I'm trying to compile Firefox 1.0.4 source under Kubuntu 5.04 PPC. Running ./configure in the untarred directory results in the following message:

==error message (@end of ./configure)==
checking for gtk-config... no
checking for GTK - version >= 1.2.0... no
*** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found.
*** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to gtk-config.
*** GTK+ is available from ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk
configure: error: Test for GTK failed.
==end error message==

I've double checked, and I have GTK++ and it's prereqs (Glib, PANGO, and ATK) are installed (according to Synaptic). Searching for "gtk-config" yields no results.

Any help for a newb?

gtk-config comes from the 'ol gtk, specifically gtk-1.x ( the version you want is 1.2.x, IMO you want gtk+-1.2.10 ( on debian based systems you'll also need gtk+-1.2.10-devel)). but note that this will not be your last problem, you cannot build firefox with ./configure, make, make install. ( you technically could, but it wouldn't be worth a sh!t).

http://www.mozilla.org/build/configure-build.html

http://www.mozilla.org/build/make-build.html

you will need alot more, depending on what options you specify. in my experience, whenever you enable a font system, you have to disable the other one, for example if you want xft to do the fonts you need to add --disable-freetype2 in your .mozconfig file or you get errors ( I've never compiled 1.0.4, but this is how it was in previous versions). for your distro, make sure you have all of the -devel packages you will need. pay attention to which version of libIDL also.

To add to the fine post above you should install apt-file to help in the search for the packages you will need to install, in this case you need the libgtk1.2-dev package as you can see from the output using it below.

I installed firefox in SuSe. It does not require install from source.
Login as root, and go the dir. where you have expanded the files and then ./firefox. It will bring you the installation window. Then click....click....finish.

Regards
anindyanuri

hi...i want install firefox-1.0.2 in fc3,and install gtk-2.6.7 but when ./configure it this error appears:
checking for gtk-config... no
checking for GTK - version >= 1.2.0... no
*** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found.
*** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to gtk-config.
*** GTK+ is available from ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk
configure: error: Test for GTK failed.
pleaze help me...thanks

pleaze answer to my question

i solved that problem, but another error was appeared...
checking for libIDL-config... no
checking for libIDL - version >= 0.6.3... no
*** The libIDL-config script installed by libIDL could not be found
*** If libIDL was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the LIBIDL_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to libIDL-config.
checking for orbit-config... no
configure: error: libIDL not found.
libIDL 0.6.3 or higher is required.
I download libIDL-0.8.4 and install it,but this error was appeared,pleaze help me...thanks

the version it wants comes from orbit ( not orbit-2.x, but orbit-0.x). note that ./configure, make, make install is not the way you want to go for building firefox, read the directions on the mozilla site.

I'm having this same problem when installing lmule and mplayer.

However, gtk-config is nowhere to be found under /usr/bin.
This is very confusing to me.

Can anyone help?
Thanks