Re: gtk-config with GTK+-2.0

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw netspace net au>]

Glen Engels wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm a new linux user trying to configure/install a pre-written program.  
> I'm getting this error:
>
> checking for gtk-config... no
> checking for GTK - version >= 1.2.0... no
> *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found.
>
>  From this archived post:
>   http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-list/2002-August/msg00202.html
>
> It says that gtk-config is no longer used with GTK+-2.0 (which is what I 
> have installed).

You'll need to install gtk-1.2.

> Has someone written a gtk-config script that can be used with GTK+-2.0 
> for the sake of previously written programs, to be able to install 
> them?  Or should I assume that the GTK API has changed between 1.2 and 
> 2.0 such that a program expecting 1.2 would not work anyway, and just 
> give up even attempting to install it?

Correct. You can still install it if you have gtk-1.2 installed, which
has gtk-config.