On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 10:46:32AM +0530, arthy geraldin wrote:
> I'm new to gtk and this is the first time I'm installing it.I've installed
> all the dependencies for gtk.
Is it absolutely necessary to install Gtk+ from source code?
Doesn't Gtk+ packages exist for your system?
> When I'm trying to give a ./configure inside the gtk+-2.10.0 directory I get
> the following error.
>
> checking return type of signal handlers... (cached) void
> checking for x86 platform... yes
> checking compiler support for MMX... yes
> checking for X... no
> configure: error: X development libraries not found
^^^^^^^^^^^
> >From the link http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-building.html I
> >found that libraries from the X window system are needed to build GTK+.
>
> But where to download these libraries from.
Probably from the very same place as the rest of your system,
particularly as the already installed X components.
> However my system has already /usr/X11R6/lib/ directories
Having these directories is not enough, you need also
something inside: the development bits of X libraries
(header files, ...).
> Could anyone please tell me how to get rid of these errors or where to
> download these X window system libraries from.
It would be way easier if you wrote which OS you need them
for.
Yeti
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Whatever.
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