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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Thanks for your reply Ryan. <br><br>Mint Maya claims support until 2017 ----> <a target="" href="http://www.linuxmint.com/oldreleases.php">http://www.linuxmint.com/oldreleases.php</a><br><br>In reply to your question 2) I tried code ----> glib-config --version <---- in the terminal with the following output. <br><br>paul@desk/paul-HP ~/Desktop/pidgin-2.10.11 $ glib-config --version<br>No command 'glib-config' found, did you mean:<br> Command 'gdlib-config' from package 'libgd2-xpm-dev' (main)<br> Command 'gdlib-config' from package 'libgd2-noxpm-dev' (main)<br>glib-config: command not found<br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>package ----> libgd2-xpm-dev and pkg-config<---- do show as installed.<br>code ----> dpkg -l | less <---- They are listed below.<br>ii libgd2-xpm 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6ubuntu2 GD Graphics Library version 2<br>ii pkg-config 0.26-1ubuntu1 manage compile and link flags for libraries<br><br>libgd2-noxpm-dev <---- is not listed as installed but does appear as available via synaptic.<br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Unfortunately,
it's not showing any listing for 'glib*' in Synaptic at this time.
<---- backports was enabled/synaptic refreshed.<br><br>Packages ----> build-essentials and linux-headers are installed <---- if that matters in this case.<br><br>I attached a screenshot of Synaptic listing's of programs in that specific letter/package area. <br><br>Would my next step possibly be obtaining a glib version from the website here? ----> <a href="https://developer.gnome.org/glib/" target="_blank">https://developer.gnome.org/glib/</a><br>It does not appear that Mint Maya ships with glib available in synaptic at all.<br><br>Thanks for you help<br><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: ryan.coleman@cwis.biz<br>Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 20:49:11 -0600<br>To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Pidgin Developer PPA will not install<br><br>1) i686 (or anything x86) is 32bit. <div><span class="ecxApple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre;"> </span>x64 is 64bit.</div><div>2) Did you try hunting down the right GLIB it’s looking for? I suspect the version for your Mint build is not current or your libraries are askey</div><div><br><div><br></div><div><blockquote><div>On Nov 27, 2014, at 7:53 PM, paul g <<a href="mailto:pj.world@hotmail.com">pj.world@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;text-transform:none;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;">Hello, I am trying to install the ----> ppa:pidgin-developers/ppa <----onto my linuxmint maya desktop computer.<span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>I have also tried adding the following repository to my software sources list ----> deb<span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu" target="_blank">http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu</a><span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span>precise main <br><br>{{SNIP SNIP SNIP SNIP}}</div></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;text-transform:none;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:normal;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;"><font face="Courier">checking for GLIB... no</font></div></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;"><font face="Courier">no<br>configure: error:<span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>You must have GLib 2.16.0 or newer development headers installed to build.<br><br>If you have these installed already you may need to install pkg-config</font><font style="font-size:16px;" face="Calibri"> so</font><br><font style="font-size:16px;" face="Calibri">I can find them.</font><br><br><font style="font-size:16px;" face="Calibri">paul@desk/paul-HP ~/Desktop/pidgin-2.10.11 $</font><span class="ecxApple-converted-space" style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri;"> </span><br><font style="font-size:16px;" face="Calibri">------------------------</font><br><font style="font-size:16px;" face="Calibri">Source looks like it's for an i686 pc not 32 bit pc correct?</font><br><br><font style="font-size:16px;" face="Calibri">For what it may help I compared the permissions and ownership on /etc/apt and folder/files .gnupg across all 3 operating systems and they are identical.</font><br><br><font style="font-size:16px;" face="Calibri">Thanks you for your time any assistance would be appreciated.</font><br><br><br><br></div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline !important;">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline !important;">TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota</span><br style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;"><a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;"><a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list" style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;" target="_blank">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div><br>_______________________________________________
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