> > > > http://gnome.org/projects/evolution/download.shtml
> > >
> > > yup, okay, got it from there but while trying to install this I get:
> > > [shell]
> > > Package gtk+-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
> > > Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-2.0.pc'
> > > to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
> > > Package 'gtk+-2.0', required by 'Gail', not found
You did read what you posted, didn't you?
> > > configure: error: Package requirements (gail >= 1.1.0) were not met.
> > > Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
> > > installed software in a non-standard prefix.
> > >
> > > Alternatively you may set the GAIL_CFLAGS and GAIL_LIBS environment
> > > variables
> > > to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for
> > > more details.
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>
> > > [/shell]
> > >
> > > but I installed gail 1.2.8-4 with Yast2 so I guess the path thing is
> > > not correct but how do I verify that and how do I correct it?
> > > Thank you!
> >
> > Harish told you already for atk what to do, but it seems you didn't get
> > the point you where supposed to understand. So here goes the same
> > solution again, along with an explanation.
> >
> > You need the *devel* packages for GTK+ and gail. Devel packages are
> > usually suffixed with -devel (RPM based distros) or -dev (Debian).
> >
> > Devel packages are necessary, when *building* applications that depend
> > on it. They provide those things (like header files) that are needed
> > during build time only. Whereas the regular (non-devel) packages provide
> > the functionality to *use* the libraries and apps. This distinction is
> > made to not waste space. Users of modern distros don't tend to build a
> > lot of apps themselves.
>
> Yes, thank you for reporting again but I got that, I installed following
> packages:
> gail 1.8.2-4
> gail-debuginfo 1.8.2-4
> gail-devel 1.8.2-4
> libgail-gnome 1.1.0-4
> libgail-gnome-debuginfo 1.1.0-4
> libgail-gnome-devel 1.1.0-4
>
>
> > As a rule of thumb, if anything breaks complaining about a particular
> > dependency not being met, please try searching for the relevant devel
> > package.
>
> mhm
By "searching" I meant "searching for the required package using your
package management tool of choice and installing it".
> > Another note: By using 'locate' to hunt for the mentioned .pc file you
> > would have noticed that file most likely to be not installed. A
> > courageous 'find' would have shown this for sure. So unless you find
> > that file, it definitely is not the path.
>
> cannot find that file(gtk+-2.0.pc), not with locate, not with find and
> not either with the KDE search engine...
Right. See above. Have a look at the error message. Read my last post
again. Have another look at the error message.
...guenther
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