Re: gtk 2.4 compilation wants pango 1.2?

[Steffen Gutmann <gutmann ieee org>]

Dave Reed wrote:

> > > On a Solaris 9 system, I installed:
> > > glib-2.4.0
> > > pango-1.4.0
> > > atk-1.6.0
> > >
> > > but when configuring gtk+-2.4.0 I get:
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > checking for freetype-config... /usr/local/bin/freetype-config
> > > checking For sufficiently new FreeType (at least 2.0.1)... yes
> > > sh: gnome-config: not found
> > > configure: error: Pango 1.2.0 and Xft backend is required for x11 target
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > I had previously installed gtk+-2.2.2 and it's corresponding glib,
> > > pango, and atk. What do I need to do to get gtk 2.4 to install?
> > >      
> > You need pango >= 1.2.0 (so 1.4.0 is OK) _with_ the Xft backend. Use
> > 'pkg-config --modversion pangoxft' to find out what version is
> > installed (or rather what version is in your PKG_CONFIG_PATH).
> >    
>
>
> Yes, getting pangoxft to work on Solaris seems to be the problem. I
> downloaded the various packages Dave Smith suggested - but couldn't get
> render/xrender, etc. to compile on Solaris. Right now I've got too
> many other things to do, but I'll probably try again this summer and
> post a solution if I find one.
>
> Dave

I had similar problems on a Linux RedHat 7.1 system.  I also tried to 
install fontconfig, freetype, xrender, etc. but only ran into problems 
when compiling or linking them.  To me, it seemed that the version of my 
X11R6 installation was just too old.  So, I downloaded the latest 
XFree86 binary release from www.xfree86.org, which includes all the 
necesseary packages.  After installing that, I could successfully 
compile pango 1.4.0 and gtk 2.4.0 and am a happy gtk-2.4.0 user now.  
So, upgrading the X11R6 tree on your system might help, too.  Just 
remember to do a backup first...  On my system I had to restore the 
XF86Config and  xinitrc files for getting back my gnome desktop.

Regards,

   Steffen