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When Installing DVDstyler, getting config error "missing wxSVG library >=1.2"

Hi
I am trying to install dvdstyler on GNU/Parabola. I installed wxsvg-1.5.3 with no errors. When I execute ./configure in the dvdstyler directory, I get the following error:
..
checking for wxSVG... no
configure: error: *** missing wxSVG library >= 1.2 ***

Thanks

HOW did you install wxSVG ?

i hope you used your operating systems built in packager manager

Parabola is based on Arch so did you use pakman
have you REALLY studied the Arch documentation
https://wiki.archlinux.org/

and the parabola wiki
https://wiki.parabola.nu/Table_of_Contents

I installed it using make and install.
It is not available using pacman. I had to download the source code as there was not a pre-compiled package available for Parabola/Arch.

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I installed it (wxsvg) using make and install

I guess you mean './configure && make', # 'make install' ?

The DVDStyler 'configure' will search for /usr/lib/pkgconfig/libwxsvg.pc :
"libwxsvg.pc" is a "package config file" → →
.... a small text file with version information.

Making DVDstyler find the libwxsvg.pc in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ :
$ cd DVDStyler*/
$ export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
$ ./configure

Or you can configure wxsvg-1.5.3 this way :
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/

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source build
a very common problem is this
a lot of source defaults to installing in "/usr/local "

BUT

a lot of operating systems do not use that location they use "/usr"

this leads to problems for autotools
package configure looks for the *.pc files in /usr/lib64/pkgconfig
and the headers in /usr/include
now if those files are in a different location .................

can you run these commands to VERIFY the set locations and default file paths

AS a NORMAL NON root user

Code:

 

echo $PATH 

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echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH

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echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

is /usr/local/bin in the first one ?
if NOT you need to reinstall
or rebuild doing the above

i use opensuse and rhel and fedora
/usr is the default location

so i have gotten into the habit a long time ago of STATING !!! the install location when i build software using the "--prefix=/usr" option

Code:

./configure --prefix-/usr

make

su

make install

or if cmake or qmake add the location for those

knudfl
export option is also great
both ( one or the other) work

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Originally Posted by knudfl (Post 5320632)

Making DVDstyler find the libwxsvg.pc in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ :
$ cd DVDStyler*/
$ export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
$ ./configure

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Thanks, I did this and it fixed the error when I ran ./configure on DVDstyler. Ran 'make' and 'make install' with no errors.

However, dvdstyler wouldnt launch.

Code:

$ dvdstyler

dvdstyler: error while loading shared libraries: libwxsvg.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So, I also took John W's advice on reinstalling wxSVG

Code:

./configure --prefix-/usr

make

su

make install

Ran dvdstyler and it works!

I've been away from Linux for a while, it's amazing how much you can forget.
Thanks to everyone for your help!

← ref. #6.

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libwxsvg.so.3: ... : No such file or directory

Yes. Some ( 1..2 each 100 ) applications are hard coded to look in /usr/lib*/ only.

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reinstalling wxSVG
.
--prefix-/usr

Good work.

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