[Metaphor]

I'm trying to install a math visualization program that comes as surf-1.0.5.tar.gz on my fedora 6. When I run ./configure, I get among lots of things:

checking for GTK - version >= 1.2.0... no
*** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found
*** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to gtk-config.

but I have gtk version 2+. gtk+-2.0.pc is in /usr/lib/pkgconfig. I just don't know how to get configure to find it, i.e., I have no idea how to set a path to it.

Another thing I get when I run ./configure is:

checking for tiffio.h... no
checking tiff34/tiffio.h usability... no
checking tiff34/tiffio.h presence... no
checking for tiff34/tiffio.h... no

which I presume means I don't have something that'll generate tiffs for me.

I'd really appreciate if anyone could give me a little help with this. As I'm just getting my feet wet with linux, please provide more info/detail than you would normally. Thanks.

[cyberinstru]

Hi Metaphor,
I think the default prefix is /usr/local. So it searches for GTk in /usr/local/ path. you can either change your PREFIX to /usr while configuring the package.
./configure --prefix=/usr

Ur system lacks tiff library support. You have to install that before installing this package.

Have fun

[Metaphor]

Hi Cyberinstru,

Thanks for responding to my problem.

I tried ./configure --prefix=/usr, but I get the same message as before. It still doesn't find gtk. I tried putting the directory, which I think is /usr/lib/pkgconfig, in /etc/ld.so.conf, but no dice.

A look at installing tiff libraries such as in this forum makes me think that I'm being set up. What I don't get is that GIMP runs on my machine and I can save as tiff, so doesn't that mean I've got tiff libraries somewhere?

Looks like I'll have to put this project on the back burner again.

[daark.child]

You need to install the devel package for gtk 1.x (sometimes its simply called gtk). gtk 1.x is different from gtk 2.x so trying to use gtk 2.x won't resolve the problem.

[tpl]

> gtk+-2.0.pc is in /usr/lib/pkgconfig
> ...how to get configure to find it[?]
> I have no idea how to set a path to it.

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/pkgconfig

or put in yr .profile or .bashrc and execute same
(. .profile). Assuming bash

> set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
> full path to gtk-config

export GTK_CONFIG=/usr/lib/pkgconfig

googling on "tiff34" gives plenty hits