gtk-config error question?

[Patrick Fleming EA]

On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Mark Anderson wrote:

> I have been confused in trying to install xmms and bluefish.
> 
> I have ximian gnome gui and I have installed gimp and abiword. These
> programs work fine.
> 
> But when I try to configure xmms or bluefish it looks for gtk-config
> in /etc/gtk.
> 
> My gtk-config is installed in /usr/bin
> 
> 
> I have tried to declare it's location with:
> 
> ./configure --with-gtk-prefix=./usr/bin     
> or
> ./configure --with-gtk-exec-prefix=./usr/bin
                                     ^ Start by killing this dot.
You are telling the machine that gtk is in the directory below the working 
directory. So assuming that you are in /usr/src configure is looking in 
/usr/src/usr/bin.

> But no luck. Can anyone provide me with some direction
> 
> I'm new to linux so be gentle
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 'My name is Mark and .... I was a windowholic'
> 
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