xfce4 4.2.2 install fails on -lgtk-x11-2.0

[Benedikt Meurer]

Paul Blackman wrote:
> Hello All,
> Can anyone point to the cause of this message:
> 
> # sh ./xfce4-4.2.2-installer.bin 
> Verifying file integrity... OK.
> Extracting the installer... OK.
> Checking for usable C compiler... gcc
> Checking for usable C++ compiler... g++
> Checking for GNU make... gmake
> Checking for package config tool... pkg-config
> Checking for GLib (GModule) >= 2.2.0... detected 2.6.3 in /usr
> Checking for Gtk+ >= 2.2.0... detected 2.4.9 in /usr
> Compiling installer-gui... failed, see /root/.xfce4.installer-log for
> details
> Cleaning up... OK.
> 
> The log file indicates:
>    /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgtk-x11-2.0
> 
> But I can see:
> /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.la
> /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so -> libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.600.4*
> /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 -> libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.600.4*
> /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.600.4*
> 
> What am I missing?
> The libgtk-x11-2.0.so was linking to libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.400.9, but this
> did not appear to exist so I relinked it to the .600.4 file.... still no
> luck.

What about libgtk-x11-2.0.la? I bet it still points to the old library.

> Cheers,
> Paul

greets,
Benedikt