[MPlayer-users] GUI Problem

[Gábor Lénárt]

On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 04:53:54PM +1100, Paul Copeland wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hello All,
> 
> I am currently using MPlayer, and am very happy with the result.  As a 
> newcomer to Linux it has been a valuable find.  At present, however, I 
> am not using the GUI.  Because if I try to compile MPlayer with gui 
> enabled, it tells me it cannot locate gtk.

Is gtk-dev installed?
 
> Now although a newbie I am not a complete dunderhead, I made sure gtk 
> (version 1.2.10-101) and libpng (version 2.1.0.12-25) are installed as 
> are all other related development tools, from the distribution CDs.  I 
> am running SuSE 7.3 Personal.

You should note that you HAVE the development versions of gtk and png are
installed as well. They're needed to compile a program using these libraries
however they're not needed to use an already compiled program. Since you
should compile MPlayer yourself, you should install development versions
of these packages as well (similar package name but with 'dev' or 'devel'
int their name, I dunno exactly, I'm using only Debian).

If THEY ARE installed and it does not work, please check 'configure.log'
after executing ./configure and search for the output of test checking gtk.
You should find some solution then if you're capable of general Linux knowledge
enough.

- Gábor