So... you're compiling an application, and you get a message that says
No package 'libgnomeui-2.0' found.
First, you have to understand that there are two versions of each library: the
runtime version and the
development version. The error message hasn't told you which version is missing. But, when you see this type of message during the ./configure step, it means that the
development version is not installed. In reality, you want to make sure that
both versions of the library are installed on your computer.
Get thee to a console prompt and enter the following string:
apt-cache search libgnomeui. My computer responds with the following:
guile-gnome0-gnome-ui - Guile bindings for libgnome
libbakery-2.3-9 - A C++ Application Framework (shared libraries)
libbakery-2.3-common - A C++ Application Framework (common files)
libbakery-2.3-dev - A C++ Application Framework (development files)
libbakery-gnomeui2.0-1 - A C++ Application Framework for GNOME (shared libraries)
libbakery-gnomeui2.0-dev - A C++ Application Framework for GNOME (development files)
libbakery2.0-1 - A C++ Application Framework (shared libraries)
libbakery2.0-dev - A C++ Application Framework (development files)
libgail-gnome-dbg - libgail-gnome library and debugging symbols
libgail-gnome-dev - Development files of libgail-gnome
libgail-gnome-module - GNOME Accessibility Implementation Module for GnomeUI/BonoboUI
libgnome-perl - Perl module for the gnome and zvt libraries
libgnomeui-0 - The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interface) - runtime files
libgnomeui-common - The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interface) - common files
libgnomeui-dbg - The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interface) and debugging symbols
libgnomeui-dev - The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interface) - development files
libgnomeui-doc - The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interface) - documentation files
libgnomeui32 - The GNOME libraries (User Interface)
libgnomeuimm-2.6-1 - C++ wrappers for libgnomeui (shared library)
libgnomeuimm-2.6-dev - C++ wrappers for libgnomeui (development files)
libgnomeuimm2.0-1 - C++ wrappers for libgnomeui2 (shared library)
libgnomeuimm2.0-dev - C++ wrappers for libgnomeui2 (development files)[/i]
Well, duh! Maybe libgnomeui-0 is the package you are interested in, and then again maybe it isn't. Let's get more info on that package. Do
apt-cache show libgnomeui-0. My computer responds with:
Package: libgnomeui-0
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 808
Maintainer: Ondřej Surý <
ondrej@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: libgnomeui
Version: 2.8.1-3
...
Well, this might be the correct package after all! Let's install both runtime and development versions of this library.
Apt-get install libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-dev
Now try ./configure again and see what happens.
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Edit No. 1: There is a Debian package named gnome-system-tools in stable, testing and unstable. What happens when you do
apt-get install gnome-system-tools?