MySQl administration installation

I downloaded MySQL adminstration from
the MySQL site. I am trying to install
this on Mandrake 10.1

Its giving me a configure: error: Library
requirements (GTK+-2.0) not met; Consider
adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH enviroment variable
error message etc.

Yet whereis gtk-2.0 shows me I have it installed
in /etc/gtk-2.0 and /usr/lib/gtk-2.0.

What do I need to do to get ./configure
working? Why can't configure seem my gtk-2.0
is installed in the usual places?

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"wbarwell" <wbarwell@mylinuxisp.com> wrote in message
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> What do I need to do to get ./configure
> working? Why can't configure seem my gtk-2.0
> is installed in the usual places?

I'm not very knowledgeable about such things, but I found several
discussions of similar errors by using Google to search for "gtk+-2.0.pc".
That's the file pkg-config is looking for. This file may be in a nondefault
location, so you need to add its folder to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH.

Regards,
Bill K.

Bill Karwin wrote:

> "wbarwell" <wbarwell@mylinuxisp.com> wrote in message
> news:1228lh029lbnmca@corp.supernews.com...
>> What do I need to do to get ./configure
>> working? Why can't configure seem my gtk-2.0
>> is installed in the usual places?
>
> I'm not very knowledgeable about such things, but I found several
> discussions of similar errors by using Google to search for "gtk+-2.0.pc".
> That's the file pkg-config is looking for. This file may be in a
> nondefault location, so you need to add its folder to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH.
>
> Regards,
> Bill K.
>
>

I have wasted half a day googling for it and its
everybody scratching their heads going "how do I fix this"?
No rea answers.

What it is, MySQL did not have a .config smart enough to query
to see if the run time gtk-2.0 is installed.
Yes it is.
So I need gtk.+-2.0.pc. Or to fix their broken
..config.
Which as usual gtk.+-2.0.pc is tucked away in
some hellhole google cannot quickly find.
Needless to say, MySQl is totally silent on their
site about this problem, at least if you want it
right, fast and now. Probably buried in some footnote
deep and hard to find.

Apparently I need gtk 2.0 development or some bloody such
to get gtk+-2.0.pc.

I get so tired of this crap from developers that
seem to put a lot of effort in their product only
to blow it at the end with stupidities like this
in their installs.

Then mumbling some useless generic uncommunicative
error 'message'.
Why not spit it out? "Install whatever".

Sorry to vent but nowadays almost all packages seem
to be broken someway or the other.




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"wbarwell" <wbarwell@mylinuxisp.com> wrote in message
news:12293ujjbam6r71@corp.supernews.com...
> Needless to say, MySQl is totally silent on their
> site about this problem, at least if you want it
> right, fast and now. Probably buried in some footnote
> deep and hard to find.

That gave me an idea; I tried the trick of "site:" in a Google search. I
searched using this:
site:bugs.mysql.com "PKG_CONFIG_PATH"

And came up with this: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=7117
"MySQL Administrator requires a GTK that is too bleeding edge"

It's reported by another user using Mandrake Linux (9.1 in their case), who
is also having troubles with GTK version conflicts while compiling
MySQL-gui-common. Perhaps Mandrake just doesn't include the right set of
libraries to make this build work.

MySQL AB closed the bug report, with status "Won't fix." :-(

If it were me, I'd try to use the MySQL Administrator pre-built binary for
Linux, instead of building it from source. Unless this is on hardware other
than Intel or AMD.

Failing that, use MySQL Administrator on another non-Mandrake machine and
connect remotely to the MySQL host. Though not all administration functions
can be done remotely (such as starting the service).

Failing that, use phpmyadmin or equivalent web-based administration tool.

Regards,
Bill K.

Bill Karwin wrote:

> "wbarwell" <wbarwell@mylinuxisp.com> wrote in message
> news:12293ujjbam6r71@corp.supernews.com...
>> Needless to say, MySQl is totally silent on their
>> site about this problem, at least if you want it
>> right, fast and now. Probably buried in some footnote
>> deep and hard to find.
>
> That gave me an idea; I tried the trick of "site:" in a Google search. I
> searched using this:
> site:bugs.mysql.com "PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
>
> And came up with this: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=7117
> "MySQL Administrator requires a GTK that is too bleeding edge"
>
> It's reported by another user using Mandrake Linux (9.1 in their case),
> who is also having troubles with GTK version conflicts while compiling
> MySQL-gui-common. Perhaps Mandrake just doesn't include the right set of
> libraries to make this build work.
>
> MySQL AB closed the bug report, with status "Won't fix." :-(

Grrrrrr! At least the could tell us WHAT gtk+-2.0.pc version works and
where to get it!
My problem is /usr/lib/pckconfig/ , where .pc files live has no
gtk+-.2.0.pc. That's the problem.

One could probably jigger .configure to look at gtk.2.0
in /etc/, and continue, I might take a crack at that just for
the hell of it. Maybe remove the gtk section in configure
all together. Just to see. To get a static, somebody had to
compile it so it can be done.

Since about anybody that has installed the GIMP should
have GTK-2.0 which was originally created for GIMP,
it should work. GIMP however does not install gtk+-2.0.pc.
MySQL admin apparently assumes somewhere along the line
you have this installed.


> If it were me, I'd try to use the MySQL Administrator pre-built binary for
> Linux, instead of building it from source. Unless this is on hardware
> other than Intel or AMD.
>
> Failing that, use MySQL Administrator on another non-Mandrake machine and
> connect remotely to the MySQL host. Though not all administration
> functions can be done remotely (such as starting the service).
>
> Failing that, use phpmyadmin or equivalent web-based administration tool.
>
> Regards,
> Bill K.

Thank you for the efforts.


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So you want to fight the Master!
First you must fight my brother Chang!

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