I've installed wxbase & wxGTK, where is wx-config?

ballack · 05-30-2004, 10:27 AM

In order to install xchm, i must install chmlib and wxbase and wxGTK, I install them all. and I try to run the configure script of xchm. but it can't find wx-config as follows:
[root@localhost xchm-0.9.1]# ./configure
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
checking for msgmerge... /usr/bin/msgmerge
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for shared library run path origin... done
checking whether NLS is requested... yes
checking for GNU gettext in libc... yes
checking for wx-config... no
configure: error:
wxWidgets must be installed on your system
but the wx-config script couldn't be found.

Please check that wx-config is in path, the directory
where wxWidgets libraries are installed (returned by
'wx-config --libs' command) is in LD_LIBRARY_PATH or
equivalent variable and wxWidgets version is 2.3.4 or above.

I've search /usr/lib /usr/bin /usr/local/bin, but can't find wx-config. Where is it?

ballack · 06-05-2004, 06:38 AM

Can you help me?thanks@!

BattousaiX · 07-03-2004, 08:54 AM

LOL. I was looking for this post for help with the same thing. Well, I see the wxWidget's which I've downloaded and are currently installing. I see the wx-config in <path to /wxGTK-2.4.2>

Code:

/usr/share/wxGTK-2.4.2$ ls
CHANGES-GTK.txt  accel.d     choicdgg.d       configure*    dirctrlg.o  fontdlgg.o  helphtml.o   mkinstalldirs      wxBase.spec
CHANGES.txt      accel.o     choicdgg.o       configure.in  dirdlgg.d   grid.d      imaglist.d   samples/           wxGTK.spec
COPYING.LIB      aclocal.m4  colrdlgg.d       contrib/      dirdlgg.o   grid.o      imaglist.o   setup.h.in         wxgtk-2.4-config*
INSTALL.txt      art/        colrdlgg.o       dcbuffer.d    dragimgg.d  gridctrl.d  include/     setup.h_vms        wxwin.m4
LICENCE.txt      busyinfo.d  config.cache     dcbuffer.o    dragimgg.o  gridctrl.o  install-sh*  src/
Makefile         busyinfo.o  config.guess*    dcpsg.d       fdrepdlg.d  gridsel.d   laywin.d     utils/
Makefile.in      calctrl.d   config.log       dcpsg.o       fdrepdlg.o  gridsel.o   laywin.o     version-script
README-GTK.txt   calctrl.o   config.status*   demos/        filedlgg.d  helpext.d   lib/         version-script.in
README.txt       caret.d     config.sub*      descrip.mms   filedlgg.o  helpext.o   locale/      wx-config@
TODO.txt         caret.o     configarg.cache  dirctrlg.d    fontdlgg.d  helphtml.d  misc/        wx-config.in*

Hope you solved problem by now. Good luck.

calen · 07-17-2004, 05:24 AM

I got the same problem when I used the RPM to install wxGTK. I unistalled and then installed from source instead. xchm installed fine after that.

Don't forget to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable, which is the directory where all your libwx_gtk* shared libraries are stored.

LiD · 08-01-2004, 10:51 PM

It doesnt work.

Code:

[root@b0x4 xchm-0.9.3]# /usr/local/bin/wx-config --libs
-L/usr/local/lib -pthread -lwx_gtk-2.4

Code:

 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$/usr/local/lib

And I still get, the following after ./configure

Quote:

]checking whether NLS is requested... yes
checking for GNU gettext in libc... yes
checking for wx-config... no
configure: error:
wxWidgets must be installed on your system
but the wx-config script couldn't be found.

Please check that wx-config is in path, the directory
where wxWidgets libraries are installed (returned by
'wx-config --libs' command) is in LD_LIBRARY_PATH or
equivalent variable and wxWidgets version is 2.3.4 or above.

Help please?

HappyTux · 08-01-2004, 11:57 PM

In Debian it the file is in wxwin2.4-headers you may want to look for a similar developement package in your distro.

Code:

>$ apt-file search wx-config
kdevelop3-data: usr/share/apps/kdevappwizard/template-common/wx-configure.in
kdevelop3-data: usr/share/apps/kdevappwizard/template-common/wx-configure.in
wxwin2.4-headers: usr/share/man/man1/wx-config.1.gz
wxwin2.4-headers: usr/share/man/man1/wx-config.1.gz

LiD · 08-02-2004, 05:45 AM

I am not sure I follow. According to the instructions,

Code:

/usr/local/bin/wx-config --libs

must reveal the path to the libraries. Which should be in the path of LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Are you suggesting wx-config's location is where the LD_LIBRARY_PATH should be pointing at?
Apologies if the question is below standards.

LiD · 08-05-2004, 12:57 PM

Sorry to for the second post, but I could really appreciate some help over this, since I have to read an e-book regarding data-structures in CHM format and Xchm is not working due to the above problem. It would be a shame if I had to install win98 side by side with ArchLinux just to study for my exams.
Thanks.

calen · 08-06-2004, 02:41 AM

I did a "find" in order to locate where the libraries were. I didn't use "/usr/local/bin/wx-config --libs". Then I set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in /etc/profile.

justanto · 01-19-2010, 01:03 AM

I installed wxGTK-devel and it solved the problem. Hope this helps.