mandrake 9.0 and GTK2+ and fontconfig.pc

[wholewheat 0]

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.

[Dapper Dan 0]

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

[wholewheat 0]

i'm using mandrake 9.0

 

is there any hope?

[Dapper Dan 0]

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 0]

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 0]

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 0]

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 0]

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 0]

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