Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Compilation error (was: Andy or Mitch, please read the Help forum)

[Karl H. K. <kh...@kh...>]

On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 07:58:25PM -0700, S. Miller wrote:
> Michael Natterer wrote:
> >=20
> > I have restricted the test to Gimp 1.1.16 or better so the current
> > cvs version should build for everybody.
> >=20
> > Robert, I will add the code which requires Gimp 1.1.21 tonight (just
> > in case you plan to make a release to day).
> >=20
> > bye,
> > --Mitch
> >=20
> I've been having problems getting the repository to compile for about a
> week or so.  I finally got gimp 1.1.21 downloaded and compiled (a story
> all by itself), but have still been unsuccessful.  I get the following
> error:
> checking for GIMP - version >=3D 1.0.0... no
> *** Could not run GIMP test program, checking why...
> *** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log
> for the
> *** exact error that occured. This usually means GIMP was incorrectly
> installed
> *** or that you have moved GIMP since it was installed. In the latter
> case, you
> *** may want to edit the gimptool script: /usr/local/bin/gimptool
> configure: error: Cannot find GIMP libs: Please run ldconfig
> make: *** [config.status] Error 1
> print>=20

The file config.log should tell you exactly what went wrong. Can you=20
check the last few lines in this file. This contains most likely a short
C program plus a command to compile it. When you copy/paste the program
to a test.c file and manually compile this file you should see the
problems configure has with your own eyes (andnot just through the=20
configure filter).

Karl Heinz

--=20
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