[ardour-users] gtk-config missing...

[Brett McCoy]

George Delaney wrote:

> This is my first post to this list so let me start by
> saying Hi to everyone.  I have searched the archive
> for an answer to this question but have come up blank
> so here it is for the list.  I am trying to install
> Ardour on an AMD 1 gighz machine (512 mb ram) in the
> hopes of setting up a digital audio work station
> (*DOH!*) and during the configuration process Ardour
> tells me that I don't have and need a gtk-config file.
>  Now I am running SuSE 9.1 professional and I have
> checed every thing I can to make sure that I have all
> the appropriate libs, files, programs, etc, with all
> the appropriate version numbers etc, so I know I have
> what it takes to configure and compile Ardour, but I
> can't seem to find any info on the gtk-config file. 
> The GTK web site has some info, but it all dates from
> 2001 or earlier.  Thanks for all your help and advice
> and I look forward to using and contributing what I
> can to Ardour.  It really looks great and could just
> be the answer to my studio on a budget dreams.  Thanks
> again.

Make sure you have the *-dev or *-devel packages for the needed 
libraries and not just the runtime libraries.  These packages contain 
files needed for development (headers, static libraries, *-config 
scripts, and so on).

-- Brett