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Re: Ubuntu font of wisdom
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Dan Espen |
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Re: Ubuntu font of wisdom |
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Sat, 17 Dec 2016 12:53:14 -0500 |
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"James K. Lowden" <jklowden@speakeasy.net> writes:
> On Sat, 17 Dec 2016 01:02:42 -0500
> Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> > I don't see any way to exclude a directory from configure's search
>> > path. I'm grateful for the many years between today and the last
>> > time I was responsible for a configure.ac. I can report configure
>> > is broken: it should either not use anaconda's tree, or it should
>> > use both forks.
> ...
>> > Other suggestions?
>>
>> On Fedora, I get libpng16 out of /usr/include and /usr/lib64.
>> I think you need to install a devel package like
>> libpng-devel.
>
> That was my first tack. At this stage of the game on Ubuntu LTS, GTK+
> relies on png 12. You can have GTK3+ or png 16, but not both.
That sounds odd, and maybe wrong.
I believe I have gtk3 on my system.
home> dnf list gtk3*
gtk3.x86_64 3.20.9-1.fc24...
What error message do you get?
In general, proper new versions don't conflict with old versions.
> Your suggestion may illuminate part of the root of the problem,
> though. Most packagers undoubtedly are running relatively new systems,
> and have png 16 installed as a matter of course. And most Anaconda
> usrs don't situate the package in /usr/local.
Yes, I believe using something for one package
specific to a particular package isn't the right
way to go.
Why are you using stuff in /usr/local at all?
The package manager shouldn't put stuff there.
> If I put my anaconda elsewhere or ran closer to the leading edge
> (either one) my anaconda installation wouldn't have come into play,
> because configure would have found /usr/local/lib/libpng16.so. It's
> only the combination that manifests the defect.
Still not clear on what you are up to, but you may want to adjust
the order things are retrieved with /usr/local closer to the front.
--
Dan Espen