i've experience the same thing before.


there are many ways to solve your problem.


1. obtain/install a copy of "gtk-config"

2. obtain/install a copy of "pkg-config" ( afaik, this is the one that
replaced gtk-config, glib-config, png-config,etc. as a universal
blah blah ). downloadble at gtk.org
2.1 pkg-config works the same way as gtk-config but you have
to modify some lines on the "configure" script of the application
that you are going to install.


2.2 find the sample code below or anything similar on the configure script

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 # Check for GTK:
 echocheck "gtk version"
 if test -z "$_gtkconfig" ; then
   if ( gtk-config --version ) >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     _gtkconfig="gtk-config"
   elif ( gtk12-config --version ) >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     _gtkconfig="gtk12-config"
   else
     die "the GUI requires GTK (which was not found)"
   fi
 fi
 _gtk=`$_gtkconfig --version 2>&1`
 _inc_gtk=`$_gtkconfig --cflags 2>&1`
 _ld_gtk=`$_gtkconfig --libs 2>&1`
 echores "$_gtk (using $_gtkconfig)"

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2.3 Replace it with this:



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 # Check for GTK:
 echocheck "gtk version"
 if test -z "$_gtkconfig" ; then
   if ( pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --modversion ) >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     _gtkconfig="pkg-config gtk+-2.0"
   elif ( gtk12-config --version ) >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
     _gtkconfig="gtk12-config"
   else
     die "the GUI requires GTK (which was not found)"
   fi
 fi
 _gtk=`$_gtkconfig --modversion 2>&1`
 _inc_gtk=`$_gtkconfig --cflags 2>&1`
 _ld_gtk=`$_gtkconfig --libs 2>&1`
 echores "$_gtk (using $_gtkconfig)"

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3. Forget about the xxx-config thing, just edit the configure script and then fill-in the blanks. =)


HTH






Ina Patricia Lopez wrote:

im trying to install GTK-perl0.7008 but getting this error

# cd Gtk-Perl-0.7008
# perl Makefile.PL Can't exec "gtk-config": No such file or directory at Makefile.PL line
141.
Package 'gtk' needed but it was not detected on your system.
You may want to force it using --with-gtk-force if you know better than
me.4



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