Please assist newbie with glib question

Gurtnamona · 08-19-2003, 08:03 PM

I installed Redhat 9.0 last week and my previous linux experience is very limited. Apparently reading and following instructions is not enough to help me with my current problem. Simply I am trying to install an mp3 player so I can listen to music as I get used to using linux.
I downloaded xmms-1.2.8-pre1.tar.gz.
I extracted and then ran "./configure"
I got an error:

checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.2... no
*** The glib-config script installed by GLIB could not be found
*** If GLIB was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GLIB_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to glib-config.

So I downloaded glib-2.2.2.tar.gz
I extracted then read the install file.
Following the install file's directions I first ran "./configure"
Then I ran "make"
Then I ran "make install"

I then attempted to run "./configure" in the xmms-1.2.8 directory again and got the same error.
Looking back in the install file for glib I noticed that it said something about pkgconfig.
So I downloaded pkgconfig-0.15.0
I ran "./configure"
I ran "make"
I ran "make install"

I then attempted to run "./configure" in the xmms-1.2.8 directory again and got the same error.
I could not find the file glib-config anywhere on the system.
I received no errors during the installation of glib or pkgconfig.
I have searched the internet and spent the past 3 days trying to fix this seemingly simple issue. Would someone please lend me some guidance? Many thanks to anyone who takes the time to ponder a solution to my issue.

h/w · 08-19-2003, 08:11 PM

hi.
get these 2 -
http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrp...6-fr1.i386.rpm

http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrp...6-fr1.i386.rpm

cd to the dir u saved them. then as root, in the same dir, do :
rpm -ivh apt-*

it will install both these packages.

now, as root again, do :
apt-get update

this will update the package lists, and build ur dependency trees.

now, staying as root, do :
apt-get install xmms.

and from now on, u can chk if u can install stuff like this using :
apt-cache search "pkg_keyword"

enjoy.

h/w · 08-19-2003, 08:14 PM

unless u realllly want to install frm src.
in which case i think ur error might be solved if u edit ur "/etc/ld.so.conf" to include the path to ur glib, and then doing an "ldconfig" after.

h/w · 08-19-2003, 08:15 PM

im just guessing hehe

Gurtnamona · 08-19-2003, 09:36 PM

Im guess my main question is why is glib-config not created during glib installation?
From what I can tell glib was installed successfully. Why would this glib-config not be installed. If someone has successfully installed glib before could you please tell me what I am doing incorrectly? Thanks.

h/w, thanks for your reply. I installed that apt program but it detected a version already installed on the system. The whole reason I am trying to reinstall is because the version that comes on the RedHat CD is crippled and will not play mp3s.

h/w · 08-19-2003, 09:44 PM

if i remember right, redhat does not support the mp3 file format - and u have to install the xmms-mp3 plugin for it. so, when i had installed xmms from my redhat cd, it wouldnt play mp3's cos it was not supported, and not cos it was "corrupted".

jhorvath · 08-19-2003, 10:06 PM

h/w is correct i believe..

mp3 support was taken out of RH9 because of the licensing used by mp3's

either find that plugin or convert em to OGG

king_nothingzzz · 08-20-2003, 01:17 AM

Just curious...

what would be the path of the glib installed....
I'm asking this cos i got the same error and i want to edit the /etc/ld.so.conf file to include the glib path...
Should i include the main directory( the directory where glib got insalled after a ./configure) or any other directory

h/w · 08-20-2003, 01:36 AM

do a locate/find glib.

i see mine under /usr/lib, and i added that line to /etc/ld.so.conf, and did a 'ldconfig', at the end.

Gurtnamona · 08-20-2003, 11:16 AM

h/w, do you have glib-config on your system? If so which glib version did you install and what step am I missing? Even if I find the plugin which allows me to play mp3s, it still worries me that programs requiring glib search for this glib-config file and that this file was not created during installation. Thanks.

h/w · 08-20-2003, 01:31 PM

hi - this is wht i have :
glib-1.2.10-8

and glib-config is in :
/usr/bin/glib-config

and i jus downloaded xmms using apt. it wouldnt recognise mp3 files.
so, i got xmms-mp3 after it using apt again, and voila! a nice playlist appears when i add my music.