ì2007/10/30, BeamEnds <lrspares45@xxxxxxx>: > checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config > checking for GLIB - version >= 2.8.0... > *** 'pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0' returned 2.12.9, but GLIB > (2.10.3) > *** was found! If pkg-config was correct, then it is best > *** to remove the old version of GLib. You may also be able to fix the > error Here is telling you what's wrong, just guessing here you have a Glib installed in your system path and an attempt to install a newer version in another path (probably /usr/local) > *** by modifying your LD_LIBRARY_PATH enviroment variable, or by editing > *** /etc/ld.so.conf. Make sure you have run ldconfig if that is > *** required on your system. If you want to have newer version of your library you should point LD_LIBRARY_PATH where the new one is installed > *** If pkg-config was wrong, set the environment variable > PKG_CONFIG_PATH > *** to point to the correct configuration files also PKG_CONFIG_PATH should be pointed there to find it. > If I try to install gobject package it fails saying it conflicts with > python-gtk2. That is because you have a kind of mess now between older and newer libraries. > Some questions : > Where are the GLIB versiosn stored? The default path is /usr/lib > I've found several .h files that > have the version number in - where should it be (/tmp)? Wherever you want to install them besides the system path > Where does the ./configure look to get which version of GLIB is > installed? pkg-config --modversion libraryname If you want to install different version of a library you must learn how to deal with different LD_LIBRARY_PATH and PKG_CONFIG_PATH first, I'm sure googling will bring up nice tutorials. HTH cheers -- Gian Mario Tagliaretti _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list