On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:01:11 +0000 phil vu <jtut...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi, > I'm getting this error message when compiling pidgin: > 'You must have GTK+ 2.10.0 or newer development headers installed to > compile Pidgin....' Then I downloaded libgtk2.0-dev > (libgtk2.0-dev_2.12.12-1~lenny2_ia64.deb) from packages.debian.org. > Untarred the file and got control.tar.gz, data.tar.gz, debian-binary > file.Untarred those files and received more folders and files (ie. > bin, include, lib, control, md5sums, etc.). > > For installing the libgtk2.0-dev, am I suppose to move those untarred > files to the respective location (ie. bin-->dh_gtkmodules) or am I > suppose to type in the command like 'sudo apt-get install ...' > > Please give me as much details as possible because I am new at this. > Your help is greatly appreciated. Phil > typically you should just have to : apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev however, if for some reason, you are installing manually then : dpkg -i libgtk2.0-dev_2.12.12-1~lenny2_ia64.deb should do the trick. be aware that you have to execute those as super-user, i.e. run "su -". HTH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100727222306.65523...@windy.deldotd.com
