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Old 01-23-2005, 12:40 AM   #1
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gtk+-2.6.0 + weird errors


Ive been trying to compile GTK 2.6 for the last two hours Needs one package after the other!! So many dependencies! gah! But finally, it just keeps giving me
configure: error: Xft pango backend is required for x11 target

when I configured the pango thing it said

configuration:
backends: X

i ran xft-config --prefix and it said /usr/X11R6
am I missing something here?
 
Old 01-23-2005, 01:10 AM   #2
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you didn't build pango with Xft support ( or freetype either if it only showed you X as a backend).
so......

before you configure pango, make sure you have the following:

xft.pc in /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig

PKG_CONFIG_PATH contains the directory /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig ( you can set it with the command:

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH)

when the configure of pango is complete, MAKE SURE it list xft as a backend or you will not be able to compile gtk-2.6.

don't forget to build freetype > 2.0.9 and fontconfig first. and read the README (pango's readme tells you everything you need-might want to check that first next time)
 
Old 01-23-2005, 10:54 AM   #3
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aha! It usually helps to read the instructions! But just out of curiosity, i don't understand what setting that path will do. There is no /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig directory anyways. agh this is too complicated >.<

I already have fontconfig installed!! IT was done by RPM, but it keeps saying pkg fontconfig not found.

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Old 01-23-2005, 02:49 PM   #4
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AGH!!!

Everything that uses glib, gtk, is now not working! How do i remove the stuff i compiled from source? I've tried reinstalling the rpm but that doesnt seem to work. As of five seconds ago, everything gives a segmentation fault. I think i need to delete everything with pango* in it and then retry the rpm. Is that safe?
or how do I get fontconfig to show up while compiling Pango?
 
Old 01-23-2005, 08:00 PM   #5
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What distro are you running ( need to know as far as package management is concerned).

since your runnin a rpm distro, the reason you don't have a /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig directory is because you don't have the -devel package installed for X. You cannot compile against a library if you do not have the header files and pkg-config files.

As far as removing what you have compiled, go back to the source directories and as root do:

make uninstall

to remove them from your system then reinstall your original rpm's.
 
Old 01-23-2005, 08:18 PM   #6
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ah. Thanks. Im running suse 9, and I do have the X -devel package installed. I guess since it was installed by rpm it was ina different place? I saw the config file locate the X headers but..... o well. For future refrence, its not possible to install things 1/2 by rpm and 1/2 by source? So if you installed Pango by RPM, the GTK source configurer wouldnt see it?



Thanks again....
 
Old 01-23-2005, 09:22 PM   #7
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remember that most (all?) rpm distro's split thier packages into seperate pieces. for example:

pango-1.8.0-i486.rpm is just the libraries themselves - what you need to run programs that depend on pango

pango-1.8.0-devel-i486.rpm is the files needed to compile against pango-1.8.0, but are not needed to use pango itself.

So to compile against an rpm package, you must have the corresponding -devel package for that particular library.

to understand why configure fails you need to know what it is looking for. In your example, for glib, gtk, atk, and pango ( as well as pretty much all the other gnome-2.x libraries) configure looks for pkg-config files like gtk-2.0.pc (which usually resides in /usr/lib/pkgconfig), or glib-2.0.pc, or in the case of Xft, xft.pc(which is located in /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig ). You will only have the pkg-config files if you install the -devel packages for these libraries ( or for the case of xft.pc, you need the X11-devel package).

So, in short, you can mix rpm's and source as long as you have all the rpm packages needed to link and develop against the library/application.

If your installing by source, its a good idea to use something like checkinstall (or another rpm builder) or build the rpm manually then install it instead of "make install". When it comes time to upgrade later, it will make life much easier for you.
 
  


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