On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 02:34:58PM -0800, Lisa Thornquist wrote: > I'm using Mac OSX 10.13.3, MacPorts, XQuartz, but am pretty Unix illiterate. > Trying to install Gwyddion 2.49 > > the error message I get upon using ./configure while in the Gwyddion directory > is: > > checking for GTK_BASE... configure: error: in `/Users/lisa/desktop/gwyddion- > 2.49': > configure: error: The pkg-config script could not be found or is too old. > Make > sure it > is in your PATH or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable to the full > path to pkg-config. > > I gather that a needed file is not in the expected place, so either I need to > move the file or tell Unix the correct file-path. But I'm not sure what the > name of the file is that I need to find or how to designate the proper path to > it. > > Is there something else I need to download?
It should not be necessary, but try installing the ‘pkgconfig’ port explicitly first. Note that, while relatively Unix literate, I do not know much about OS X specifics. Regards, Yeti ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Gwyddion-users mailing list Gwyddion-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gwyddion-users
