can't find gnome-config

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Andrew Sackville-West <andrew at farwestbilliards.com>:

> I think I have that, although there doesn't sem to be specifically a 
> "gnome-libs-dev*" package that I can find. I do have gnome-devel, 
> gnome-core-dev, libgnome2-dev and many many more.

libgnome2-dev isn't useful.  Gnucash is a gnome-1.4 app

> also I assume configure is looking for "gnome-config.h" which I now have 
> installed in multiple locations... can't get it to find it... does that 
> make sense?

gnome-config is a program.  gnome-config.h has nothing to do with it.

I have no idea where debian places it.  Have you tried:

  apt-get build-dep gnucash

To install the build dependencies?

> thanks

-derek

> A
> 
> Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> >gnome-config is part of the gnome-libs (1.4) development package.
> >
> >-derek
> >
> >Quoting Andrew Sackville-West <andrew at farwestbilliards.com>:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>my saga compiling 1.8.11 on debian continues.
> >>
> >>./configure returns a "configure: error: Could not find gnome-config"
> >>
> >>this is frustrating as I've installed every package I can find that 
> >>seems to have gno* in the name.
> >>
> >>locate gnome-config returns
> >>/usr/include/libgnome-2.0/libgnome/gnome-config.h
> >>
> >>I put a copy of that in /usr/include as that solved my ltdl.h problem
> >>
> >>doesn't work. help. what am I missing?
> >>
> >>A
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