gtk2/glib2 compile problems

[Ben Duncan]

Actually, it is not a library but a librarian (or in more common 
terms, a library manager).
the .pc files are simple text files telling of the locations of WHERE 
the actual libraries
are located. I dunno WHY ldconfig will not work with some OF these 
applications,
but for some brain-dead reason someone invented a NEW way to mangle 
library locations
as well as other pertant information.

I suppose it IS someones way to give a common ground for source level 
installs.

Example being for the gtk+ library, and called accordingly "gtk+.pc" :

prefix=/usr
exec_prefix=${prefix}
libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
includedir=${prefix}/include

Name: GTK+
Description: GIMP Tool Kit
Version: 1.2.10
Requires: gdk
Libs: -L${libdir} -lgtk
Cflags:


David A. Bandel wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 20:26:11 -0700prefix=/usr

> begin  "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> spewed forth:
> 
> 
>>I'm attempting to build gtk2 on a bastardized Caldera box.  gtk2 
>>requires glib2, atk, and pango.  I'm trying to build atk and the 
>>configure process keeps bombing out with this error:
>>/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgobject-2.0
>>collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>>
>>Unfortunately, i have gobject-2.0:
>># locate gobject-2.0
>>/usr/lib/pkgconfig/gobject-2.0.pc
> 
> 
> what an odd name for a library.  All my shared object libraries look like:
> /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
> /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.0.6
> and/or symlinks to the above
> 
> so on my system anyway, -lgobject-2.0, ld looks for libgobject-2.0
> 
> Ciao,
> 
> David A. Bandel


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