glib2 and gtk2

[Collins]

On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:43:13 -0700 "Net Llama!"
<netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> Actually, i should have mentioned that i tried the RedHat SRPMs
> first, and they failed in the same way, so i figured something else
> might work.
> 
> Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
> > Get rid of the ximian rpm. Use one from redhat or ftp.gnome.org.
> > Or build from source (there's a spec file in there as well I
> > think).
> > 
> > Jasper
> > 
> > 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.

Final recommendation, since that's what's on my system - fetch the
virgin source tarballs for the releases I've listed and install them. 
The SRPMs have probably done something non standard.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD? 
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