Re: gtk 2.4 compilation wants pango 1.2?

[Dave Reed <dreed capital edu>]

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> Date: 26 Mar 2004 16:24:20 +0100
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> Hi,
> 
> Dave Reed <dreed capital edu> writes:
> 
> > 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