On 29/08/12 09:04, Anthropornis Nordenskjoldi wrote: > Hello, I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 64bit, and when trying to install > happindicator to try to the indicator example[1] on the Ubuntu App > Developer site, I get the following output: > > $ cabal install happindicator > Resolving dependencies... > > /tmp/happindicator-0.0.4-2272/happindicator-0.0.4/Gtk2HsSetup.hs:25:2: > warning: #warning Setup.hs is guessing the version of Cabal. If > compilation of Setup.hs fails use -DCABAL_VERSION_MINOR=x for Cabal > version 1.x.0 when building (prefixed by --ghc-option= when using the > 'cabal' command) [-Wcpp] > [1 of 2] Compiling Gtk2HsSetup ( > /tmp/happindicator-0.0.4-2272/happindicator-0.0.4/Gtk2HsSetup.hs, > /tmp/happindicator-0.0.4-2272/happindicator-0.0.4/dist/setup/Gtk2HsSetup.o ) > [2 of 2] Compiling Main ( > /tmp/happindicator-0.0.4-2272/happindicator-0.0.4/Setup.hs, > /tmp/happindicator-0.0.4-2272/happindicator-0.0.4/dist/setup/Main.o ) > Linking > /tmp/happindicator-0.0.4-2272/happindicator-0.0.4/dist/setup/setup ... > Configuring happindicator-0.0.4... > setup: The pkg-config package appindicator-0.1 is required but it could > not be > found. > cabal: Error: some packages failed to install: > happindicator-0.0.4 failed during the configure step. The exception was: > ExitFailure 1 > > > I wasn't sure if it was looking for an Ubuntu repo package, but the only > thing I see in the repo with a similar name is gir1.2-appindicator-0.1. > Is there anything I can do to make this work? Thanks!
I think you probably don't have libappindicator-dev installed, and so the pkgconfig check is failing. It should be in Ubuntu: andrew@mutate:~$ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS \n \l andrew@mutate:~$ apt-cache show libappindicator-dev Package: libappindicator-dev Priority: optional Section: libdevel Installed-Size: 155 Maintainer: Ubuntu Desktop Team <ubuntu-desk...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: amd64 Source: libappindicator Version: 0.4.92-0ubuntu1 Depends: libdbusmenu-glib-dev (>= 0.1.8), libdbus-glib-1-dev (>= 0.76), libappindicator1 (= 0.4.92-0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/liba/libappindicator/libappindicator-dev_0.4.92-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 11434 MD5sum: 49686a8269e3f8800223fcc145c191c4 SHA1: 6c942a4f9992606b6ea6b139587cbca6526e5966 SHA256: a215b7e4c3b6ab1f5e7ed656b243d12539d5e9dafbf494c4651599b5830b98f2 Description-en: Application Indicators A library and indicator to take menus from applications and place them in the panel. . This package contains files that are needed to build applications. Homepage: https://launchpad.net/libappindicator Description-md5: 8892169afb7b9bc499e71c9594bafe1b Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Origin: Ubuntu Supported: 18m Best wishes, Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Gtk2hs-devel mailing list Gtk2hs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gtk2hs-devel