mandrake 9.0 and GTK2+ and fontconfig.pc

This is a discussion about mandrake 9.0 and GTK2+ and fontconfig.pc in the Everything Linux category; ok. . i just wanted to upgrade my version of gaim because msn doesn't work on there anymore. i tried to install but ended up finding out that gtk2 was needed. so i find this webpage and follow instructions.

Everything Linux 1800 This topic was started by wholewheat, 2004-01-23 09:36. Last reply by wholewheat, 2004-01-24 19:42

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wholewheat

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#121471

2004-01-23 10:36

ok.. i just wanted to upgrade my version of gaim because msn doesn't work on there anymore.

i tried to install but ended up finding out that gtk2 was needed.

so i find this webpage and follow instructions..

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.2/gtk/gtk-building.html

it says to install in the following order:
-pkg-config
-glib
-pango
-atk
-gtk

and i get as far as installing pkg-config and glib.
i can't install pango cuz it can't find the file "fontconfig.pc"

any help would be much appreciated.

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Dapper Dan

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#121472

2004-01-23 15:31

Sounds like dependency hell to me. Which distro are you using?

wholewheat

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#121473

2004-01-23 18:48

i'm using mandrake 9.0

is there any hope?

Dapper Dan

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#121474

2004-01-23 19:16

GOOD! Mdk 9.0 swings successfully..

Presuming you have the cd's, open up a terminal and as root go..

urpmi update [enter]

then:

urpmi gaim [enter]

wholewheat

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#121475

2004-01-23 19:34

really? and that'll update gaim to the latest version? no gtk2 mess to deal with anymore?

sweeeeeet..

thanks!

i'll have to try that when i get home (at work rite now)

Dapper Dan

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#121476

2004-01-23 20:20

It'll update to the latest gaim available to 9.0. Whether or not there are upgrades you can get with 9.1 or 9.2, I don't know..

wholewheat

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#121477

2004-01-24 05:28

awww it didn't work

it says "everything already installed"

i guess i have to somehow build gtk2+

thanks for the help anyway

Dapper Dan

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#121478

2004-01-24 05:34

An easier way might be to go on to MDK 9.2, if it is that important to you. From my experience, there were very few apps or programs I would have traded if, in order to get them, I would have had to leave the stability of 9.0 for the problems I experienced with 9.2..

wholewheat

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#121479

2004-01-24 19:42

stable is good. thanx for the tip

well.. i decided to just download amsn.. and it works so i guess i don't need gaim THAT bad