On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 12:16 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > > > > > It seems like my dependency problems are because the various package > > metadata (.pc) files don't exist. After getting the source and > > rebuilding them (libsndfile and fftw), the .pc files were now in place > > (/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig) and the gwc build successfully got past those > > points. > > Hmmm, that may have solved the problem right now but it is not good in > the long term. You just installed a second copy of, for example, > libsndfile, in a different place in your filesystem (/usr/local instead > of /usr as installed by the rpm). Yes. I thought that seemed odd. Thanks for verifying. ***What's the correct way to un-install them now?*** > > You should have installed the development packages: > apt-get install libsndfile-devel fftw3-devel > They are part of the Planet CCRMA repository. > > This may not be a problem now but it will/can when packages are upgraded > in Planet CCRMA and become out of sync with the development files you > have. Makes sense. > > > So, why do I not have the .pc metadata files in my FC3 even though the > > actual library files were there (in /usr/lib) all along? Is this what > > Fernando is talking about when > > > > Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > > > > > I did not follow the whole thread, but... most probably there is > > > nothing > > > "missing" as gnome is installed and all libraries are there > > > (probably). > > > You may not be aware that most packages that deal with libraries that > > > can be used for development are split into two packages, the "normal" > > > one has all the libraries that programs that were built with this > > > dependency need to run, and then another package usually named > > > "xxx-devel" that has the stuff you need to actually _build_ packages > > > that need that particular library. If you are missing something try to > > > install NAME_OF_MISSING_LIBRARY-devel (if you find the "base" package, > > > of course, otherwise you will need both). > > Yup... > OK. It's starting to make sense. > > This reminds me that when I installed FC3 from CCRMA, I choose NOT to > > install any of the "Development" packages like: > > "Development Tools" > > "X Software Development" > > "Gnome Software Development" > > etc > > > > Would installing these have prevented these dependency problems? > > It depends on what you want to compile. > > > I thought I'd try to go back and add them from the FC3 CDs but when I > > check them and say "go" I get a "Packages Not Found" error pop-up saying > > installation cannot continue because a bunch of packages could not be > > found like netpbm, xorg-x11-libs, glib2, pygtk2, gtk2. So now I can't > > even add packages from the original FC3 CDs I installed from. 8^( > > Using which program? The "Add/Remove Applications" in the Fedora menu? > Did you install from the original Fedora cdroms? That should work, I > guess. No. I just put in the original FC3 CD #1 I downloaded from CCRMA and originally installed on my machine and ran autorun to get the "Add or Remove Packages" window which, after picking "Forward" a couple of times and picking the "Gnome Software Development" package, for instance, produced the "Packages Not Found" error. > If you have the standard URL's in your apt sources.list configuration > file all those packages should be installable through apt-get. > > If you want to compile something and it complains about software being > missing, for example, glib2, then see if you have the development > package installed: > rpm -q glib2-devel > if not then try to install it: > apt-get install glib2-devel > > -- Fernando I'll take another look at it using your suggestions. Thanks again. Mike Mike Jewell One-Up Audio
