trouble compiling wxGTK and audacity

BCarey · 06-20-2007, 09:43 PM

Hi,

I wonder if anyone could help me with compiling wxGTK and audacity.

I am using the scripts from slackbuilds.org. When I try to compile wxGTK I get the following error message:

Code:

checking for GTK+ - version >= 2.0.0... no
*** Could not run GTK+ test program, checking why...
*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the
*** exact error that occured. This usually means GTK+ is incorrectly installed.
configure: error:
The development files for GTK+ were not found. For GTK+ 2, please
ensure that pkg-config is in the path and that gtk+-2.0.pc is
installed. For GTK+ 1.2 please check that gtk-config is in the path,
and that the version is 1.2.3 or above. Also check that the
libraries returned by 'pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --libs' or 'gtk-config
--libs' are in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH or equivalent.

I do have the slack package of gtk+2 installed and I have added the mentioned libraries to LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

Then I decided, for lack of time, to try the wxGTK package on linuxpackages.net, but only 2.8.x versions are available there, and when compiling audacity, again with the slackbuild from slackbuilds.org, it complains that it wants 2.6.x.

Thanks for any help,

Brian

H_TeXMeX_H · 06-20-2007, 10:19 PM

If you want to compile it, I would re-install gtk+2 from the 'l' directory of the slackware install CD/DVD.

There's also a 2.6.x wxWidgets here:
http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slac...gets/pkg/10.1/

BCarey · 06-20-2007, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

If you want to compile it, I would re-install gtk+2 from the 'l' directory of the slackware install CD/DVD.

I tried that...no luck.

Quote:

There's also a 2.6.x wxWidgets here:
http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slac...gets/pkg/10.1/

According to the README I need wxGTK.

Brian

H_TeXMeX_H · 06-20-2007, 11:32 PM

There is no longer such a thing as wxGTK, it has been renamed to wxWidgets.

I hope you're trying to install a reasonably new version of audacity.

BCarey · 06-21-2007, 01:08 AM

Hmmm... I'm trying to compile audacity 1.3.2. Sourceforge shows a version of wxGTK (2.8.4) released May 18, 2007. (cut to Holy Grail: "I'm not dead yet" ;-)

Brian

rworkman · 06-21-2007, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

There is no longer such a thing as wxGTK, it has been renamed to wxWidgets.

There most certainly *is* such a thing as wxGTK. The source code is hosted at the wxwidgets site.

rworkman · 06-21-2007, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BCarey

Hmmm... I'm trying to compile audacity 1.3.2. Sourceforge shows a version of wxGTK (2.8.4) released May 18, 2007. (cut to Holy Grail: "I'm not dead yet" ;-)

It appears as if some core parts of your system are messed up.
I can state without reservation that the wxGTK and audacity build scripts hosted at http://slackbuilds.org will build and work just fine on a proper Slackware 11.0 system.
http://www.slackbuilds.org/repository/libraries/wxGTK/
http://www.slackbuilds.org/repositor...edia/audacity/

BCarey · 06-21-2007, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rworkman

It appears as if some core parts of your system are messed up.
I can state without reservation that the wxGTK and audacity build scripts hosted at http://slackbuilds.org will build and work just fine on a proper Slackware 11.0 system.
http://www.slackbuilds.org/repository/libraries/wxGTK/
http://www.slackbuilds.org/repositor...edia/audacity/

This system has DLG installed, but other than that it is a clean Slackware 11.0 system. I did try removing DLG's gtk+ and reinstalling Slack's, but that didn't help. I am using the slackbuilds from the url's you quote.

I did get it to compile some months back on my more experimental laptop system, and I have installed the packages I created on my clean system. It works fine. Never-the-less, I'd really like to understand why wxGTK cannot find the libraries which are certainly installed, and why the compile fails on this system.

Brian

jong357 · 06-21-2007, 12:35 PM

Try using wxwidgets instead. Audacity compiles fine with wxwidgets because I just tried it..

Besides, it's the same thing really as wxgtk.. I am however using the latest 2.6 version of wxwidgets because vlc doesn't like 2.8..

H_TeXMeX_H · 06-21-2007, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rworkman

There most certainly *is* such a thing as wxGTK. The source code is hosted at the wxwidgets site.

Oh, yes I remember now, there's also:

Code:

    * wxAll - all wxWidgets ports (other formats: bz2, zip)
    * wxMSW - installer for Windows, with manual (other formats: zip)
    * wxGTK
    * wxMac
    * wxX11
    * Other ports (Motif, OS/2, MGL, Base) and releases

So, yes there is a wxGTK, wxX11, etc.

They are still all wxWidgets ports, and all found at http://www.wxwidgets.org/

Boow · 06-21-2007, 08:16 PM

I know what the problem is you need wxcairo maybe a couple of other deps

rworkman · 06-21-2007, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boow

I know what the problem is you need wxcairo maybe a couple of other deps

No, that's incorrect. Audacity will compile just fine with only wxGTK added to a vanilla Slackware 11.0 system.

I wish I had some other insight into what might be the actual problem with the OP's system, but I don't. However, I do know that your proposed solution is not it.

rworkman · 06-21-2007, 08:28 PM

On second thought: does /usr/lib/pkgconfig/gtk+-2.0.pc exist on your system?

Can you put the config.log somewhere on the net and post a link to it here - I'd like to see that.

BCarey · 06-22-2007, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jong357

Try using wxwidgets instead. Audacity compiles fine with wxwidgets because I just tried it..

Besides, it's the same thing really as wxgtk.. I am however using the latest 2.6 version of wxwidgets because vlc doesn't like 2.8..

I'll try it this weekend and let you know.

Thanks,
Brian

BCarey · 06-22-2007, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rworkman

On second thought: does /usr/lib/pkgconfig/gtk+-2.0.pc exist on your system?

Yes, I do.

Quote:

Can you put the config.log somewhere on the net and post a link to it here - I'd like to see that.

Do you need to see the whole thing? The error messages regarding GTK found in the config.log are the same as I posted at the beginning.

Brian