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1373:in `activate' 4: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1391:in `activate\_dependencies' 3: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1391:in `each' 2: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1405:in `block in activate\_dependencies' 1: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/specification.rb:1371:in `activate' /usr/lib/ruby/2.7.0/rubygems/specification.rb:2245:in `raise\_if\_conflicts': Unable to activate gtk2-3.4.3, because atk-3.4.9 conflicts with atk (= 3.4.3), pango-3.4.9 conflicts with pango (= 3.4.3), gdk\_pixbuf2-3.4.9 conflicts with gdk\_pixbuf2 (= 3.4.3) (Gem::ConflictError)" > **···** > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 11:31 PM Gregory Cohen \ wrote: > > > "prompt" is not defined > > > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 11:25 PM hmdne \ wrote: > > > > > On 11/2/21 03:59, Gregory Cohen wrote: > > > \> I hate to break it to you, but people don't use your gem. It only has > > > \> 74,000 downloads, which is not very many at all. Rails has more > > > \> downloads than the population of the US. > > > > > > Popularity doesn't imply that something is the best solution out there. > > > Marketing is unfortunately important to kickstart. Lesser known > > > programmers may be talented, but are struggling to find a mindshare, > > > contributors and reviewers. Surely, more popular software is more likely > > > to be polished better, but this comes at a cost of lesser innovation due > > > to compatibility breaking issues. > > > > > > \> Moreover, it's hard to install. I have tried to install it multiple > > > \> times now, but it doesn't install. There is nothing wrong with my > > > \> system, but it doesn't run. I can't even run Hello world, and I know a > > > \> lot of other people would run into the same issue. > > > \> You didn't provide any help with that, and recommended that I > > > \> "reinstall my system". > > > > > > It may be a good idea to provide a Docker/Podman Dockerfile. This is a > > > modern equivalent of "reinstalling the system" without actually > > > reinstalling it 😃 > > > > > > \> I have a new gem I made a couple of weeks ago and I already have > > > 3,000 downloads. It's increasing very fast. > > > > > > You may be missing a fact, that there are a lot of bots automatically > > > downloading gems for eg. testing purposes or vulnerability scanning. > > > > > > Unsubscribe: \ > > > \<[http://lists.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/ruby-talk>](http://lists.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/ruby-talk>); > > > > Unsubscribe: \ > > \<[http://lists.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/ruby-talk>](http://lists.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/ruby-talk>); > > -- > Andy Maleh > > LinkedIn: [Andy Maleh - Lexop | LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andymaleh) > Blog: [http://andymaleh.blogspot.com](http://andymaleh.blogspot.com) > GitHub: [http://www.github.com/AndyObtiva](http://www.github.com/AndyObtiva) --- _[View the full topic](https://rubytalk.org/t/can-someone-link-me-a-picture-of-swt-on-linux-that-objectively-looks-good/75631)._