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EAD

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Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Gaim 2 fro AUR problem

Hii , when I am trying to use the PKG that is in the AUR, I get this message

checking for FORTIFY_SOURCE support... no
checking for pkg-config... no
checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0... no
*** A new enough version of pkg-config was not found.
*** See http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/
configure: error:
*** GLib 2.0 is required to build Gaim; please make sure you have the GLib
*** development headers installed. The latest version of GLib is
*** always available at http://www.gtk.org/.
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
==> ERROR: Build Failed.  Aborting...

What can I do to fix it up please?

syd

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From: Auckland, NZ

Registered: 2006-01-22

Posts: 155

Re: Gaim 2 fro AUR problem

Grab the gaim package from shadowhands repo or do what the error message says.

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Gaim 2 fro AUR problem

To fix the error, install pkgconfig

EAD

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Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: Gaim 2 fro AUR problem

To fix the error, install pkgconfig

What is pkgconfig?
:?:

syd

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From: Auckland, NZ

Registered: 2006-01-22

Posts: 155

Re: Gaim 2 fro AUR problem

http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/wiki/ :
pkg-config is a helper tool used when compiling applications and libraries. It helps you insert the correct compiler options on the command line so an application can use  gcc -o test test.c `pkg-config --libs --cflags glib-2.0`  for instance, rather than hard-coding values on where to find glib (or other libraries). It is language-agnostic, so it can be used for defining the location of documentation tools, for instance.

sebcactus

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From: Germany

Registered: 2005-01-27

Posts: 277

Re: Gaim 2 fro AUR problem

In this case, shouldn't pkgconfig be in the makedepends() ?

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Gaim 2 fro AUR problem

In this case, shouldn't pkgconfig be in the makedepends() ?

Yes.

johnisevil

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From: Hamilton, ON Canada

Registered: 2003-08-07

Posts: 221

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Re: Gaim 2 fro AUR problem

I tried building Gaim from the AUR PKGBUILD and it works fine, but when looking over the filelist file, what's with the Gaim.3, Gaim.pm and the auto directory being in the / directory?