Re: cannot compile wxGTK2.8.7 due to makefile not available

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>]

On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 17:05 -0800, fred muttiah wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am totally new to gtk programming environment.
> Currently I am in the process of compiling wxGTK-2.8.7 on Ubuntu 7.10. I am
> following the Install directions but cannot do a "make" since the makefile
> is not present. However, Makefile.in is available.

the usual process is:

  ./configure && make && make install

but:

  1. gtk+ 2.8.7 is a very old release of gtk+; the new stable release
     gtk+ 2.12.3
  2. you should install gtk+ inside a different prefix to avoid
     collisions with the installed packages
  3. ubuntu already has the development packages for gtk+: just install
     libgtk2.0-dev

ciao,
 Emmanuele.

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