Is there a way to know which GTK version is installed using the command line?

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I am working on Ubuntu 11.10.

dpkg -l "*gtk*" | grep ii – Anonymous Nov 11 '11 at 23:51 — Anonymous, Nov 11 '11 at 23:51
@Anonymous: that returns 50 lines on my Debian system. – Zayne S Halsall Jun 21 '14 at 20:59 — Zayne S Halsall, Jun 21 '14 at 20:59
@ZayneSHalsall try the answer below that have  this sign – Black Block Jun 24 '14 at 12:20 — Black Block, Jun 24 '14 at 12:20

zpletan · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-12T14:24:12.983

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apt-cache policy libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 (optionally pipe to grep Installed)

or

dpkg -l libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-0

edited Nov 12 '11 at 14:24

answered Nov 12 '11 at 01:14

zpletan

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The grep is localized, so for french users you may have to type | grep Installé – Hybris95 Jan 11 '21 at 06:05
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rather than assuming the major version to get the minor version, one can first run something like: dpkg --get-selections | grep 'libgtk.*bin' which today will likely show gtk2, gtk3, and gtk4, then you can pass those to dpkg -l, for example, dpkg -l libgtk2.0-bin libgtk-3-bin libgtk-4-bin – michael Sep 11 '22 at 06:25
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@michael, you can also use that with dpkg-query as in dpkg-query -W libgtk*bin – randyman99 Jun 19 '23 at 21:48
@randyman99 - This is the most useful command. – wdp Oct 05 '23 at 20:03
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Since Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (I haven't checked if it works with any previous release), you can use wildcards in the selector, as dpkg -l 'libgtk*'. Remember to surround the expression with single quote. You could pipe to a grep, if you want a finer output. – alberto May 21 '24 at 08:04

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 15 '11 at 22:51

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--get-selections will show you the installed packages

dpkg --get-selections | grep gtk

answered Dec 15 '11 at 22:51

Edward J Beckett

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This is the ONLY answer of all the terrible answers that actually makes sense. And guess what, on my 22.04 there are THREE GTK versions installed. libgtk2.0-bin libgtk-3-bin libgtk-4-bin among many other GTK packages. – redanimalwar Aug 11 '22 at 18:59
This just gives a list of packages that contain "gtk" in their name. – wdp Oct 05 '23 at 19:58

score 10 · Answer 3 · edited May 01 '19 at 16:40

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Try this:

dpkg -l libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-0

This will give info for both GTK 2 and 3.

edited May 01 '19 at 16:40

Joshua Besneatte

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answered Nov 11 '11 at 22:27

MiJyn

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Too bad still not gtk 4.0 – Melroy van den Berg Dec 17 '21 at 23:24
Well with this shitty you never know if you have GTK 4 installed because it does not ask for it. (And yes I realize this question is 10 years old, with makes this answer now BAD) – redanimalwar Aug 11 '22 at 18:56
@MelroyvandenBerg, Please check our comments about using wildcards or general queries along with grep. – alberto May 21 '24 at 08:18
Just relative recently GTK 4 is now here on my Linux Mint distro. Base on Ubuntu Jammy. GTK4 seems to be backported now from Ubuntu 22.04, when looking at this version: 4.6.9+ds-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 – Melroy van den Berg May 22 '24 at 09:06

score 8 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 03 '23 at 20:10

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Try these commands

gtk-launch  --version
gtk3-launch --version
gtk4-launch --version

edited Sep 03 '23 at 20:10

zx485

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answered Aug 03 '23 at 23:22

diogob003

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Thank you for this! Was trying to find a solution that didn't use dpkg. – WorstCoder4Ever Apr 11 '24 at 15:11

ThorSummoner · Answer 5 · 2015-08-26T21:26:35.820

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Try: dpkg-query -W libgtk-3-bin

# Gives version as 3.10.8, separated on the left by a tab, and on the right by a ~
$ dpkg-query -W libgtk-3-bin
libgtk-3-bin    3.10.8~8+qiana

# An associated package also gives the package architecture [for me]
$ dpkg-query -W libgtk-3-0
libgtk-3-0:amd64    3.10.8~8+qiana

edited Aug 26 '15 at 21:26

answered Aug 25 '15 at 22:42

ThorSummoner

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 08 '17 at 08:42

Open Synaptic Package Manager:
Under "Quick filter" enter "libgtk-3".
Gtk3 libraries are contained in "libgtk-3-0". You may want to select it for convenience. Your installed version appears in the column "Installed version". If you need additional information press the button "Properties".

Is there a way to know which GTK version is installed using the command line?

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