Hi guys I just installed Mandrake 10, as I thought i would get a bit of experience of programming on different OS's other than Windows, but I'm having some serious 'issues' with it, that must be my fault... If anyone can point out where I am going wrong it would be more than helpful :) Heres the deal (I am doing all these commands as root btw)... First of I downloaded anjuta-1.2.1 (not the latest one because the rpm didnt exist for Mandrake... does this matter?), and ran it. It says i need libglade2[>=2.0.0] (I qssume this means version 2.0.0 or greater?) SO I downloaded libglade2.0.1 (using ./configure i assume this can be run from a folder on the desktop?) but this needed libxml2 >= 2.4.1, atk >= 1.0.0 and gtk+ >= 2.0.0. So off I went... Libxml 2.6.11 rmp wouldnt install because it conflicted with packaged in libxml2-utils-2.6.6. atk 1.6.1 installed fine... Installing gtk+ 2.4.4 gave the errors glib >= 2.4.0 needed, atk >= 1.0.1 needed and pango >= 1.4.0. But i just installed atk 1.6.1 so why cant it find it?!?! This is the same when I install glib 2.4.4... It instals fine, but then nothing can find it... The outputs talk about PKG_CONFIG_PATH, and changing tit so pkg_config can find the libraries... How do I do that? And will that solve my problems? I knew Linux wouldnt be as easy to set up as other OS's, but to be honest, if this problem isn't my doing, then its crazy. Am i going to have to go though steps like these when I install anything... I'd like to program on Linux, not have to fix it every 5 seconds. Anyway, any help would be appreciated :) Thanks Daisy

Hi

have you all madrake cds?
I am sure that you can install at least KDevelop and i think also anjuta and all the dependencies from the cd.

if not try the package which is made for mandrake version 10 liek
http://rpmseek.com/rpm/anjuta-1.2.1-1mdk.i586.html?hl=com&cs=anjuta:PN:0:0:0:0:1373213

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I would suggest that you find a "urmpi" tutorial..
That should solve your problems.

urpmi & co, is a package manager for mandrake..

(don't ask me anything about it, never used it.)

/Nico

No Mandrake rpm's for Anjuta 1.2.2? Where did you find the 1.2.1 rpm? It sounds to me like you've got a broken Anjuta package. Try installing the official Anjuta 1.2.2 RPM, even if it's for Red Hat. Anjuta 1.2.2 fixes a WHOLE lot of bugs from 1.2.1. I wouldn't touch 1.2.1 with a twenty foot pole.

Thanks for the help guys

Im away from my computer at the mo but ill have a look into what you have suggested when I get back... As for how many CD's, I have 3CD's of the official release of Mandrake 10, though I did hear about a fourth, it was never requested when installing.

Thanks for the link to the rpm site, that should be a big help

Thanks

Daisy

Another completely different way would be to install knoppix or another Debian-based distro. That way you can use apt-get, and would never have to worry about package dependencies again!

I started out with Mandrake again, but now I run knoppix, and it's alot simpler. Especially when it comes to installing packages. The problem with Mandrake is that every package has several dependencies, and when you've downloaded a package, you'll usually spend another hour hunting down all the dependencies. With apt-get, it will automatically download and get all the dependencies for you.

Cheers, and good luck coding on Linux.

If you don't like the way knoppix is to install try MEPIS. This solely a problem with distros that don't work out dependancies.

I see that you missed my previous post.
Mandrake has a tool that solves dependency problems..

urpmi (and the helper progs, eg. urpmi.addmedia)

/Nico

Gah, RPM's, always install from source - always!

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Original post by Drevay Gah, RPM's, always install from source - always!

Er, why?

Installing from source is a bad idea if RPM's are available, that way it's easy to keep track of what is installed and it's easier to uninstall stuff.