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I am somewhat new to linux/slackware. I am attempting to install gnome-themes-2.12 but am running into issues during the compile. It is saying that it cannot locate my gtk packages. Here is the exact message:
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No package 'gtk-engines-2' found
configure: error: Package requirements (gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 gdk-pixbuf-2.0 >= 2.0.0 gtk-engines-2 >= 2.5.0 ) were not met.
Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.
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I am not familiar with pkg-config. All i know is that is used to find information on installed packages (if they are installed?). Here is output of a search i did for the packages:
I noticed that there is no pc file for gtk-engines but I did download/compile/install it before running these searches. Any advice on how to overcome this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
how did you install gtk-engines-2 ?
did you use " checkinstall " to make a slackware package.
if so, check the filelist in /var/log/packages to see where the files are,
and if and where a " .pc " file was installed.
if you don't have " checkinstall " you can get a binary Slackware package here :
I downloaded and used checkinstall to install the gtk-engines. It does show up when i do a view of installed packages. I checked the log and it did create a .pc file. I reran the export command you mentioned above and tried to compile the gnome-theme again but still recieved the same error.
My experience with compile-from-source is that by default, things are installed in: /usr/local
pkg-config stuff (mostly GTK) is installed in /usr, and to make best use of the way Slack is setup, you need to install all other compile-from-source pkg-config programs into the same place. Can you do this by:
Code:
./configure --prefix=/usr
I used to be worried about "corrupting" my lovely install, but have since taken to using checkinstall to keep the system clean. If ever I need to remove something, just removepkg the bugger =)
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