Re: configure: error: xpidl compiler not found

 >  Rune Baggetun wrote:
>  | Hi,
>  | I am trying to compile gecko-mplayer from svn sources, but I get a
>  | configure error. Any tip on how to solve this ?
>  |
>  | This is the error message:
>  |
>  | ./configure
>  | ....
>  | ....
>  | checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
>  | checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
>  | checking for GLIB... yes
>  | checking for GECKO... no
>  | configure: WARNING: mozilla-plugin not found, trying another
>  | checking for GECKO... yes
>  | checking for xpidl... no
>  | configure: error: xpidl compiler not found
>  |
>  |
>  | Some info where xpidl is in my system:
>  |
>  | e@nFs-desktop:~/apps/gecko-mediaplayer$ locate xpidl
>  | /usr/lib/firefox/xpidl
>  | /usr/lib/xulrunner/xpidl
>  | /usr/lib/xulrunner/sdk/bin/xpidl
>  | /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9b5/xpidl
>  |
>  | This is on Ubuntu Hardy 64bit, and both Mplayer and gnome-mplayer
>  | works fine on this box.
>  |
>  | Regards
>
>  Rune,
>
>  Lets take this to the gecko-mediaplayer list... but it sounds like a
>  package config issue
>
>  what does this give you
>  pkg-config --variable=libdir firefox-plugin

This is what I get:
e@nFs-desktop:~/$ pkg-config --variable=libdir firefox-plugin
/usr/lib/firefox-2

But this directory does not even exist:
e@nFs-desktop:~/$ ll /usr/lib/firefox
firefox/        firefox-3.0b5/  firefox-addons/
e@nFs-desktop:~/apps/gecko-mediaplayer$ ll /usr/lib/firefox

Should I try to solve this by making a symlink?
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/firefox /usr/lib/firefox-2


Regards
-- 
Rune Baggetun

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