[Mono-devel-list] Can't build monodoc from svn

[Ben Maurer]

> Hi,
>
>> I'm getting this error when I run
>> ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
>>
>> checking for gtk-sharp >= 0.91 gtkhtml-sharp >= 0.91
>> glade-sharp >= 0.91 mono >= 0.90... Package gtk-sharp
>> was not found in the pkg-config search path.
>> Perhaps you should add the directory containing
>> `gtk-sharp.pc'
>> to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
>> No package 'gtk-sharp' found
>
>> when I echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH I get
>> /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/gnome/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib:/usr
>>
>> looking in /usr/lib/pkgconfig folder I see
>> gtk-sharp-2.0.pc but not gtk-sharp.pc
>
> I actually just created a symlink and it worked happily for me.
>
> To be honest, I thought that problem had been fixed by now.

It is not a "problem" dude. The 1.0 and 2.0 gtk sharp's are || installable.

By creating a symlink, you risk using the 2.0 methods in an assembly that
is targeted at 1.0 people.

-- Ben