[Klug-general] gtk-config

[Karl Lattimer]

On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 12:52 +0100, Mike Rentell wrote:
> G'day all,
> 
> I thought I would install fsv (file system visualiser) so that I can 
> squeak 'This is UNIX! I know this.' when being stalked by dinosaurs.
> 
> I downloaded the package and unpacked it and after invoking ./configure 
> it ran on OK for a bit then failed with:
> 
> checking for GTK - version >= 1.2.1... no
> *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found
> *** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
> *** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
> *** full path to gtk-config.
> configure: error: Cannot find proper GTK+ version
> 
> 
> I have got /usr/lib/gtk-2.0 on board and as the source is dated 1999 I 
> wondered if that would be a problem.

you need gtk 1.2 not 2, the two are API/ABI incompatible, you will need to install the dev stuff for it and you should be off.

K,