Thanks for your reply Ryan. Mint Maya claims support until 2017 ----> http://www.linuxmint.com/oldreleases.php In reply to your question 2) I tried code ----> glib-config --version <---- in the terminal with the following output. paul at desk/paul-HP ~/Desktop/pidgin-2.10.11 $ glib-config --version No command 'glib-config' found, did you mean: Command 'gdlib-config' from package 'libgd2-xpm-dev' (main) Command 'gdlib-config' from package 'libgd2-noxpm-dev' (main) glib-config: command not found ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- package ----> libgd2-xpm-dev and pkg-config<---- do show as installed. code ----> dpkg -l | less <---- They are listed below. ii libgd2-xpm 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6ubuntu2 GD Graphics Library version 2 ii pkg-config 0.26-1ubuntu1 manage compile and link flags for libraries libgd2-noxpm-dev <---- is not listed as installed but does appear as available via synaptic. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unfortunately, it's not showing any listing for 'glib*' in Synaptic at this time. <---- backports was enabled/synaptic refreshed. Packages ----> build-essentials and linux-headers are installed <---- if that matters in this case. I attached a screenshot of Synaptic listing's of programs in that specific letter/package area. Would my next step possibly be obtaining a glib version from the website here? ----> https://developer.gnome.org/glib/ It does not appear that Mint Maya ships with glib available in synaptic at all. Thanks for you help From: ryan.coleman at cwis.biz Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 20:49:11 -0600 To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Pidgin Developer PPA will not install 1) i686 (or anything x86) is 32bit. x64 is 64bit.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 On Nov 27, 2014, at 7:53 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote:Hello, I am trying to install the ----> ppa:pidgin-developers/ppa <----onto my linuxmint maya desktop computer. I have also tried adding the following repository to my software sources list ----> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pidgin-developers/ppa/ubuntu precise main {{SNIP SNIP SNIP SNIP}}checking for GLIB... nono configure: error: You must have GLib 2.16.0 or newer development headers installed to build. If you have these installed already you may need to install pkg-config so I can find them. paul at desk/paul-HP ~/Desktop/pidgin-2.10.11 $ ------------------------ Source looks like it's for an i686 pc not 32 bit pc correct? 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. Thanks you for your time any assistance would be appreciated. _______________________________________________TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesotatclug-list at mn-linux.orghttp://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20141128/c5e8ab22/attachment-0001.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Glib.png Type: image/png Size: 55740 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20141128/c5e8ab22/attachment-0001.png>
