Question

I’m not a linux expert, and I’m trying to install a 2D graphics library on Ubuntu 10.10. I need to make a 2D display and after a little online research, GooCanvas seems like it will fit the bill.

I’m frustrated because it simply won’t install and I don’t get what I am supposed to do.

Here’s what I did.

1> git clone git://git.gnome.org/goocanvas   #built a goocanvas directory

2> cd goocanvas

3> ls
AUTHORS         ChangeLog     demo                 goocanvas.doap  NEWS    src
autogen.sh      configure.in  docs                 MAINTAINERS     po      TODO
autom4te.cache  COPYING       goocanvas-2.0.pc.in  Makefile.am     README

4> less README  #here's what it says
To build it run './configure' and 'make'. To run the demo cd into 'demo' and
run './demo'. (Or run ./simple-demo for the very simple demo, or ./mv-demo
for the model-view demo.)


5> ./configure   # error: bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

6> find . -name "configure*" -print  #there aren't any other configure scripts?

‘make; and ‘make install’ don’t work either.

OK, I’m frustrated. Why does it say run configure if there isn’t one? How do I install this thing?

Does anyone know an easy to use graphics library for ubuntu that will actually work. and can be easily installed?

Answer 1

Does anyone know an easy to use graphics library for ubuntu that will actually work.
and can be easily installed?

What is wrong with the big ones:

1. Qt
2. gtk
3. EFL (The Enlightenment libs)