Re: cairo 1.2.6

["Jonathon Jongsma" <jonathon jongsma gmail com>]

On 3/15/07, Jamiil Abduqadir <jalqadir gmail com> wrote:
> OS:      LINUX - DEBIAN - SARGE
>  lib:     CAIRO 1.2.6
>
> I am trying to install gtkmm-2.10.x from source, for that I need to install
> cairo 1.2.6, as it is a prerequiset. However after typing './configure' I
> get this error message:
>  checking for cairo's PNG backend...
>  ./configure: line 24784: --exists: command not found
>  ./configure: line 24784: --exists: command not found
>  ./configure: line 24784: --exists: command not found
>  configure: WARNING: Could not find libpng in the pkg-config search path
>  checking whether cairo's PNG backend could be enabled... no
>  configure: error: requested PNG backend could not be enabled
>
>  I have installed ZLIB 1.2.3, PNG 1.2.16, but I am still getting the same
> message, what else do I need to do?
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Did you install the -dev packages of libpng, etc?

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jonner