[wxPython-users] Re: wxGCDC on GTK2

[Robin Dunn]

Bryan Cole wrote:
>> The wxGraphicsContext needs the Cairo library and a new enough version 
>> of GTK+ to be able to be compiled, so it is likely that my fc4 build 
>> machine either doesn't have a new enough Cairo, or the headers are not 
>> installed.  So when the build was done configure detected that it 
>> couldn't build that code and disabled it.  I'll check my machine for the 
>> next build, but you can probably get something usable if you build the 
>> source RPM yourself.  Just watch the output of the configure step as it 
>> builds to see if it is finding and enabling use of the Cairo lib.
>>
> 
> I'll try this just as soon as I can get hold of a copy of the srpm! I
> can't find it anywhere on sourceforge. Is the 2.8.1 src.rpm file
> uploaded to the servers? Maybe SourceForge is having problems right now,
> but I could find the src.rpm on the one mirror which I can access (Kent,
> UK).

It does appear to have gotten lost in the build process somewhere, I 
don't have a copy on my local server either...  You can however use 
rpmbuild directly on the source tarball, as it contains the .spec file. 
  You just need to use a -t* command-line option instead of -b*.


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Robin Dunn
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