topic title: glib
Posts: 1,081
OU812
Joined: 29 Sep 2007
#1
Hello. I am trying to install ftmenu (
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). When I try to ./configure, I get this error:

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checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking for glib >= 1.2... sh: glib-config: command not found
sh: glib-config: command not found
sh: glib-config: command not found
sh: glib-config: command not found
sh: glib-config: command not found
sh: glib-config: command not found
Requested 'glib >= 1.2' but version of GLib is
configure: error: Library requirements (glib >= 1.2) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them.
I looked in synaptic, but as far as I can tell, glib 2.0 is installed? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

john
Posts: 253
dieselbenz
Joined: 28 Sep 2007
#2
99% confidence factor here --

You are not getting a version that you need, so I think you need to turn on the unstable repositories in the sources list. I had to do that to get claws-mail to work.

d.
Posts: 215
macondo
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
#3
Make sure you have the package 'build-essential' installed if you're gonna compile.
Posts: 1,081
OU812
Joined: 29 Sep 2007
#4
I keep forgetting that debian-based distros need"build-essential" installed! I will try later tonight. Thanks.

john
Posts: 1,081
OU812
Joined: 29 Sep 2007
#5
Well, build-essential is installed. In fact, I successfully compiled tkdgen (a gui for dgen - a sega genesis emulator). I think I will have to turn on the unstable repos for this to work (and probably wbar, too). Thanks, but I don't know if it's worth the effort yet.

john