installing pidgin. [Solved]

[greythorne]

Hello,

I am trying to upgrade the existing pidgin to 2.1.0 when i isssue "emerge pidgin", after compiling theres no programm icon in the Application! even i try to open it from the terminal by issuing piding all it give me is pidof!!

Any idea where i could have gone wrong?

Regards.

[wolfden]

it's because the gtk flag is missing in /etc/make.conf

you need gtk for pidgin

[greythorne]

it's because the gtk flag is missing in /etc/make.conf

you need gtk for pidgin

this is interesting. Now how do i know exactly which flags is need for a given package?

Thank you.

regards

[wolfden]

well pidgin is a gtk app

[krisje8]

it's because the gtk flag is missing in /etc/make.conf

you need gtk for pidgin

Well, I have the exact same problem, after upgrading to 2.1.0 no more pidgin.
And I know pidgin needs gtk, but there already was a pidgin so there must've been a gtk.
Who can help us?

[wolfden]

but you installed pidgin afterwards without the gtk flag where it was before. In the /etc/make.conf remove the -gtk if you have it and add gtk than reinstall pidgin

[krisje8]

but you installed pidgin afterwards without the gtk flag where it was before. In the /etc/make.conf remove the -gtk if you have it and add gtk than reinstall pidgin

I have to remove it and then add it again (flag)?
reinstalling pidgin does make sense, but I don't actually know what to do with the make.conf .

Here is my make.conf:

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# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically built this stage
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example
CFLAGS="-Os -march=i586 -mno-tls-direct-seg-refs -mmmx -m32"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,--sort-common -s"
CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu"
USE="-oss voice weather libao -esd amarok xine java mp3 gnutls cups ppds foomatic-db alsa \
hal gimpprint freetype gnome X gtk2 unicode moznocompose moznoirc moznomail kde qt livecd samba \
rdesktop kerberos xscreensaver pda zeroconf wifi gnokii lm_sensors ieee1394 logitech-mouse xinerama \
bluetooth irda sms quotas dvb nvidia  \
xprint dvd theora ogg a52 kdeenablefinal win32codecs v4l xvid network dvdread fame \
quicktime -kerberos winbind libclamav subversion ruby svg ffmpeg nsplugin \
wmf 7Zip visualization accessibility css audiofile artswrappersuid musicbrainz \
gphoto2 povray scanner musepack dvdr jack new-login commercial kerberos \
mono pam_console pwdb dbus firefox acpi kqemu esd pcmcia openexr rar dri aac dlloader \
fat hfs jfs xfs ntfs reiserfs cjk cdda dts imap flash jabber msn yahoo icq irc lj aim bidi rss dxr3 \
cairo sysfs xpm nptl nptlonly reiser4 gs dv lzo mjpeg mmx speex slp fftw real joystick asf xvmc mythtv v4l2 cpudetection \
matroska vcd libcaca sndfile plugin inkjar effects streams skins wxwindows xosd extraicons speech extramodules mail -apm \
config_wizard krb4 dga lcd chm spreadsheet webservices pdf xsl ext-man ext-rtf ext-tex pascal clearcase ada glitz \
gcj switch_all_desktops ipod flac exscalibar ole evo avahi stream live kdehiddenvisibility tiff usb kipi aiglx musicbrainz x264 3dfx pulseaudio \
x264 dv lame mp3rtp udev cdr beagle dvi djvu libnotify bzip2 aalib mng startup-notification openal jingle gsm dbox2"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86"
LINGUAS="en"
MAKEOPTS="-j2 -s "
PORTAGE_NICENESS="8"
FEATURES="parallel-fetch"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/usr/kde/3.5/share/config/kdm/ /etc"
VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev fglrx glint i128 i740 i810 imstt mach64 mga neomagic nsc nv nvidia r128 radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa vga via vmware voodoo epson"
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse acecad aiptek calcomp citron digitaledge dmc dynapro elo2300 elographics fpit hyperpen jamstudio joystick magellan microtouch mutouch palmax penmount spaceorb summa synaptics tek4957 wacom ur98 vmmouse void wacom"
source /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf
LIRC_DEVICES="audio audio_alsa"


What exactly needs to be changed?

[wolfden]

add to USE="

gtk

[krisje8]

Thank you, this did the trick.