[SOLVED] dconf fails to configure: requires dconf

jr_bob_dobbs · 06-20-2017, 09:58 PM

(EDIT: Dconf not Gconf, d'oh!)

So I need the dconf package as a dependency for something else. Nothing new there.

Using version 8 of the book (stable). Got the version of dconf linked by the book. Have all required and recommended dependencies in already.

Problem (on ./configure phase):

Code:

root@artemis:dconf-editor-3.22.3 # ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for valac... /usr/bin/valac
checking whether /usr/bin/valac is at least version 0.33.1... yes
checking for glib-compile-resources... /usr/bin/glib-compile-resources
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.16... yes
checking for appstream-util... no
checking for DCONF_EDITOR... no
configure: error: Package requirements (
  glib-2.0 >= 2.46.0
  gtk+-3.0 >= 3.22.0
  dconf >= 0.25.1
  gmodule-2.0
) were not met:

No package 'dconf' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables DCONF_EDITOR_CFLAGS
and DCONF_EDITOR_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.
root@artemis:dconf-editor-3.22.3 #

If I understand that correctly, dconf fails to compile because of a needed dependency ... of itself.

Can anyone clarify this, please?

Terry Coats · 06-20-2017, 11:30 PM

Which is it, dconf or gconf? I'm confused.
Looks like you are trying to compile dconf-editor
which will give that error if you forgot to compile
and install dconf-0.26.0 first.
I'll admit the error message is confusing.

jr_bob_dobbs · 06-21-2017, 04:58 PM

Right: I must be punchy from too much compiling.

dconf. not gconf. I've edited my original post.

The dconf editor is part of the dconf package. Looks like I'll have to bootstrap by first compiling dconf, then I can compile dconf. Oh ... wait a minute.

jr_bob_dobbs · 06-21-2017, 05:16 PM

All right: i'm a dummy.

dconf is one package. dconf-editor is a second package. I had been trying to build dconf-editor thinking it was dconf. Arg.