Hey all:

I am trying to compile MPlayer from source and the ./configure cannot find "gtk-config".

I am using SuSE 10.1 and here are my gtk packages:

narpath@EvoTwo:~> rpm -qa | grep gtk
gtk-sharp2-2.8.2-12
python-gtk-2.8.2-21
gtk2-doc-2.8.10-36
libgtkhtml-devel-2.11.0-16
gtk2-devel-2.8.10-36
gtkmm24-2.8.2-15
gtk-qt-engine-0.7cvs20060209-20
libgtkhtml-2.11.0-16
gtkmm2-devel-2.2.12-26
gtk2-2.8.10-36
gtksourceview-1.5.6-18
gtkspell-2.0.11-20
gtkglarea-1.2.2-908
gtkmm2-2.2.12-26
gtkmm24-devel-2.8.2-15
gtk-1.2.10-907
gtk2-engines-2.6.7-17


From what I have gathered here in the other threads, the GTK2 libraries don't have "gtk-config", only GTK1. What script path could I give to ./configure so it will work?


:narpath

You'll have to check the README or INSTALL file for Mplayer since every program is different. One of these files will probably tell you what arguments you need to use to change where config looks for your GTK libraries.

Why not just let YaST install Mplayer?

~Justin

It says the "gtk-config" could be in the /opt/bin folder...which its not. It should be in the /opt/gnome/bin, which is my equivalent. And I know which arguments to change, its just that I have to give a path to the config file, which I don't know...Here is what arguments I pass already with my ./configure file. (I already found the "glib-config")

./configure --enable-gui --with-glib-config=/opt/gnome/bin/glib-config



As far as YaST goes, MPlayer hasn't been included in SuSE for quite while.

Do you have slocate installed? You can use it to find where gtk-config is using "locate gtk-config".

Update the Mplayer source to the latest CVS release, this fixes some security holes and can use a pure GTK2 GUI (rather than GTK1)

Okay, I missed it. I found "gtk-config" in some /usr/. . . or so on. It didn't work anyways. But it's okay. I took samwwwblack advice and got the new MPlayer (pre8). I did the ./configure --enable-gui with no additional arguments. It compilied great! Thanks for support!