new user help with ./configure

[chipmunkproof]

Hi i am a very new user on linux mint and i am trying to install and use pspshrink-1.1.1. In the installation I went into the directory and did ./configure and this showd up.

+Could not find gtkmm-2.4. Please update PKG_CONFIG_PATH to point at location of gtkmm pkgconfig files directory.

I am very new so step by step instructions would be very helpfull. Thanks.

[coopstah13]

put this code in terminal sudo apt-get install libgtkmm-2.4-dev

[jmadero]

we very rarely suggest new users doing anything that requires making something from source as most things that new users need are in the repos. The repositories are much much easier as they automatically instlal all dependencies and get everything put in one location (almost always /usr/bin). So if you are trying to install something from source I'd recommend to always google stuff like:

SOFTWARE NAME Ubuntu repo
SOFTWARE NAME Ubuntu
SOFTWARE NAME Ubuntu install

sometimes you might have to add a repository which takes about 10 seconds, otherwise it's as easy as:

sudo apt-get install SOFTWARE NAME

or, there are alternative programs that are in the repos and work as good or better.

[D-cat]

Unfortunately, PSPShrink itself is not available in the regular repositories, or any for that matter that I could find except as source on an Arch Linux repo. It's apparently not very popular at this time. All that can be done is to compile from source which means making sure all dependencies are met.

sudo apt-get install build-essential

for starters.