gnome-python ./configure error

Seiken · 03-22-2005, 05:55 AM

Compiling all the dependencies for gdesklets, and all worked fine except for gnome-python. During the ./configure phase, I come across this error:

Code:

checking for pygtk-2.0 >= 2.0.0... Package pygtk-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `pygtk-2.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'pygtk-2.0' found

configure: error: Library requirements (pygtk-2.0 >= 2.0.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them.

pygtk-2.0 is installed (I checked /var/log/packages), so I'm guessing I need to update this PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable? if I "echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH", nothing comes up. Do I just use export, or should I be editing a config file somewhere? if there is no config file, how do I permanantly set the variable (because doesn't export just do it for the current session?)

acid_kewpie · 03-22-2005, 06:04 AM

it's looking for a file in a pkgconfig directory called pygtk-2.0.pc. you can use pkgconfig directly to see if you think you can see it. i forget exactly where these files get stored, but a "locate *.pc" should point you to somewhere like "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/" that'll be where the pygtk-2.0.pc is ideally meant to be. howver it might be in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ for example, which i'd guess is more likely if you've installed pygtk from source...

Seiken · 03-22-2005, 10:05 AM

that solved it

thanks.

now my only problem is when I run gdesklets, I get "You need a recent version of PyGTK to run this program." ... but I just installed the latest version (2.6.1) of PyGTK (and even copied the .pc file to /usr/lib/pkgconfig).

acid_kewpie · 03-22-2005, 04:20 PM

well use pkgconfig to see what version is actually being returned.

Seiken · 03-22-2005, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by acid_kewpie
well use pkgconfig to see what version is actually being returned.

Haha, I just spent about 10 minutes trying to learn how to use pkg-config... anyway, it's returning 2.6.1.

acid_kewpie · 03-22-2005, 05:05 PM

hm, this is getting a little messy now really... personally i would open up the configure script and look at the actual test that is being performed. this way you can see the REAL error message by recreating the test outside of the script.

Seiken · 03-22-2005, 05:08 PM

I'm afraid that's over my head at this point.

egag · 03-22-2005, 05:37 PM

did you run " #ldconfig " after installing PyGTK ?

egag

Seiken · 03-22-2005, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by egag
did you run " #ldconfig " after installing PyGTK ?

egag

No, I didn't. I just ran it now (through ssh), but I won't be able to test gdesklets until I get home (3 hours from now!) After running it, and now looking it up on Google to read what it does, it sounds like this might do the trick. Here's hoping... and thank you

Seiken · 03-23-2005, 06:32 AM

so I still get the error after running #ldconfig.

keefaz · 03-23-2005, 06:53 AM

Did you look at this how-to :
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...icle&artid=205

(Instructions are for slack 9 but it won't hurt to read them)

Seiken · 03-23-2005, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by keefaz
Did you look at this how-to :
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...icle&artid=205

(Instructions are for slack 9 but it won't hurt to read them)

I'll read them tonight. Thanks.