Re: ATK installation problems

[riboaz xs4all nl]

i know, it's tragic, but somehow, actual implementation and deployment of
gtk+, its dependencies, and, most importantly, the developed applications
don't seem to be a real priority for the gtk+ developers (maybe someone
should take this on as their own sub-exercise, is the message i got back
when writing something a little more polite on this subject).

i've tried to convince them too: unless it's easy to use, you're shooting
yourself in the foot, no matter how brilliant it is.  (fact of life:
brilliant people ignore everybody else...)

but, we all live in our little towers, bill gates, open source volunteers,
george bush, whoever, and as humans never want do what it takes to finish
the job properly.

is anybody listening?  (i asked about solaris 9 possibilities of gtk+ and
got not a single response.)

does anybody care?  (not ever do we see gtk+ developers themselves
commenting on this sorry state of affairs.)

can't we all just get along?  (at some point, complete breakdown and chaos
ensues, can anyone say new orleans?)

what a waste of incredible energy i see this cause, 90%+ of all messages
on this list relate to installation problems: if one student fails, it's
the student's fault; if they all fail, it's the teacher's fault.

i'm frustrated by it all too, sorry it seems to be so common, hmm, a lot
like a cold, no cure.

richard

>
> Im trying to install GTK and getting stuck at the
> ./configure of atk. Here's what Im getting as error:
>
> ==================================================
> checking for GLIB - version >= 2.5.7...
> *** 'pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0' returned 2.8.1,
> but GLIB (2.0.6)
> *** was found! If pkg-config was correct, then it is
> best
> *** to remove the old version of GLib. You may also be
> able to fix the error
> *** by modifying your LD_LIBRARY_PATH enviroment
> variable, or by editing
> *** /etc/ld.so.conf. Make sure you have run ldconfig
> if that is
> *** required on your system.
> *** If pkg-config was wrong, set the environment
> variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH
> *** to point to the correct configuration files
> no
> checking for pkg-config... (cached)
> /usr/local/bin/pkg-config
> checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0...
> *** 'pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0' returned 2.8.1,
> but GLIB (2.0.6)
> *** was found! If pkg-config was correct, then it is
> best
> *** to remove the old version of GLib. You may also be
> able to fix the error
> *** by modifying your LD_LIBRARY_PATH enviroment
> variable, or by editing
> *** /etc/ld.so.conf. Make sure you have run ldconfig
> if that is
> *** required on your system.
> *** If pkg-config was wrong, set the environment
> variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH
> *** to point to the correct configuration files
> no
> configure: error:
> *** GLIB 2.0.0 or better is required. The latest
> version of
> *** GLIB is always available from ftp://ftp.gtk.org/.
> If GLIB is installed
> *** but not in the same location as pkg-config add the
> location of the file
> *** glib-2.0.pc to the environment variable
> PKG_CONFIG_PATH.
>
> ==================================================
>
> I searched the web and I find that tens and hundereds
> (maybe even millions) of people are getting the same
> goddammed errors and there's no advise out there as to
> whats to be/can be done!?! No one seems to know
> anything more than what's suggested by the 'configure'
> script !!
>
> I just we thru the entire drill of installing all the
> dependency packages viz., pkgconfig, glib, fonttype,
> fontconfig, pango, and I try 'atk' and the damn thing
> does not recognise that Ive upgraded my glib just
> minutes earlier. Ive tried (like the hundreds and
> thousands of others) all the usual set of tricks but
> in vain! Im writing to wake-up the so-called 'GLIB,
> GTK' developers to take note that their shabby work is
> making millions of people waste their valuable time!?!
> I dont want to give any credit to this doggone shit
> that Im getting this stuff for FREE, my foot!?! I know
> that they are not going to respond anyways since many
> hundreds have called out to them in vain before me!
> JUST DONT THROW SHIT AT PEOPLE! #$^
>
>
>
>
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