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  gtk-config problem Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-06-27 17:10 +0200
    Re: gtk-config problem Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-06-27 17:30 +0200
    Re: gtk-config problem Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-06-27 18:00 +0200
    Re: gtk-config problem Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2019-06-27 18:10 +0200
    Re: gtk-config problem Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-06-28 17:20 +0200

#210435 — gtk-config problem

hi,
trying to compile xdialog, I get the following error when running ./configure:

   *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found
   *** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
   *** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
   *** full path to gtk-config.
   configure: error: Cannot find GTK: Is gtk-config in path?

with ./configure --disable-gtktest, I get same error.

adding --without-gtk2 gives (like --with-gtk2)
    Compiling for GTK2
    checking for pkg-config... no
    checking for GTK+ - version >= 2.2.0... no
    *** A new enough version of pkg-config was not found.
    *** See http://pkgconfig.sourceforge.net
    configure: error: Cannot find GTK2.

how to inform the program of the difference between "with" and "without" ?


best regards,
-- 
Pierre Frenkiel

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#210436

On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 05:08:20PM +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote:
> hi,
> trying to compile xdialog, I get the following error when running ./configure:
> 
>   *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found
>   *** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
>   *** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
>   *** full path to gtk-config.
>   configure: error: Cannot find GTK: Is gtk-config in path?

gtk-config is from libgtk1.x which is quite old, and no longer found in
any current Debian releases (not even squeeze or wheezy).  Near as I can
tell from my limited searching, the last Debian release to have this
package was Debian 5.x (lenny).

Building this program might be challenging.  Perhaps you can find a
replacement.  Based on its name, I would guess it's a sibling to
things like zenity.

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#210438

	Hi.

On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 05:08:20PM +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote:
> hi,
> trying to compile xdialog, I get the following error when running ./configure:
> 
>   *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found
>   *** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
>   *** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
>   *** full path to gtk-config.
>   configure: error: Cannot find GTK: Is gtk-config in path?
> 
> with ./configure --disable-gtktest, I get same error.

If everything else fails - try reading the documentation - [1]:

What are the system requirements IOT execute Xdialog ?
They are very minimal (no exotic/silly library needed): X11 and GTK+
(v1.2.0 or upper, v1.2.8 and upper preferred) is all what Xdialog needs
to run.


So unless you provide GTK+1 headers to the thing - it won't compile.

[1] http://xdialog.free.fr/doc/intro.html

Reco

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#210440

On 2019-06-27 17:08 +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote:

> hi,
> trying to compile xdialog, I get the following error when running ./configure:
>
>   *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found
>   *** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
>   *** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
>   *** full path to gtk-config.
>   configure: error: Cannot find GTK: Is gtk-config in path?
>
> with ./configure --disable-gtktest, I get same error.
>
> adding --without-gtk2 gives (like --with-gtk2)
>    Compiling for GTK2
>    checking for pkg-config... no
>    checking for GTK+ - version >= 2.2.0... no
>    *** A new enough version of pkg-config was not found.
>    *** See http://pkgconfig.sourceforge.net
>    configure: error: Cannot find GTK2.
>
> how to inform the program of the difference between "with" and "without" ?

I don't know the answer to that, but you will definitely have to
configure xdialog "--with-gtk2" because the only alternative (gtk1) is
long dead.  Be sure to install libgtk2.0-dev for that.

FWIW, xdialog can be found on snapshot.debian.org[1], and the latest
version (2.3.1.dfsg.1-1) from 2007 still builds fine.  I have no idea if
it still works, though.

Cheers,
       Sven


1. https://snapshot.debian.org/package/xdialog/

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#210465

On Thu, 27 Jun 2019, Pierre Frenkiel wrote:

> hi,
> trying to compile xdialog, I get the following error when running ./configure:
>
>  *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found
>  *** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
>  *** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
>  *** full path to gtk-config.
>  configure: error: Cannot find GTK: Is gtk-config in path?

several users replied about gtk-config, but actually, my problem
was "compiling xdialog" (I should have put this as subject)

The solution proposed by Sven (snapshot.debian.org) works perfectly.
thanks, Sven

best regards,
-- 
Pierre Frenkiel

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