On Thu, 2003-09-18 at 11:57, Sven Neumann wrote: > Hi, > > Anthony <orders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Installing ggv-2.4.0.1. Like many other packages, it refuses to look > > in the /usr/local/lib directory for glib, and instead it looks in > > /usr/lib. > > > > CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHY THESE INSTALLERS ARE LOOKING IN THE > > WRONG PLACE. Please. Please help. This is so frustrating. > > It would help if you read the docs. Docs you should read in particular > are ldconfig(8), pkg-config(1) and > > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-building.html > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-compiling.html Of course, reading TFM can never hurt. But since we can reasonably assume (?) that he did run the configure script, shouldn't have it have already checked that glib is reachable (using any of the searching conventions available), and, if that had not beed the case, refused to even build the Makefiles? -- m -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Mariano Suárez-Alvarez Departamento de Matematica - FCEyN - Universidad de Buenos Aires Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. I. (1428) Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina http://mate.dm.uba.ar/~aldoc9 De la observación de la irreductibilidad de las creencias últimas he sacado la mayor lección de mi vida. Aprendí a respetar las ideas ajenas, a detenerme ante el secreto de las conciencias, a entender antes de discutir, a discutir antes de condenar. Y como estoy en vena de confesiones, hago una más, quizás superflua: detesto con toda mi alma a los fanáticos. Norberto Bobbio, Italia civil. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
