[ale] pkg-config --define-variable error

[Marc Ferguson]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 4:57 AM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 8:49 PM, JK <jknapka at kneuro.net> wrote:
>
>> And before I get all jumped on by the clueful masses,
>> this might work better:
>>
>>  export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
>>   pkg-config --libs taglib-sharp
>>
>> (There may be existing stuff in PKG_CONFIG_PATH that's
>> important.)
>>
>> -- JK
>>
>> JK wrote:
>> > OK.  You can try this (it worked for me):
>> >
>> > export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
>> > pkg-config --libs taglib-sharp
>> >
>> > If that works, then ./configure should work (in the same
>> > shell; ./configure needs PKG_CONFIG_PATH to be set).
>> >
>> > Basically, PKG_CONFIG_PATH needs to be set to the directory
>> > containing taglib-sharp.pc.
>> >
>> > -- JK
>> >
>> > Marc Ferguson wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 7:15 PM, JK <jknapka at kneuro.net
>> >> <mailto:jknapka at kneuro.net>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>     Marc Ferguson wrote:
>> >>
>> >>      >
>> >>
>> --define-variable=taglib-sharp=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/taglib-sharp.pc
>> >>      >      > Must specify package names on the command line
>> >>      >
>> >>      >     Just a guess, but it doesn't look like there are any package
>> >>     names
>> >>      >     on that command line?
>> >>      >
>> >>      > I'm a linux noob.  What do you mean by that?  I looked at the
>> man
>> >>     pages
>> >>      > for pkg-config and I thought I ran the command correctly, but It
>> >>     seems
>> >>      > I'm not.
>> >>
>> >>     I'm just saying that the error seems to indicate that you're
>> supposed
>> >>     to name a package on the command line, and that doesn't seem to
>> have
>> >>     been done.  I've never used pkg-config myself. Well, until just
>> now.
>> >>
>> >>      $ pkg-config --libs libc
>> >>      Package libc was not found in the pkg-config search path.
>> >>
>> >>     Not very helpful.  Apparently some meta-data has to be generated
>> >>     before pkg-config can do its thing, and that hasn't been done on
>> >>     my system.
>> >>
>> >>     What exactly are you trying to accomplish?
>> >>
>> >>     -- JK
>> >>
>> >>     --
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>> >>
>> >> I'm trying to install Banshee 1.0 via source and during ./configure it
>> >> tells me that taglib-sharp is not there.  So; I download and installed
>> >> it via source - no problem.  I ran ./configure for banshee again and it
>> >> says the same thing.
>> >>
>> >> ----
>> >> checking for NUNIT... no
>> >> configure: WARNING: Could not find nunit: tests will not be available.
>> >> checking for TAGLIB_SHARP... configure: error: Package requirements
>> >> (taglib-sharp >= 2.0.0) were not met:
>> >>
>> >> No package 'taglib-sharp' found
>> >>
>> >> Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
>> >> installed software in a non-standard prefix.
>> >>
>> >> Alternatively, you may set the environment variables
>> TAGLIB_SHARP_CFLAGS
>> >> and TAGLIB_SHARP_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
>> >> See the pkg-config man page for more details.
>> >> -----
>> >>
>> >> So; it looks like I need to do something with PKG_CONFIG_PATH or
>> >> pkg-config in order for the system to recognize that taglib-sharp is
>> >> installed.  Currently it looks like it installed it in my
>> /usr/local/lib
>> >> and the system is setup to look in /usr/lib.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Marc F.
>> >>
>> >> "..Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to
>> >> come.." -Rev1:4
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>
> Thanks for the help.  That command did help, I only wish I knew what it
> means.  I think I'm in a bit of a bind though.  I think I'm in the situation
> I've heard so much about, which is called "RPM Hell" or "Dependency Hell".
>
> I did ./configure again and now it's asking for gtk-sharp2 and
> glade-sharp2.  I'm running Fedora 8 btw.  After I get through one hurdle
> there goes another!?  Is there any way of finding out how repos work?  I'm
> quite clueless as to how to know when my repo (Fedora) will add newer
> packages?  Thanks.  This building from source is becoming a serious pain in
> the neck.
>
>
> --
> Marc F.
>
> "..Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come.."
> -Rev1:4
>


I did some poking around and found banshee-1.0.0-1.fc9 from
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=1368.  I followed
the page and downloaded banshee-1.0.0-1.fc9.x86_64.rpm, because I'm running
a x86_64 system.  I ran into the same problem.  It's stating that
taglib-sharp is missing.

I even # make uninstall, then moved the src file to /usr/src and installed
it from there.  I am totally worn out by this - what am I doing wrong?
Thanks.
-- 
Marc F.

"..Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come.."
-Rev1:4
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