Dan Nicholson wrote:
> On 10/3/07, Shayin C K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>   
>> Shayin C K wrote:
>>     
>>>> On 10/1/07, Shayin C K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> While compiling Control Center-2.14.2, I got the following error
>>>>> message:
>>>>> ********************************************************************************
>>>>> checking for FONT_METHOD... yes
>>>>> checking for FONT_THUMBNAILER... yes
>>>>> checking for FONT_CONTEXT_MENU... yes
>>>>> checking for FONT_VIEW... configure: error: Package requirements
>>>>> (gnome-vfs-2.0 >= 2.0.0    xft >= 2.1.2    gtk+-2.0 >= 2.8.12
>>>>> libgnomeui-2.0 >= 2.2.0) were not met:
>>>>>
>>>>> Requested 'xft >= 2.1.2' but version of Xft is 2.1.0
>>>>>
>>>>> Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
>>>>> installed software in a non-standard prefix.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alternatively, you may set the environment variables FONT_VIEW_CFLAGS
>>>>> and FONT_VIEW_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
>>>>> See the pkg-config man page for more details.
>>>>> ********************************************************************************
>>>>> To my knowledge I never compiled xft myself. Also xft was not mentioned
>>>>> in either the Required or Optional dependencies of Control Center.
>>>>>           
>>> I have XFree86-4.6.0
>>>       
>
>   
>> I searched for xft in XFree86 in BLFS book. I only got FreeType-2.1.10
>> and Fontconfig-2.3.2, both of which I have installed. No mention of Xft
>> in either of these.
>> So I am at a dead end here. Can you help me out.
>>     
>
> Sorry for not replying earlier. This looks like it might be hard to
> fix since 2.1.0 is the version of Xft supplied in XFree86. If you
> want, we can try to "fake" it. The version control-center is looking
> for comes from /usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig/xft.pc (or wherever you
> installed XFree86). Edit that file so that it says the version is
> 2.1.2. If things are working correctly, the output from `pkg-config
> --modversion xft' should say 2.1.2. This is just a fudge, and your
> libXft may not actually provide what control-center needs.
>
> Otherwise, you'll have to install Xorg or the new XFree86-4.7.0, which
> no one here has tried yet. The instructions for new XFree86 should be
> exactly the same, except you probably need to remove some of the
> commands in the Preparing the Sources section.
>
> http://www.xfree86.org/releases/rel470.html
>
> --
> Dan
>   
Thanks. I will try fudging first and get back to you.
Thanks and regards

Shayin C K
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