Re: [gtk-list] Missing files in GTK+1.2.3 rpm package?

[Chris Phelps <chicane reninet com>]

Liguo Song wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> I am new to GTK+.
>
> I just installed GTK+-1.2.3 RPM and glibc rpm package on my Red Hat 6.0, and met the following
> problem.
>
> When I tried to complile a small program in the GTK Tutorial, gcc Hello.c -o Hello 'gtk-config
> --cflags --libs',
>
> I got the following error message:
> *******************error message**************************
> gcc: gtk-config --cflags --libs: No such file or directory
> In file included from /usr/include/gdk/gdktypes.h:33,
>                  from /usr/include/gdk/gdk.h:31,
>                  from /usr/include/gtk/gtk.h:31,
>                  from Hello.c:1:
> /usr/include/glib.h:66: glibconfig.h: No such file or directory
> ********************error message*************************
>
> After locating gtk-config, which is in /usr/bin/, I tried "gcc Hello.c -o Hello '/usr/bin/gtk-config
> --cflags --libs'", still got the same error message.
>
> I checked the FAQ, a file gtk-config.txt is mentioned to have more information, but I couldn't find
> it on my installation. I even checked the rpm package, there is no such file.
>
> What's wrong with this? Where can I find that gtk-config.txt to guide to set up GTK+?
>

I ran into the same problem with my first program :)
All you have to do it replace the apostrophe (') with a back tick (`).

Later,
Chicane