compiling source of abiword

[Nils Kassube]

dd wrote:
> Well, I've been for some time trying to compile the source of AbiWord
> (I know the package is available; just trying to do it myself) .
> Now, when I run ./configure it gives the following missing packages.
> 
> 
> Quote:
> No package 'fribidi' found
> No package 'glib-2.0' found
> No package 'gthread-2.0' found
> No package 'gobject-2.0' found
> No package 'libgsf-1' found
> No package 'wv-1.0' found
> No package 'cairo-pdf' found
> No package 'cairo-ps' found
> No package 'pangocairo' found
> No package 'gtk+-2.0' found
> No package 'gtk+-unix-print-2.0' found
> No package 'librsvg-2.0' found
> 
> In my /usr/lib folder there are already the glib-2.0 and gtk2.0
> folders present. and most of the programs installed in my pc require
> gtk to run properly. So, I definitely have it installed. Then why is
> the error?

Because you need the -dev packages. You could search in synaptic for the 
package names mentioned in the error message and select the 
corresponding -dev package. Or simply run the command

sudo apt-get build-dep abiword


Nils