MySQL Bugs: #6998: mysql Administrator won't launch

Bug #6998	mysql Administrator won't launch
Submitted:	3 Dec 2004 21:57	Modified:	10 Dec 2004 21:12
Reporter:	Bryan Massingale	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Administrator	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	1.0.16	OS:	Linux (Red Hat Ent. 3 AS)
Assigned to:	Alfredo Kojima	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
I followed the instructions from http://dev.mysql.com/doc/administrator/en/mysql-administrator-installation-linux.html but am unable to launch the program.  After clicking on the icon, it appears as something is happening, but I never see the interface.  

How to repeat:
Follow the instructions @ http://dev.mysql.com/doc/administrator/en/mysql-administrator-installation-linux.html and then try to execute the mysql-administrator command or create an icon that points to this command in /opt/mysql-administrator/bin

What is the output when you change into /opt/mysql-administrator/bin
and start mysql-admininstrator from a shell window?

If it fails silently you may run "strace -f mysql-admin 2>some_logfie" and
attach the logfile to this report instead?

Here's the message I get when I run from shell:

./mysql-administrator-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libgtkmm-2.0.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Please advise.

So 1.0.16 (unlike 1.0.14) requires libgtkmm-2.0 which is not that common yet.
E.g. SuSE introduced it only in 9.1, 9.0 still has 1.2 only

Ok.  I guess I have no choice than to revert to the previous version.  What is the proper way to 'uninstall' my current version so there will be no conflicts with the older version once I install it?

I am also receiving the same errors for the mysql-query-browser.  Which version of it will I need to go back to?  Also, I'm having trouble finding anything but the current version of both of these programs on your site or any others.   Could you point me to a site to download the older versions?

Thanks for your help!

The new dependencies were due to an error during build and will be fixed in the next release.

Meanwhile, you can install the RedHat9 RPM. To remove the old package, you can simply execute rm -fr /opt/mysql-administrator

Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been committed to our
source repository of that product and will be incorporated into the
next release.

If necessary, you can access the source repository and build the latest
available version, including the bugfix, yourself. More information 
about accessing the source trees is available at
    http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Installing_source_tree.html