Re: [Ekiga-list] ANNOUNCE - Ekiga 3.2.5 [STABLE] available

[Jim Diamond <Jim Diamond acadiau ca>]

On Tue, Jul  7, 2009 at 23:18 (+0200), Eugen Dedu wrote:

> Jim Diamond wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul  7, 2009 at 21:31 (+0200), Eugen Dedu wrote:

>> Thanks for the quick response.

>>> Jim Diamond wrote:

>>>> I tried compiling this on Knoppix 6.0.1

>>>> In the end I could not convince Knoppix, apt-get and ekiga's configure
>>>> script to see eye-to-eye regarding dbus, and had to configure it with
>>>> 	--disable-dbus

>>> The main error is here.  What is the error with dbus enabled?

>> Here is the end of the output from configure:

>> ------------------
>> checking for XV... yes
>> checking for DBUS... configure: error: Package requirements (dbus-1 >= 0.36 dbus-glib-1 >= 0.36) were not met:

>> No package 'dbus-1' found
>> No package 'dbus-glib-1' found

>> Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
>> installed software in a non-standard prefix.

>> Alternatively, you may set the environment variables DBUS_CFLAGS
>> and DBUS_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
>> See the pkg-config man page for more details.
>> ------------------

>> OK, I'll just try installing dubs-1:

>> ------------------
>> sudo apt-get install dbus-1
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree       Reading state information... Done
>> Package dbus-1 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
>> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
>> is only available from another source
>> However the following packages replace it:
>> dbus
>> E: Package dbus-1 has no installation candidate
>> ------------------

> According to http://slackfind.net/en/packages/search/?name=dbus, on  
> slackware the package is named simply dbus.

The missing dbus (and devices) are on Knoppix 6.0.1.
Compiling it on Slackware was trivial.

Slackware doesn't show up on the problem parade until #2 :-)

> I'll check why ekiga configure shows dbus-1, not dbus...


				Jim