The package was removed for good reason - GTK1 is an obsolete version, has been deprecated for 8 years, and a significant amount of effort was spent to remove dependent applications or port them to GTK2.
It is not the responsibility of Ubuntu developers to guarantee workable conditions for "commercial linux applications and games" outside the repository; the best solution for such software would be to bundle the required libraries. ** Changed in: gtk+1.2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- libgtk1.2 missing on karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478219 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs