Install tar files

[JimH]

The problem is that Gkrellm does not use configure. Other programs that use configure will probably find pkg-config's location, but Gkrellm expects it to be in /usr not /usr/local.

Either reinstall pkg-config to /usr or try creating a couple symlinks.

ln -s /usr/local/bin/pkg-config /usr/bin/pkg-config

and you will have to link the directory with the *.pc files. More then likely they will be in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig

ln -s /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig /usr/lib/pkgconfig

[mugs]

Still no success:

linux:/home/mugs/Desktop/gk # cd gkrellm-2.1.4
linux:/home/mugs/Desktop/gk/gkrellm-2.1.4 # make
(cd po && make all)
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mugs/Desktop/gk/gkrellm-2.1.4/po'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mugs/Desktop/gk/gkrellm-2.1.4/po'
(cd src && make gkrellm)
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/mugs/Desktop/gk/gkrellm-2.1.4/src'
cc -Wall -O2 -I.. `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0 gthread-2.0` -DENABLE_NLS -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -c -o main.o main.c
Package gtk+-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-2.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gtk+-2.0' found
In file included from main.c:22:
gkrellm.h:30: gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory
In file included from main.c:24:
gkrellm-sysdeps.h:62: parse error
make[1]: *** [main.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mugs/Desktop/gk/gkrellm-2.1.4/src'
make: *** [all] Error 2


I do not want to go back to Windows, because I really beleive in Linux, but this past week, I really cant accompish these few things I am trying to do:

Install Gkrellm
Fix the fonts in Mozilla
Get Midi to work
prevent the mozilla lock file from reappearing
get Xchat, etc to work correctly

I know I have a lot to learn, and I really dont have enough time to do it as fast as I want, but it has been way too frustrating. How can I convince my wife to use Linux if she sees me constantly struggling. :P ??? >

[JimH]

Well at least it finds pkg-config now.

What does this show. Do an update to the locate db first.

updatedb

locate gtk+-2.0.pc

[mugs]

I tried updatedb, but it says permission denied, so I tried it as su and as root, and nothing happens....

[JimH]

Why do you think nothing happens? Is gtk+-2.0.pc on your system?

[mugs]

Apparently not. I looked out there for the file, but wasnt sure which one to get. Can you point me? ;D
Thanks.

[JimH]

gtk+-2.0.pc will be in the gtk2-devel package. You probably don't have it installed.

[mugs]

I downloaded it, gtk-devel, but it has 4 or 5 dependenices I need, and then each one has 4 or 5 more..... :P

Is the only way to do it to go one by one and get them? >

Well, this just gets more and more frustrating one of my 2nd level dependcies says I need atk 1.0.0. , when I try to install it it says atk 1.0.3 is already installed...so why does atk-devel say I still need atk 1.0.0?

All this just for gkrellm. Starting to not be worth it. This isnt even that important in the scheme of things. More important is sound, fonts, etc. But, this has become a challenge. Why is it so hard? :P