Re: variables

[Michael Ekstrand <mekstran scl ameslab gov>]

On Aug 14, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Bill Cunningham wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Ekstrand" <mekstran scl ameslab gov>
> To: "Bill Cunningham" <billcu1 verizon net>
> Cc: <gtk-list gnome org>
> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 3:21 PM
> Subject: Re: variables
> > That variable is a variable used by the dynamic linker to locate
> > shared libraries at run time.
>
>     I compiled glib with the default. I didn't turn on shared  
> libraries if I
> needed to. So if it builds only static libraries by default, that  
> could be
> it.

It builds shared libraries by default.

> > Now, where the LD_LIBRARY_PATH (or LIBRARIES_PATH - is that a typo,
> > or does your distro use a name other than the one used by Debian?)
> > variable comes in:  several of the gtk-related packages do a check to
> > make sure the necessary libraries can not only be linked against, but
> > also found by the dynamic linker at run time, by compiling and
> > running a test program.  If this is the stage where configure is
> > failing (some output from configure would be useful in determining
> > that), then setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the lib directory where the
> > glib libraries are located should allow ATK to finish configuring.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Michael
>
>     The test program(s) compile but they do not run. You mentioned  
> changes
> made to configure script. I don't have either autoconf or automake
> installed. Maybe I better install them.

Which means that it can't find the shared libraries at run time.  Try  
setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to the $PREFIX/lib directory  
where glib's shared libraries are.  Running `ldconfig /path/to/glib/ 
lib` may help also.

Also, you don't need to edit configure at all - I merely ment that it  
would be helpful for debugging if you posted the output from  
configure (or at least the relevant error messages) for us to read.

- Michael