Hi Im tring to install a program called gramps, when I run configure I get the error

checking Python bindings for gtk... configure: error:

**** The python bindings for gtk 2.4 (pygtk2) could not be found.


so I downloaded

pygtk-2.0.0.tar.bz2

and installed it. I'm still geeting pygtk2 not found error when I run configure. any ideas what I need to do to correct this ? btw Im running slackware 10

i have a feeling pygtk 2.0 doesn't work with gtk 2.4. try the newest version of pygtk - remove the old, install the new, then try gramps.

I gave that a shot that didn't seem to help any. I also tried
Im fairly new at this I'm not sure what to do

which version of pygtk did you try? perhaps the pygtk version number has to correspond to the gtk version number. you might also want to try to reinstall gtk, but that's a bit overkill and not exactly safe or practical.

Im not sure which version of gtk I have whtever came with slckware 10 i belive its 2.4 I hve a program that needed at least gtk 2.4. so its at least that I tried pygtk2.0 and py gtk2.2 2.2 is the newest version. ohh nd acording to the site I downloaded gramps from odds are I should have it installed already

here is what i have that came with the slackware install
gtk+2-2..4.9
looks like pygtk wasn't pre installed

looks like you need the following packages to install it:
python 2.2 http://www.python.org/2.2/
gnome-python http://freshmeat.net/projects/gnome-python/
and pygtk 2.2 http://www.pygtk.org/downloads.html (which you should already have of course).

try installing all of those and try gramps again. make sure you get the newest version of everything.

I have the python installed already I can't install the gynome python because it says I dont have pygtk

congratulations, you've encountered dependency hell.

that's pretty weird. first try an older version of gnome-python. then you might want to try installing different versions of all of those, like in between 2.0 and the newest. the gramps page says at least 2.0 for all of them, so try starting with 2.0 on all of those packages and then keep moving up till it works.

that's about the only solution i have for now, just play around with it. i'm sorry i can't suggest anything else.

Here is what I get if I try and install gynome-python

checking for pygtk-2.0 >= 2.0.0... Requested 'pygtk-2.0 >= 2.0.0' but version of PyGTK is 1.99.12

configure: error: Library requirements (pygtk-2.0 >= 2.0.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them.
so looks like I already had an older version istalled how do I uninstall that so I can install the new one again

is what i would guess. change "pygtk-1.99.12" to whatever it's called exactly.
then install the newer pygtk and then gnome-python, etc. etc.

there is no log for pygtk in there any version of it. if I do locate pygtk-1.99.12 I get nothing but if I do locate pygtk I get

/usr/local/bin/pygtk-codegen-2.0
/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pygtk.pth
/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pygtk.py
/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pygtk.pyc
/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pygtk.pyo
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/pygtk-2.0.pc
/usr/local/include/pygtk-2.0
/usr/local/include/pygtk-2.0/pygtk
/usr/local/include/pygtk-2.0/pygtk/pygtk.h
/usr/local/include/pygtk-2.0/pygobject.h
/usr/local/share/pygtk
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/__init__.py
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/argtypes.py
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/codegen.py
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/definitions.py
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/defsparser.py
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/docextract.py
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/docgen.py
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/h2def.py
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/mergedefs.py
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/mkskel.py
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/override.py
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/scmexpr.py
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/__init__.pyc
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/argtypes.pyc
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/codegen.pyc
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/definitions.pyc
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/defsparser.pyc
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/docextract.pyc
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/docgen.pyc
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/h2def.pyc
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/mergedefs.pyc
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/mkskel.pyc
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/override.pyc
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/scmexpr.pyc
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/__init__.pyo
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/argtypes.pyo
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/codegen.pyo
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/definitions.pyo
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/defsparser.pyo
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/docextract.pyo
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/docgen.pyo
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/h2def.pyo
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/mergedefs.pyo
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/mkskel.pyo
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/override.pyo
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/codegen/scmexpr.pyo
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/defs
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/defs/gtk.defs
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/defs/gtk-types.defs
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/defs/gtk-extrafuncs.defs
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/defs/gdk.defs
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/defs/gdk-types.defs
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/defs/libglade.defs
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/defs/pango.defs
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/defs/pango-types.defs
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/defs/atk.defs
/usr/local/share/pygtk/2.0/defs/atk-types.defs
I never installed pygtk 1.9 and acording to the slackware site slack dosent come with pygtk

blah, this is crazy. nm about the removepkg thing, that only works with .tgz. sorry can't help. just keep playing with it till someone else jumps in to solve this problem. maybe i'll think of a solution lemme look....

maybe this'll be it: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=116454

well I downloaded a pygtk package made for slackware from that link now gnome-python saw it and installed, but gramps still dosent see it . so I guess this is progress "maybe " lol