cannot find gtk-config on ubuntu9.04 after installing GTK

Randyqiu · 11-15-2009, 08:16 AM

Hi,
This is my first time here.
I have installed GTK by "sudo apt-get install gnome-core-devel" and I can build the test-application named "Hello ubuntu" successfully with `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-2.0`.
But when I built an application which needs the GTK's support, it said as follows:

checking for gtk-config... no
checking for GTK - version >= 0.99.7... 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 don't know what's wrong with it,anyone can help me?
Thanks a lot!

evo2 · 11-15-2009, 08:46 AM

The build seems to be looking for that gtk-config program. You can find what packages provide a given file using the the apt-file command (in the apt-file package).

Cheers,

Evo2.

Randyqiu · 11-17-2009, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2

The build seems to be looking for that gtk-config program. You can find what packages provide a given file using the the apt-file command (in the apt-file package).

Cheers,

Evo2.

Thank you Evo2.
I have solved this problem.The reason is that I installed the GTK2.X instead of GTK1.X, so the error told me "checking gtk-config ...no" since GTK2 has "pkg-config" and GTK1 has "gtk-config".