Problem while compiling GTK+

**Yuanlong** · 08-02-2004, 05:44 AM

I'm keep getting this error message when I try to compile GTK+ with #./configure

Code:

configure: error: Library requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.4.0    atk >= 1.0.1    pango >= 1.4.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them.

Anyone can give me a clue on how to solve this?
Sorry if I sound noob.

**Stephen** · 08-02-2004, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by Yuanlong

I'm keep getting this error message when I try to compile GTK+ with #./configure

Code:

configure: error: Library requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.4.0    atk >= 1.0.1    pango >= 1.4.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them.

Anyone can give me a clue on how to solve this?
Sorry if I sound noob.

Do you have the -dev package installed for them.

Code:

>$ apt-cache policy libglib2.0-dev
libglib2.0-dev:
  Installed: 2.4.4-1
  Candidate: 2.4.4-1
  Version Table:
     2.4.5-1 0
        600 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages
 *** 2.4.4-1 0
        990 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

>$ apt-cache policy libatk1.0-dev
libatk1a.0-dev:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.6.1-2
  Version Table:
     1.6.1-2.1 0
        600 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages
     1.6.1-2 0
        990 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages

>$ apt-cache policy libpango1.0-dev
libpango1.0-dev:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.4.0-4
  Version Table:
     1.5.0-2 0
          1 http://ftp.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages
     1.4.0-4 0
        990 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
        600 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages

BTW I found all these package names by using apt-cache search package_missing you usually always need the -dev files for compiling. Also when you are missing a file(s) ( eg. it spits out an error telling you that it cannot find a certain file not just the entire library ) during a compile it is also handy to have installed apt-file then you would apt-file update and apt-file search some_library.so.1 to find which package it is in then you can install it and restart the compile.

**Yuanlong** · 08-02-2004, 01:18 PM

Ermm I'm a total newbie to linux(just started last week), so I don't really understand how to do with the apt-file part.

btw here are the result returned back when I check it

Code:

yuanlong@Zhang:~$ apt-cache policy libglib2.0-dev
libglib2.0-dev:
  Installed: 2.2.3-1
  Candidate: 2.2.3-1
  Version Table:
 *** 2.2.3-1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
yuanlong@Zhang:~$ apt-cache policy libatk1.0-dev
libatk1.0-dev:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version Table:
yuanlong@Zhang:~$ apt-cache policy libpango1.0-dev
libpango1.0-dev:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version Table:

I guess it means that I don't have those -dev package installed. Could you guide me where or how to get those -dev package? Thanks

**Yuanlong** · 08-02-2004, 01:20 PM

Ermm I'm a total newbie to linux(just started last week), so I don't really understand how to do with the apt-file part.

btw here are the result returned back when I check it

Code:

yuanlong@Zhang:~$ apt-cache policy libglib2.0-dev
libglib2.0-dev:
  Installed: 2.2.3-1
  Candidate: 2.2.3-1
  Version Table:
 *** 2.2.3-1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
yuanlong@Zhang:~$ apt-cache policy libatk1.0-dev
libatk1.0-dev:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version Table:
yuanlong@Zhang:~$ apt-cache policy libpango1.0-dev
libpango1.0-dev:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version Table:

I guess it means that I don't have those -dev package installed. Could you guide me where or how to get those -dev package? Thanks

**mzilikazi** · 08-02-2004, 01:38 PM

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig

Then try compiling. This must be done in the same terminal window!

**Yuanlong** · 08-02-2004, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by mzilikazi

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig

Then try compiling. This must be done in the same terminal window!

Ermm sorry for this very noob question but how do I compile? Which of these command is to compile it?

Code:

#./configure
#make
#make install

Thanks

**mzilikazi** · 08-02-2004, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by Yuanlong

Ermm sorry for this very noob question but how do I compile? Which of these command is to compile it?

Code:

#./configure
#make
#make install

Thanks

All of them.

**Yuanlong** · 08-03-2004, 01:08 AM

The same error still comes out when I try to compile.

**mzilikazi** · 08-03-2004, 01:33 AM

Well first of all have you installed the apps that Stephen mentioned?

apt-get update && apt-get install libatk1.0-dev libpango1.0-dev

Also gtk is in Debian so not really sure why you're compiling it.

apt-get install libgtk2.0-0

**Yuanlong** · 08-03-2004, 02:06 AM

I know that there is already a gtk inside knoppix but the problem is whenever I try to compile Gaim-0.80(knoppix use version 0.77), it keep giving me this msg

Code:

checking for GTK+ - version >= 2.0.0... no
*** Could not run GTK+ test program, checking why...
*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the
*** exact error that occured. This usually means GTK+ is incorrectly installed.
configure: error:
*** GTK+ 2.0 is required to build Gaim; please make sure you have the GTK+
*** development headers installed. The latest version of GTK+ is
*** always available at http://www.gtk.org/.

btw thanks for the 2 command. I got it solved already.

Compiling the gtk+ now and later will try it with gaim again.
Thanks all.