Re: [gcmd-dev] Is not 2.32.1 >= 2.0.0

[Uwe Scholz]

Hi Ken,

Am Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:41:45 -0500 schrieb Ken Taylor:

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> Subject:      Re: [gcmd-dev] Is not 2.32.1 >= 2.0.0
> Date:         Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:32:37 -0500
> From:         Ken Taylor <address@hidden>
> To:   Uwe Scholz <address@hidden>
> CC:   address@hidden
> 
> 
> 
> On 02/23/2017 12:46 PM, Uwe Scholz wrote:
> > Hi Ken,
> >
> > Am Thu, 23 Feb 2017 11:10:09 -0500 schrieb Ken Taylor:
> >
> >> First let me say THANK YOU for the great product. I have been using
> >> it for many years. Moving from the prehistoric version on CentOS 6
> >> to the somewhat ancient version on CentOS 7 has been a learning
> >> experience. But I want newer :-)
> >>
> >> I am attempting to build a more modern version of gnome-commander
> >> on CentOS 7.3.  I first tried 1.6.2 and having no luck went back to
> >> 1.4.9. I am following the instructions for CentOS 6 as that is the
> >> closest available. I am adding missing pieces to my development
> >> machine as I go. Here is where I am stuck.
> >>
> >> ./configure && make
> >>
> >> ...
> >>
> >> checking if gmodule >= 2.0.0 exists... yes
> >> checking if gtk+ >= 2.8.0 exists... yes
> >> checking if libgnome >= 2.0.0 exists... configure: error: no
> >> address@hidden gnome-commander-1.4.9]$
> >>
> >> I then installed libgnome
> >>
> >> ================================================================================
> >>    Package            Arch           Version Repository    Size
> >> ================================================================================
> >> Installing:
> >>    libgnome           x86_64         2.32.1-9.el7 base         741
> >> k Installing for dependencies:
> >>    ORBit2             x86_64         2.14.19-13.el7 base
> >> 176 k gnome-vfs2         x86_64         2.24.4-14.el7 base
> >> 839 k libIDL             x86_64         0.8.14-8.el7 base
> >> 87 k libbonobo          x86_64         2.32.1-7.el7 base
> >> 437 k
> >>
> >> I try ./configure && make again and get the same error.
> >>
> >> It sure looks to me like I have installed libgnome 2.32.1 which by
> >> my math should be >= 2.0.0
> >>
> >> Am I missing something here or have I just lost my mind?
> > I have no CentOS running so I can't try it out by myself, but can
> > you please run `pkg-config --list-all | grep libgnome-2.0`? The
> > output should be something like:
> > libgnome-2.0                        libgnome - libgnome
> >
> > If this is not the case it might be that you have to install a
> > development package of libgnome in addition, so that the library
> > can be found at build time.
> >
> > Try to find and install a package like libgnome-devel-... and give
> > it again a try.
> >
> > Best wishes and good luck
> > Uwe
> >
> Thank you Uwe. That got me  a few steps further. I had to install the
> libgnomeui-devel package as well. That gets me to the point of
> 
> configure: error: Package requirements ( unique-1.0 >= 0.9.3 ) were
> not met:
> 
> No package 'unique-1.0' found

This is a misleading error message. I think I have to change it in the
future. Actually, Gcmd is searching for "libunique". So try to install
"libunique-dev-...". This should work.

And actually, I would consider this configure error as a bug because
libunique is not really neccessary to run Gcmd. It is just needed for
disabling muliple instances at the same time.

I will make add this as a task for the next bugfix release :)

Best wishes
Uwe