Re: [mdb-dev] configure fails due to glib test, even when "disabled"

[Dane S. <bl...@ha...>]

Hi Jeff,
  Thanks for the clarification. That's helpful, now I know to persist  
in getting mdbtools to find glib.

I installed, compiled, and built using:

wget ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/glib/2.12/glib-2.12.0.tar.gz
tar xzvf glib-2.12.0
cd glib-2.12.0
./configure --prefix=/home/dspringmeyer/usr/local
make
make install

The prefix is key because I don't have root access. But the glib  
build worked fine I thought. I have within my home/dspringmeyer/  
directory:

usr/local/lib/glib-2.0/include/glibconfig.h
usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/glib-2.0.pc
usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/glib-2.0.pc
usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.la
usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so
usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
usr/local/lib/libglib-2.0.so.o.1200.0


So where would be the right place to point --with-glib ???

With no success I've tried:
--with-glib=/home/dspringmeyer/usr/local/lib
--with-glib=/home/dspringmeyer/usr/local/glib-2.0
--with-glib=/home/dspringmeyer/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/

I am also getting these lines right before the error:

checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0... no
*** Could not run GLIB test program, check

Do I need to set the pkg-config directory seen above to this?: /home/ 
dspringmeyer/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/

And if so, how would I do that within the ./configure command?


Thanks,

Dane


On Dec 2, 2007, at 1:53 PM, Jeff Smith wrote:

> First, despite what may be inferred from the configure script, glib  
> is required.
> Second, glib is used for data structures and other foundational  
> functions, but
> has nothing to do with graphics (except that the gtk+ toolkit does  
> use it as a
> foundation).
>
> Did you install glib using Debian packages (via dpkg or apt-get) or by
> compiling/installing?  If you used the Debian packages, did you get  
> the -dev
> package (i.e. libglib2.0-dev)?  In either case, did a glib-2.0.pc  
> file get
> installed?  If glib was installed from Debian packages, it should  
> be located
> in /usr/lib/pkgconfig .
>
>  -- Jeff Smith
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Dane Springmeyer <bl...@ha...>
> To: mdb...@li...
> Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2007 5:40:03 PM
> Subject: [mdb-dev] configure fails due to glib test, even when  
> "disabled"
>
> Hopefully someone can help here:
>
> I am tring to build mdbtools from cvs (I've also tried the prerelease
> using the same methods) and I keep on getting an error in the
> configure step.
>
> It is:
>
> __________
>
> checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0... no
> *** Could not run GLIB 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 GLIB is incorrectly
> installed.
>
> glib 2.0 is required by MDB Tools.
> It can be downloaded at www.gtk.org
> __________
>
> I am installing on Debian Linux on a remote server and I don't even
> need glib or any of the graphical tools. I just need to compile
> mdbtools with odbc support for use with the gdal PGEO driver, to
> convert ms access/ESRI geodatabases to csv output.
>
> I have tried both installing glib-2.12.0 and pointing mdbtools to the
> glib.h file in my directory : /home/dspringmeyer/usr/local/glib-2.0
> and I have tried disabling glib as ./configure --help explains.
>
> Neither of these options help and I am still prevented from a
> successful configure step.
>
> Anyone have any ideas how to hack the source files to *truly* diable
> the glib check?  Or any other ideas on a way to help?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dane
>
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