installing software [SOLVED]

[ioffer]

excuse my newbieness in advance.

 

Yesterday I installed mandrake 10.1 and am now trying to install xmms to no avail.

I'd like to know if my error is with xmms or if it's a compiler problem.

 

I was getting some compiler errors and needed to install gcc and gcc-c++ packages (and their dependencies -- used urpmi)

 

NOW I'm getting this:

checking for glib-config... no

checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.2... no

*** The glib-config script installed by GLIB could not be found

*** If GLIB was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in

*** your path, or set the GLIB_CONFIG environment variable to the

*** full path to glib-config.

configure: error: *** GLIB >= 1.2.2 not installed - please install first ***

 

 

i do not have a file on my computer called glib_config (using find) and "urpmi glib" says 'already installed' --- do i have to install an older package to get xmms to install? Am I going to have this problem with other installations? Will installing an older version of glib do funky stuff to my computer?

 

Thank you.

[daniewicz]

Did you search for glib-config (as the error message says) or glib_config (as you wrote)?

 

I have a glib-congfig in /usr/bin/

 

Why are compiling xmms? Is it not on the 3 installation CD's? Xmms is on the 10.0 CD's.

[bvc]

yeah, just do, as root;

urpmi xmms

or better, use the software management>install to get it and all the goodies that can be added.

 

if you really want to compile do;

urpmf glib-config

and install the glib pkg it list with;

urpmi <name>

or use the software management>install to install it

Edited February 16, 2005 by bvc

[ioffer]

Thanks for the suggestions!

problem solved. got 'er installed and am listening to the 'ol col lection now.

java script:emoticon('')

 

thanks again,

jeremy

 

 

 

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