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Posted: Sep. 27 2004,10:57

when doing "./configure" the installation starts but stops some seconds later with an error message the PATH for gtk-config is not configured properly.

Is it possible I have to install the full GTK from source before?

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Posted: Sep. 27 2004,14:57

Did it give any suggestion to deal with the error?
It could be that you need gtk-devel files installed, which is usually the case when installing from source.

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Posted: Sep. 29 2004,12:37

hi mikshaw, what is a gtk-devel file?

Should I install a regular GTK from source hoping there won't be any complications?

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Posted: Sep. 29 2004,16:26

gtk-devel is a package containing libraries used for building programs that require gtk. If you install programs from pre-compiled binaries you don't need the devel files, but if you want to compile programs aginst gtk you'll need them.

Installing gtk from source should give you the devel files, but since DSL is not a development system you may require additional dependencies just to install gtk.

The easiest thing I can think of is to install gtk-devel using apt-get, or from a gtk-devel*.deb.
Keep in mind that gtk-devel should be the same version as the installed gtk.

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