Re: problems using gtk 2

[Sven Neumann <sven gimp org>]

Hi,

"Guillem Palou" <guillempalou hotmail com> writes:

>    I hav downloaded the gtk 2.0.6 and i managed to install it without
> any problem. But after, when I run the gtk-config command, the
> computer can't find it, and I don't know why, so if you know what's
> the problem, tell it to me please. I'm running under a Suse 8.0.

it's because gtk+-2.0 doesn't have gtk-config. If the software you are
trying to compile looks for gtk-config it wants gtk+-1.2 which you can
install side-by-side with gtk+-2.0. For gtk+-2.0 the pkg-config utility
has taken over the role of gtk-config (man pkg-config).


Salut, Sven