glib2 and gtk2

[Net Llama!]

I'm using the latest stable version, 0.12.

wmluck02 wrote:
> I tried this also and ended up getting nothing, but i got everything 
> compiled...i think you are missing the newest version of pkg-config...
> 
> 
>>===== Original Message From "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> =====
>>Greetings,
>>I realize that this is a tad off topic for this list, so I apologize in
>>advance.  I'm trying to get glib2 and gtk2 installed in Linux, so that I
>>can give xfce4 a whirl.  Unfortunately, its not going too well.
>>
>>I successfully rebuilt & installed an SRPM of glib2:
>>glib2-2.0.6.0.200207270434-0.snap.ximian.1
>>
>>However, when I attempt to build atk or pango (on the road to gtk2),
>>both bomb out like this:
>>checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0... no
>>*** Could not run GLIB test program, checking why...
>>*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log
>>for the
>>*** exact error that occured. This usually means GLIB is incorrectly
>>installed.
>>configure: error:
>>*** GLIB 2.0.0 or better is required. The latest version of
>>*** GLIB is always available from ftp://ftp.gtk.org/.
>>
>>From what i can gather, pkg-config is checking the version of glib, and
>>seein only the 1.2.10 version, since the glib2 version is registered as
>>'glib2-2.0.6' rather than glib-2.0.6'.  However i just don't know how to
>>force it to seeing the correct version.
>>
>>I should note that i've still got glib-1.2.10 and gtk-1.2.10 installed,
>>and have no desire to remove either until they become obsolete.  I've
>>also got xfce-3.8.16 installed, and running quite well.
>>
>>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>thanks!

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