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# 15  
Old 07-29-2008
Oh, and I'm running Xubuntu 8.04.1 so I guess this is talking about an older version?
# 16  
Old 07-30-2008
It should work just fine. The only difference between Ubuntu and Xubuntu is the GUI (though it's possible that some of the GTK stuff which is included with Gnome will be missing with XFCE). Try it and get back here if it doesn't work.
# 17  
Old 07-30-2008
Ok.. so I installed wxWidgets just fine. I went back to wxCam and ./configure; make
Got a long string of normal looking responses, but at the bottom was this:

Code:
checking for pkg-config... no
checking for WXCAM... configure: error: The pkg-config script could not be found or is too old.  Make sure it
is in your PATH or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable to the full
path to pkg-config.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables WXCAM_CFLAGS
and WXCAM_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

To get pkg-config, see <http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/>.
See `config.log' for more details.
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

I followed the link and got sent the a wiki. They linked another site and I could not find the file there.
# 18  
Old 07-30-2008
You can install the Ubuntu pkg-config package.

To find which package provides a particular file, try Ubuntu -- Ubuntu Packages Search (search for "packages containing bin/pkg-config" in this case).

I would still recommend you try to install the ready-made .deb they provide at wxcam.sf.net rather than try to build it yourself.
# 19  
Old 07-30-2008
I see an option for distribution. Options are dapper, hardy, gutsy, and feisty. I've seen these names before, but never explained. Which one am I using and what are the differences?

Also, I didn't know I could use the .deb good to know. Thanks. I'll try that.
# 20  
Old 07-30-2008
This is the sound of a forehead being slapped. Yes, I can even mess up something simple.

Code:
chesh@machina:~$ sudo dpkg -i /wxcam_1.0.1_i386.deb
[sudo] password for chesh: 
dpkg: error processing /wxcam_1.0.1_i386.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /wxcam_1.0.1_i386.deb
chesh@machina:~$ sudo dpkg -i wxcam_1.0.1_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package wxcam.
(Reading database ... 92805 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking wxcam (from wxcam_1.0.1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of wxcam:
 wxcam depends on libmjpegtools0c2a (>= 1:1.8.0); however:
  Package libmjpegtools0c2a is not installed.
 wxcam depends on libxvidcore4 (>= 1:1.0.0-0.0); however:
  Package libxvidcore4 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing wxcam (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 wxcam

# 21  
Old 07-30-2008
You can install those packages with apt-get. dpkg doesn't know how to fetch packages which this one depends on, but apt-get does.

Code:
sudo apt-get install libmjpegtools0c2a libxvidcore4

That should solve it, but if there are additional unmet dependencies, just repeat.

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