[wplug] SuSE 9.1 glib2 errors.

Karlos Abel kgreat4 at connecttime.net
Fri Aug 27 00:15:15 EDT 2004


Okay.. so I've tried grepping for all the glib files involved, and had
no real success.  I also can't find any configure options that involve
glib, which is frustrating.  It's not critical software, really, but
it's irritating to have something I can't get to work and have no idea
why.  

I'll post the error message and consider that the end of it.. if anyone
has any bright flashes, you can reply privately.. I appreciate the
effort.. I think I need to spend some more time figuring out the whole
compilation gig anyway.

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/.

Thanks again, everyone.  If anyone has any questions concerning how to
install incorrectly, scatter essential files all over the system, poorly
configure an entire distro install or pick hardware that invariably is
not supported by Linux, I'm your guy.

On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 22:14, Robert E. Coutch wrote:
> glib files are at:
>  /opt/gnome/glib
> 
> glib2 files are in:
>  /opt/gnome/lib
> 
> Not sure where the glib-devel would be since I don't have it installed (yet).
> 
> On Thursday 26 August 2004 10:02 pm, Christopher DeMarco wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 05:32:27PM -0400, Karlos Abel wrote:
> > > Sorry for  the timidity, but I've been  on other mailing lists where
> > > newbies weren't exactly welcomed.
> >
> > Mmm.  Fresh meat.
> >
> > > 1.  Where did YAST2 stash my glib and glib-devel?
> >
> > SuSE is RPM-based.  Search all your RPMs for the glib packages:
> >
> >   rpm -qa | grep glib
> >
> > Now list the files in the package:
> >
> >   rpm -ql glib-whatever-the-name-is
> >
> > > 2.  How do I tell a configure script to find it?
> >
> > Wow - can't get the package to work so you compile  it yourself.  Good
> > man.
> >
> > Get a list of options that configure can take:
> >
> >   ./configure --help
> >
> > You're looking for the override for the library location.  Something
> > *similar to*
> >
> >   ./configure --with-glib=/usr/lib/suse/puts/it/here/glib
> >
> > > 3.  How do I avoid this in the future?
> >
> > Stop using SuSE ;)
> >
> > Seriously, the reason  that RPMs and DEBs  and ebuilds and ports exist
> > is  because building source isn't for  Aunt  Tillie; it can be tricky.
> > Learn how  and  why (and whether!)  the process  I've  shown works and
> > you'll be free from reliance on YAST2.
> >
> > N.b. that compiling   a package from source  is  outside the  scope of
> > YAST2, and you won't be able to remove/upgrade GAIM from YAST2.
> >
> > > I can provide detailed, reproducable error messages if needed.
> >
> > You should always assume  that we want  this.  Post as much detail  as
> > you have,  don't waste your time  asking because 90%  of  the time for
> > non-trivial problems we want the diagnostics.
> >
> > Here is the canonical  guide to making sure you  don't get scolded for
> > being "that annoying newbie".  It  will co-incidentally also guide you
> > to more careful, methodical problem solving:
> >
> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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