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# 8  
Old 07-28-2008
Code:
sudo apt-get install libc6-dev

Installed just fine, but when I went to ./configure; make the wxCam

Quote:
checking wxWidgets version... ./configure: line 5820: wx-config: command not found
not found
configure: error: wxWidgets is required. Try --with-wx-config.
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
So I need wxWidgets... I found a thread on another forum pointing to SourceForge.net: Files but I don't exactly see a place to download wxWidgets. Is it packaged in wxAll?
Last edited by Chesh; 07-28-2008 at 07:58 PM..
# 9  
Old 07-29-2008
If you are on i386 (not amd64) the package you want is simply libc6-dev ... libc6-dev-i386 is for i386 development on the amd64 platform.
# 10  
Old 07-29-2008
Yep, that's what I installed. Still a little confused about wxWidgets and which file I want to download.
# 11  
Old 07-29-2008
Sorry, didn't notice the thread continued on a new page ... You can get various wxWidgets packages directly from Ubuntu too; try apt-cache search wxWindows to see what's available. Off the top of my head, I'd guess you need wx2.n-headers where n is the version of wxWindows you use.
# 12  
Old 07-29-2008
http://wxcam.sourceforge.net/ offers a download for Ubuntu, did you try that? (Also has instructions for what you need in order to build on Ubuntu.)
# 13  
Old 07-29-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chesh

It looks like to me either the compiler that came with xfce is crap or I need to install one. Please make any helpful instructions as idiot proof as possible. Thanks in advance. Smilie
Just an FYI. XFCE is a desktop and does not come with, nor provide a compiler. The compiler is provided (or not) by the OS/Distribution. The desktop is a component of the operating system.

To use a poor analogy, you would not complain about the tires on a car not having an ash tray. The car would be the one with the problem, and not the tires.
# 14  
Old 07-29-2008
Thanks mark54g. Sadly, this is the kind of help I need.

ero, I've looked on wxcam.sourceforge.net (not making a link because of how long it takes to get a post approved... not bashing the mods here) and I see it mention a binary package available for Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) and I'm not sure if this applies to me. Do all Ubuntu variants work the same here?
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