Re: Problem ./configuring GTKMM - GLIBMM configured, built, and installed fine

[Denis Leroy <denis poolshark org>]

I think you're trying to compile a version of gtkmm that's too recent
for the version of glibmm that's installed.  Try either to downgrade
gtkmm or upgrade glibmm. You should either use both glibmm 2.6.x and
gtkmm 2.6.x, OR glibmm 2.4.x and gtkmm 2.4.x.

Also, note that here i'm talking about the *package* versions. Both
implement the same API version (2.4), which is why it's saying 'checking
for glibmm-2.4'...

Oh, and you should absolutely never under any circumstances mess with
the pkgconfig .pc files :-)

-denis

Jason Alan Smith wrote:
> Hello all, I hate to ask this here, but I've tried just about everything
> I know to try.  I did quickly check the archives but most of the posts
> were from prior years and even those did not seem to help me much.
> 
> Anyway, I've got a slackware 10.1 with Dropline GNOME (with current
> updates).  Anjuta failed to compile my test gtkmm project so with trying
> things here and there and still not figuring it out I tried to just
> install gtkmm from source.  I got glibmm to build and install without
> problem.
> 
> But trying to get gtkmm to ./configure I get this message:
> 
> checking for getc_unlocked... yes
> checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
> checking for glibmm-2.4 >= 2.6.0 atk >= 1.9.0... Requested 'glibmm-2.4
> 
>>= 2.6.0' but version of GLibmm is 2.4.7
> 
> configure: error: Library requirements (glibmm-2.4 >= 2.6.0 atk >=
> 1.9.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment
> variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can
> find them.
> 
> I mean I know what that's telling me but I'm not sure how to fix it.  I
> double checked and it looks like glibmm is configuring and installing as
> 2.4 not the 2.6 or whatever the latest stable version is.  I did read
> somewhere that that is normal as it's binary compatible, but then I'm
> not sure how to get gtk to configure with it.  I even tried going into
> the .pc file for glibmm and changing it from 2.4 to 2.6 but that just
> led to a lot of compile errors (it did configure but the make failed).
> 
> Any guidance would be appreciated.  If there is other information that
> would help you help me, please let me know and I'll get it to you all.