Installing xmms on FC4 -> "glib-config not found"...
 

Typing ./configure in the repertory xmms-1.2.10 produces the following message :

Then I installed glib again (cos I suppose it was already included in FC4 standard libraries...), and I tried to find a glib-config file by typing in the shell :

But nothing was found :confused:

What shall I do to get a glib-config file, typing it on my own ????

thanks in advance

glib 1.2 is part of gtk-1.2 and the glib-config file is part would be included as part of the development rpm (something like glib-devel or gtk1.2-devel)..however I doubt many other programs will use gtk-1.2 as it is essentially deprecated, so why not check out the beep-media-player which is a fork of xmms with gtk-1.2 replaced by the currently maintained gtk-2.0 (the two libraries are not interoperable).

Maybe you need the dev package or something. I'd recommend that you install xmms using the rpm. Here's the link: http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc4.html

Also, here's a page you might find useful http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-fc4.html

I'd just install beep-media-player as suggested above. There is no need to install the old gtk and glib packages just to run one app.

Well, I am now trying to install beepmp, but I have another problem : I install glib-2.8.3, and it seems alright, I have no error messages during the process, but when I try to install gtk+-2.8.6, during the ./configure step, it tells me :

But I've just been installing the 2.8.3 version...

To solve dependencies yourself....just go somewhere like rpm.pbone.net and search for rpm's available for your distro. If you type in "glib" and click on the latest rpm for your distro, it will tell you what it provides. Just be sure you are getting the version you need. You shouldn't have to install a different program via someone else's advice. If you want XMMS, then get XMMS.

Fedora Core already has glib2 and gtk2 packages so why are you compiling from source? You don't necessarily need the latest versions of gtk2 or glib2.

What reddazz means is that gtk2 and glib2 packages come with Fedora Core and should already be installed. If for some reason you need a different version, then by all means, please use an RPM as they are way easier to install and keep track of. Compiling from source is usually done when you can't find an RPM. I know little of Fedora Core, but I know redhat had yum that would help you find packages. You should do some checking and find an easier way of installing packages.

Thanks Everbody, I have used rpms and it is really easier.

Could I be still a litlle annoying ? In fact, it installed bmp in /usr/bin . But is it possible to ask that the installation puts the executable file in /usr/local/bin ?

Usually you can't define where to install an rpm since the paths are hard coded in the rpm spec file, but some rpms may allow you to do this.

I just wanted to highlight something Komakino said that solves the problem of finding glib-config. I needed it for another program which didn't have any rpms, and a search brought me here.

1../configure,make,make install glib 1.2.2
2.go to etc/ld.so.confd create new file type this sentence usr/local/lib
3.save file and rename it as glib-1.2.2.conf

4../configure,make,make install gtk+1.2.2
5.go to etc/ld.so.confd create new file type this sentence usr/local/lib
6.save file and rename it as gtk+-1.2.2.conf

7.in the terminal run this command,ldconfig

8./configure,make,make install xmms.gtk n glib will be detect.finish.

But i got problem when i run xmms
here is the prob

libmpg123.so,cannot restore segment prot after reloc:permission denied.

that i missing something during installation?anyone...............