gtk-config problem

[laissezfaire]

I need to install GRETL from source but when I run ./configure, I get an error message saying:

*** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found
*** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to gtk-config.

Any help is greatly appreciated

[askrieger]

Re: gtk-config problem

Just a formality: do you have build-esential installed?

Either gtk-config is a file that gets installed as part of some gnome package that you may not have, or gtk-config is part of the gretel tarball, Run something like "tar tvzf gretel.tgz", (substituting the real name of the tarball). That will give you a listing of what's in the gretel tarball and where it's supposed to go. If that doesn't work, run "sudo updatedb" and "locate gtk-config" which will search your entire system.

[laissezfaire]

Re: gtk-config problem

Thanks for your reply askrieger:

build-essential is installed. As you suggested, I also tried the "locate" command and aparently gtk-config does not exist in any of the directories including the gretl-1.5.1 folder extracted from the tar.bz2 file.

Does any body know how to obtain this file? Is there a specific package that needs to be installed to have "gtk-config"?

[askrieger]

Re: gtk-config problem

You might try asking over on the ubuntuforums where the gnomes hang out. Be warned threads over there tend to be VERY long (would you believe 40 pages) and filled with flames, trolls, and misinformation. That said, there are some very smart guys over there.

[Kronoz]

Re: gtk-config problem

do `apt-get build-dep gretl` to install everything needed to build it.
also you can do  `apt-get source gretl` to download the source code with ubuntu patches.
it's in universe if you just want to install it.

[laissezfaire]

Re: gtk-config problem

I was finally able to compile it. gtk-config became available after installing libgtk2.0devel package. Thanks very much for your help