glib in redhat 7.3

Jasper Huijsmans jasper at moongroup.com
Fri Nov 1 16:56:49 CET 2002


Install glib-dev (and gtk-dev).

On Fri, 01 Nov 2002 16:45:38 +0100
Thomas Schönhoff <thomas.schoenhoff at uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:

> Hey,
> 
> did you run /sbin/ldconfig after (upgrade!) of glib, check if the 
> missed files are residing on your disk!
> 
> Thomas
> 
> Harry Putnam wrote:
> > Setup: Redhat Linux 7.3
> > glib-1.2.10 installed
> > 
> > Attempting to compile xfce-3.8.16
> > 
> > I get this error message at ./configure
> > 
> > [...]
> >  checking for glib-config... no
> >  checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.6... no
> >  *** The glib-config script installed by GLIB could not be found
> >  *** If GLIB was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
> >  *** your path, or set the GLIB_CONFIG environment variable to the
> >  *** full path to glib-config.
> > 
> > What do I need to do to resolve this?
> > 
> > I've set the recommended GLIB_CONFIG var to the exact path:
> > 
> >   [root # ls -l /usr/bin/glib-config 
> >   -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1743 Jul 21 2001 /usr/bin/glib-config]
> > 
> > And run ./configure like this:
> > GLIB_CONFIG=/usr/bin/glib_config;export GLIB_CONFIG;./configure
> > 
> > Still seems to be looking for a different version or failing anyway.
> > 
> > [...]
> > checking for glib-config... /usr/bin/glib-config
> > checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.6... ./configure: line 1:
> > /usr/bin/glib-config: No such file or directory./configure: line 1:
> > /usr/bin/glib-config: No such file or directory./configure: line 1:
> > /usr/bin/glib-config: No such file or directory./configure: line 1:
> > /usr/bin/glib-config: No such file or directory./configure: line 1:
> > /usr/bin/glib-config: No such file or directory no
> > *** Could not run GLIB 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
> > GLIB was incorrectly installed*** or that you have moved GLIB since
> > it was installed. In the latter case, you*** may want to edit the
> > glib-config script: /usr/bin/glib-config
> > 
> > I couldn't really figure out from the output in config.log:
> > [...]
> >   checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... yes
> >   checking for opendir in -ldir... no
> >   checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... (cached) yes
> >   checking for inline... (cached) inline
> >   checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
> >   checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers
> >   /usr/X11R6/include checking for gethostbyname... yes
> >   checking for connect... yes
> >   checking for remove... yes
> >   checking for shmat... yes
> >   checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
> >   checking return type of signal handlers... void
> >   checking for wait3... yes
> >   checking for wait4... yes
> >   checking for waitpid... yes
> >   checking for snprintf... yes
> >   checking for vsnprintf... yes
> >   checking for strcasecmp... (cached) yes
> >   checking for strncasecmp... yes
> >   main ()
> >   {
> >    return ((glib_major_version) || (glib_minor_version) ||
> >    (glib_micro_version));
> >     ;
> >     return 0;
> >   }
> >   configure:11923: error: Cannot find GLIB: Is glib-config in path?
> > 
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