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>the angry red planet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
>> hmm...
>> "which glib-config" does not return anything!
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>This means that "glib-config" is not in your path.
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>> though i ran tar, expecting it to go to /usr/local/bin,
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>tar will only extract it. You then need to "./configure", "make", and "make
>install" it.
well, yes, i did that..
i should have specified the entire chain of commands i followed..
after tar,
./configure
make
make install
actually, i found glib-config in:
/usr/local/bin/glib-1.2.9/
> > how do i go about adding it to my PATH environment?
>
>There are several different ways, one of which is adding the /usr/local/bin
>path to your ~/.bash_profile (this will effect only your user account). The
>other (which is system wide) is to add it to /etc/profile.
what i actually did, rather than setting a new path,
since i assumed that the path (/usr/local/bin/glib-1.2.9/ ) was not the best:
as i am using debian,
i used the apt-get command instead of getting the source files to tar
so, i looked up the libglib packages available, then :
apt-get install libglib1.2-dev
after this, i tried to ./configure again,
but i got a similar error as the original
this time it was not for the glib-config script, but for gtk-config
so,
apt-get install libgtk1.2
after this,
back to the gaim directory, then
./configure
make
make install
start up blackbox, and gaim runs fine!
thanks for your help
now i need to discover why my monitor shuts off when i 'startx' as a user
(works fine as root)
thanks again!
-saucemaster
.. http://www.angryredplanet.org
