[NTLUG:Discuss] i8krellm plugin issue - SuSE 11.0

[Daniel Hauck]

I am finding more and more often that older hardware isn't being
supported as well as it once was.  Fortunately, there is source code and
compatibility libraries.  It may mean that you will no longer have the
convenience of RPMs, but then again, with SRPMs you can compile RPMs to
install.


Stephen Davidson さんは書きました:
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> Greetings.
> 
> Have a Dell Latitude, which while older, is still perfectly capable of
> many tasks, including for Development.  (Pentium IV - 2.4Ghz).  I used
> to be able to find the components for i8k & gkrellm as RPMs, so I could
> just install and go.  Now, upgrading to SuSE 11.0, I find that this is
> no longer possible.  Did a bunch of digging,  and eventually found the
> i8k stuff.  Installed it, and to my surprise, had to configure as a
> daemon rather than a plugin for gkrellm.  Did some more digging, and
> eventually found the source code for i8krellm -- but no rpms.  So, try
> to follow the instructions to compile (keep in mind, I am a Java Coder,
> NOT a C-Coder), and get the following;
> 
> 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
> No package 'gtk+-2.0' found
> In file included from ./gkrellm2/gkrellm.h:41,
>                  from i8krellm.c:46:
> ./gkrellm2/log.h:38:18: error: glib.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from ./gkrellm2/gkrellm.h:41,
>                  from i8krellm.c:46:
> ./gkrellm2/log.h:46: error: expected ?)? before ?debug_level?
> In file included from i8krellm.c:46:
> ./gkrellm2/gkrellm.h:47:21: error: gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from i8krellm.c:46:
> ./gkrellm2/gkrellm.h:209: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
> before ?gfloat?
> ./gkrellm2/gkrellm.h:233: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
> before ?PangoFontDescription?
> ./gkrellm2/gkrellm.h:246: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
> before ?gchar?
> ./gkrellm2/gkrellm.h:280: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
> before ?GdkPixmap?
> ./gkrellm2/gkrellm.h:314: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
> before ?gchar?
> 
> Ok, so obviously, have some kind of missing library.  Tried checking to
> see if gtk+ was installed, and if so, what version.  Apparently not a
> separate RPM in SuSE?  As this is a laptop (and one with a broken Dell
> Bios at that), I really do need the i8krellm plugin working.  So, how do
> I go address this?  (Preferrably w/o having to spend the next 3-weeks
> learning a bunch of new modules, components, and ways to program?)
> 
> Regards,
> Steve
> 
> (PS>I am a power end user for Linux and associated technologies, NOT a
> Linux coder!)
> 
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