Re: error finding gtkmm-config...?

[pw <p willis telus net>]

Paul Davis wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 10:41 -0700, pw wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am compiling some software against the latest
> > and greatest gtkmm. I built gtkmm-2.8.1 from source.
> >
> > gtkmm builds fine but does not produce gtkmm-config.
> > The gtkmm-config script is used by the other software that
> > I want to compile.
>
>
> sounds like you have old (gtk--) code. modern gtkmm doesn't create
> gtkmm-config like gtk-- did, it uses the more generic pkg-config system.
> see "man pkg-config" for more details.
>
> but meanwhile, gtkmm is not even remotely source-level compatible with
> gtk-- apps, so its rather unlikely that an app whose build system looks
> for gtkmm-config will be compilable against 2.8.1.
>
> --p

Hello,

Thanks for the info.
I manually edited the ./configure file for the application that
I was trying to compile. I am now at the compile stage. There are
a few errors regarding the locations of header files but nothing
that should be too problematic.

Pete