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G7BLOCK

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Registered: 2009-09-26

Posts: 12

installing linuxwacom drivers from the AUR [SOLVED]

Hi,
I am trying to get my wacom tablet to work on archlinux. I tried installing the linuxwacom drivers from the AUR, but I am unable to.

here is the relevant section of the build log:

...
checking for pkg-config... no
checking for HAL... checking for arch type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for kernel type... Linux
checking for linux-based kernel... yes
checking for kernel source/headers... /lib/modules/2.6.30-ARCH/build
checking kernel version... 2.6.30-ARCH
checking for kernel module support... yes
checking for Xlib... checking for X lib directory... found, /usr/lib
checking for XSERVER... checking for valid Xorg SDK... "xf86Version.h missing"
Tried /usr/include, /usr/include/xorg, and /usr/xc/include
checking for lib xf86config... checking for XORG... configure: error: The pkg-config script could not be found or is too old.  Make sure it
is in your PATH or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable to the full
path to pkg-config.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables XORG_CFLAGS
and XORG_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

To get pkg-config, see <http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/>.
See `config.log' for more details.
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
==> ERROR: Build Failed.
    Aborting...
Error: Makepkg was unable to build linuxwacom-dev package.

I am using a fresh install of archlinux (i686). Thanks in advance for any help with this issue.

Last edited by G7BLOCK (2009-09-27 06:39:51)

skottish

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Re: installing linuxwacom drivers from the AUR [SOLVED]

Welcome to the forums.

It's complaining about pkgconfig being either missing or too old. Do you have the group base-devel installed? If not, you'll need it if you're going to be building packages:

pacman -S base-devel

G7BLOCK

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Registered: 2009-09-26

Posts: 12

Re: installing linuxwacom drivers from the AUR [SOLVED]

That was exactly the problem. It was my first time making a package. Thanks a lot, both for the solution and the welcome.