ok- first post in reading for a couple years!! in reading the posts, I have not found my answer in this install..

Im running mandrake 10 and in recently installing xmms, i received the following error:

*** 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.
configure: error: *** GTK+ >= 1.2.2 not installed - please install first ***

could I have it installed and not recognized?

how do I ..------------>

I make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to gtk-config.

regards and thanks to all.

sand4d

"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin

sand4d@nycap.rr.com

first find out where your gtk-config is located by
locate gtk-config
mine is in usr/bin, which is in my $PATH
if yours is somewhere else (I dont know mandrake),
just add it to your $PATH, or just create a
GTK_CONFIG variable with that dir in it....my
system doesn't even use that variable
by:
export GTK_PATH=/your/path/to/configfile
then check it by
echo $GTK_PATH
you can add the GTK_PATH variable permanently by
adding the line to .bashrc or .bash_profile

btw, just to make sure you have gtk installed(it should be)
try

rpm -qa | grep gtk

oh, i forgot to mention...if you just want to add the
directory to your current path,
PATH=$PATH:/path/to/configfile

have u installed gtk ? most probably u have.
install the gtk-devel , i.e. the development packages for gtk.

Thanks for the kind responses!
Gtk was not installed so I installed all Gnome related dev packages from the install disks.
Ran the ./config ; make ; and make install and xmms is up and running.

:-)

I was trying to find a personal email address for you guys to send a thank you; None found! Sorry-
It's people like you that make this forum great. FIrst Q posted and the answer worked me through
my error prob.

Having 0 friends linux compatible this is where I turn :-)


Thank You-

SAND4D

We will always be there for people like u !!
btw, most of us here are learners too. its just that we know some stuff that u dont know and u know some stuff that we dont know. heh!

also, it will be a lot helpful to everyone if u put the name of the distro u use in ur profile. Please update ur profile with all possible columns filled up!

Will do!