Hi Jason, As you are building Gtk2-GladeXML you will need the development package for libglade. I'm on Mandriva here now and the package is named: libglade2.0_0-devel It should be called something similar in synaptic. 73 de Per, sm0rwo ons 2007-01-17 klockan 10:33 -0800 skrev jason matonis: > Hello, I have been trying to be brave and venture through linux on my > own. I have been playing with Ubuntu for the last week and decided > that I want to stick with it. I have been trying to install pskmail > and have successfully installed fldigi and gmfsk. I have followed > the client install on the website and have been getting stuck on the > Gtk2::GladeXML step. I keep getting the following when using cpan: > > CPAN.pm: Going to build T/TS/TSCH/Gtk2-GladeXML-1.006.tar.gz > > *** can not find package libglade-2.0 >= 2.0.0 > *** check that it is properly installed and available in > PKG_CONFIG_PATH > at Makefile.PL line 45 > > > I have looked in synaptic package manager and have found libglade2-0 > in the list and it is installed. The manager says it is installed > in /usr/lib directory. I have tried to install GTK2 manually from the > cpan directory and get the following: > > *** can not find package /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 >= 2.0.0 > *** check that it is properly installed and available in > PKG_CONFIG_PATH > at Makefile.PL line 45 > > > So, I went in the Makefile.PL and hae tried to manually edit the file > in vi. I am assuming that line 45 is from counting the lines: > > our %pkgcfg = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->find ('libglade-2.0 >= > '.$build_reqs{Glade}); > > So I have editted it with : > > our %pkgcfg = ExtUtils::PkgConfig->find ('/usr/lib/libglade-2.0 >= > '.$build_reqs{Glade}); > > I have been unsuccessful and think this will be my only roadblock. > here is the list from the package manager that libglade2-0 has been > installed: > /. > /usr > /usr/share > /usr/share/doc > /usr/share/doc/libglade2-0 > /usr/share/doc/libglade2-0/README > /usr/share/doc/libglade2-0/AUTHORS > /usr/share/doc/libglade2-0/copyright > /usr/share/doc/libglade2-0/changelog.gz > /usr/share/doc/libglade2-0/NEWS.gz > /usr/share/doc/libglade2-0/changelog.Debian.gz > /usr/share/xml > /usr/share/xml/libglade > /usr/share/xml/libglade/glade-2.0.dtd > /usr/lib > /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0.0.7 > /usr/lib/libglade-2.0.so.0 > > Not sure what else I can include. > > I would like to try and get this going from my distro and then use the > cd for emergencies. > > Any and all help will be appreciated.. > > 73 > Jason > KB2SDR > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and > always stay connected to friends.