Missing pkgconfig

[Derek Atkins]

If you're "only a[sic] end user", why not just install the gnucash
binary?  All you need to do is run:

  apt-get install gnucash

If you have Backports turned on you'll even get 2.2.1!

-derek

Quoting Karl Grant <karlgrant06 at gmail.com>:

> I'm using Kubuntu 7.04 Kernel  2.16. It is likely that I don't have a
> development system, I'm only a end user and a newbie at that. I've
> reinstalled pkg-config and that seems to have worked. A couple of other
> dependencies errors (old versions) but I'm sure I can plough through those.
>
> Thanks for your help
> Karl
> On 12/10/2007, Josh Sled <jsled at asynchronous.org> wrote:
>>
>> "Karl Grant" <karlgrant06 at gmail.com> writes:
>> > I'm trying to install v2.2.1 but the configure gets stuck at "Can't find
>> > pkgconfig", I've tried adding /usr/lib/pkgconfig to my PATH but no luck
>> > there,
>> > I've attached the output of the configure script if it's of any help.
>>
>> What distro are you using?  It will likely be easier to find a pre-made
>> package, especially since...
>>
>> ... it reads like you're missing the pkgconfig binary, which means you're
>> missing the pkgconfig package, which likely means you don't even have a
>> basic
>> modern development environment setup.
>>
>> --
>> ...jsled
>> http://asynchronous.org/ - a=jsled; b=asynchronous.org; echo ${a}@${b}
>>
>>
>
>
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> Karl
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