glib2 and gtk2

[Net Llama!]

Collins wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 18:35:35 -0700 "Net Llama!"
> <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> 
>>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.
>>>>
>>>
> 
> OK, another thought.  My supposed bleeding edge system has
> gtk+-2.0.5-r2 and glib-2.0.4-r1 and pkg-config-0.12.0.  Maybe
> glib2-2.0.6.0.200207270434-0 is a little too far ahead of the curve?

Truth be told, i also had 2.0.4 installed, and that failed to work too.

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