>> pkg-config --exists --print-errors 'cairo >= 1.5'
>
> gives me nothing - just returns me to the prompt.
Good.
>> pkg-config --exists --print-errors 'cairo >= 7.5'
>
> gives me:
>
> Requested 'cairo >= 7.5' but version of cairo is 1.10.2
Good.
*However*, earlier you said "libcairo2-dev is installed"
Does tour distro have a separate libcairo and libcairo2? Have you tried
isntalled libcairo-dev?
> 1) Is 1.10 > 1.9? i.e. did 1.10 come after 1.9 ?(numerically I know it's
> not but not sure how version numbering works)
Yes.
> 2) According to configure - I need version 1.5 or later - hence my
> question above. So I don't know if my version is later than 1.5 or not.
It is. My distro (Fedora 16) has the same version. But the "2" in your
libcairo2-dev worries me. Which distro are you using?
Vic.
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