Problem installing Truecrypt - Missing GTK

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  1. jss42

    jss42

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    Can anyone help.

    I've followed this guide:
    http://macles.blogspot.com/2008/07/installing-truecrypt-on-acer-aspire-one.html

    However when I run:
    make WX_ROOT=/home/user/wxGTK* wxbuild && make

    I get:
    configuration error:
    "The development files for GTK+ were not found"...

    My steps:
    tar -zvxf Downloads/TrueCrypt*gz
    tar -jvxf Downloads/wxGTK*bz2
    cd truecrypt*source
    sudo yum install yum-utils
    sudo yumdownloader --disablerepo=updates gtk2-devel glib2-devel
    sudo rpm --force --nodeps -U gtk*rpm glib*rpm
    sudo yum install make gcc-c++ atk-devel pango-devel fuse-devel libSM-devel
    make WX_ROOT=/home/user/wxGTK* wxbuild && make

    Any ideas? Did I miss something?
     
    jss42, Sep 8, 2008
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    jss42

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    Has anyone seen this or successfully installed Truecrypt? :?
     
    jss42, Sep 9, 2008
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    Grim Squeaker

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    If you are willing to settle for an older version, 5.1a is included in the repository and as such can be easily installed through the package manager or yum. Far less to download, no problems.

    However, compiling does work if you follow the instructions to the letter.
     
    Grim Squeaker, Sep 29, 2008
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    kevin

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    You might be able to compile after doing something like

    sudo yum install gtk+-devel

    Although it might have dependencies that would also have to be installed.
     
    kevin, Sep 29, 2008
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    I've installed it, following the macles blog instructions.

    Are you sure you did all that it says, including the bit where it says 'To compile TrueCrypt a few libraries and a compiler have to be installed. But before you do so, follow step #4 as described in this post, or you'll break your system.'?

    The 'this post' there is a link to a post which would tell you, among other things, to install the gtk2-devel libraries, which I think is what the configuration check is finding missing.

    Kevin's suggestion is going the right way, but macles warns that simply installing gtk2-devel without using a specific route quoted in that post could damage you system.
     
    daldred, Sep 29, 2008
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