Hi All,

I am somewhat new to linux/slackware. I am attempting to install gnome-themes-2.12 but am running into issues during the compile. It is saying that it cannot locate my gtk packages. Here is the exact message:

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No package 'gtk-engines-2' found
configure: error: Package requirements (gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0 gdk-pixbuf-2.0 >= 2.0.0 gtk-engines-2 >= 2.5.0 ) were not met.
Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

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I am not familiar with pkg-config. All i know is that is used to find information on installed packages (if they are installed?). Here is output of a search i did for the packages:

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root@lilslacker:/usr/lib/pkgconfig# ls | grep gtk
gtk+-2.0.pc
gtk+-x11-2.0.pc
gtk+.pc
gtk-doc.pc
libgtkhtml-2.0.pc
mozilla-gtkmozembed.pc

--and--

root@lilslacker:/usr/lib/pkgconfig# ls | grep gdk
gdk-2.0.pc
gdk-pixbuf-2.0.pc
gdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0.pc
gdk-x11-2.0.pc
gdk.pc
imlibgdk.pc

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I noticed that there is no pc file for gtk-engines but I did download/compile/install it before running these searches. Any advice on how to overcome this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

i think you'll just need to type "

then try again...

egag

no go, did not help, recieved same error message. :-(

how did you install gtk-engines-2 ?
did you use " checkinstall " to make a slackware package.
if so, check the filelist in /var/log/packages to see where the files are,
and if and where a " .pc " file was installed.

if you don't have " checkinstall " you can get a binary Slackware package here :

http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/check...l/download.php

egag

I did not. What is checkinstall? I will try what you are saying and post the results.

I downloaded and used checkinstall to install the gtk-engines. It does show up when i do a view of installed packages. I checked the log and it did create a .pc file. I reran the export command you mentioned above and tried to compile the gnome-theme again but still recieved the same error.

Perhaps you installed the wrong version.
Run:
to see what version pkg-config returns.

My experience with compile-from-source is that by default, things are installed in: /usr/local

pkg-config stuff (mostly GTK) is installed in /usr, and to make best use of the way Slack is setup, you need to install all other compile-from-source pkg-config programs into the same place. Can you do this by:

I used to be worried about "corrupting" my lovely install, but have since taken to using checkinstall to keep the system clean. If ever I need to remove something, just removepkg the bugger =)

Take it easy,
- Piete.