Installing a graphics library on linux

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

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)