glib.h: No such file or directory

Question

I tried installing gtk and glib using

sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev

and

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev

but locate glib.h does not return any path for glib results of locate glib.h are

$ locate glib.h
/home/asus/Qt5.8.0/5.8/Src/qtbase/src/3rdparty/libjpeg/jpeglib.h
/home/asus/Qt5.8.0/5.8/Src/qtimageformats/src/3rdparty/jasper/src/libjasper/jpg/jpg_jpeglib.h
/home/asus/Qt5.8.0/5.8/Src/qtwebengine/src/3rdparty/chromium/base/message_loop/message_pump_glib.h
/home/asus/Qt5.8.0/5.8/Src/qtwebengine/src/3rdparty/chromium/third_party/harfbuzz-ng/src/hb-glib.h
/home/asus/Qt5.8.0/5.8/Src/qtwebengine/src/3rdparty/chromium/third_party/libjpeg/jpeglib.h
/home/asus/Qt5.8.0/5.8/Src/qtwebengine/src/3rdparty/chromium/third_party/libjpeg_turbo/jpeglib.h
/home/asus/Qt5.8.0/5.8/Src/qtwebengine/src/3rdparty/chromium/third_party/pdfium/third_party/libjpeg/jpeglib.h
/home/asus/Qt5.8.0/5.8/Src/qtwebengine/src/3rdparty/chromium/ui/events/platform/x11/x11_event_source_glib.h
/usr/include/reglib/reglib.h
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.8.0-36-generic/include/config/blk/dev/bsglib.h

using updatedb solves this error.

But I get 1 more error fatal error: glibconfig.h: No such file or directory

I think it is related to glib also

I got the answer pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-2.0 flag solves this

Newman

Answer 1

Add -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 to your compiler command line (check the path of course). You will need to amend your makefile probably

Creepy

It looks as if the question is about the locate command and not about gcc. – Hypodermic

Interesting downvotes. @Hypodermic I had this "problem" some time ago and unfortunately updating the database (I was same smart as you) did not help. Maybe now it is sorted. So this workaround was the quickest solution. – Creepy

Running updatedb would help locate only, sure. It won't help GCC. But well, the question is about locate, isn't it? I removed my downvote, BTW. – Hypodermic

BTW^2: doing find / -name glib.h might still be faster then running updatedb. – Hypodermic

Maybe I do not understand something but usually .h files are used during the programming and compiling (of course I can be wrong). I don't think that he needs it to print and use as a wallpaper or maybe a giftwrap. – Creepy

You'll never know ... ;-) – Hypodermic

@Hypodermic :) BTW ls -d /usr/include/g* is even quicker – Creepy

This uses "local" knowledge, not fair ... ;-) – Hypodermic

Answer 2

but locate glib.h does not return any path for glib

You might want to update locate's database (by running updatedb), or wait until tomorrow ... ;-)

Hypodermic