[Visualpython-users] VPython compiling Problem!

[<eli...@t-...>]

HI you guys,

if have some trouble getting Vpython installed on my Suse 8.2 Pro laptop with 
python 2.3

the following failure appears during "./configure"

ejb@linux:~> su
Password:
linux:/home/ejb # cd /usr/local/src
linux:/usr/local/src # cd v*
linux:/usr/local/src/visual-2.1.5 # ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependant libraries... pass_all
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... ok
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.lo... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... yes
checking whether the linker (/usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld) supports shared 
libraries... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
creating libtool
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 2.2... python
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
checking for python version... 2.3
checking for python platform... linux2
checking for array in python module Numeric... yes
checking for headers required to compile python extensions... found
checking for some Win32 platform... no
checking for some Mac OSX platform... no
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking for gtk+ >= 1.0... yes
checking GTK_CFLAGS... -I/usr/include/gtk-1.2 -I/usr/X11R6/include 
-I/usr/include/glib-1.2 -I/usr/lib/glib/include
checking GTK_LIBS... -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lgtk -lgdk -lXi -lXext -lX11 -lm -lglib
checking for gthread >= 1.0... yes
checking GTHREAD_CFLAGS... -D_REENTRANT -I/usr/include/glib-1.2 
-I/usr/lib/glib/include
checking GTHREAD_LIBS... -lgthread -lpthread -lglib
checking GL... no
checking GL with threads... no
checking Mesa... no
checking Mesa with pthreads... no
configure: error: gtkglarea is required on Unix-like systems
linux:/usr/local/src/visual-2.1.5 #

... but GL, MEsa and gtkgl libraries are installed!!!!!!!

Does anybody know how to fix that problem????

Elias