Problems installing gtk

**e_Infinite** · 07-10-2003

I tried to install a program needing gtk v1.2, and apparently gtk wasn't installed, so I'm trying to install it.

I've downloaded the tar's, gtk+-1.2.9.tar.gz and glib-1.2.9.tar.gz. I installed glib first since gtk wouldn't install without it, now glib is installed, I get this error from the ./configure script of gtk and have no idea where to go.

checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.8...
*** 'glib-config --version' returned 1.2.9, but GLIB (1.2.10)
*** was found! If glib-config was correct, then it is best
*** to remove the old version of GLIB. You may also be able to fix the error
*** 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 glib-config was wrong, set the environment variable GLIB_CONFIG
*** to point to the correct copy of glib-config, and remove the file config.cache
*** before re-running configure
no
configure: error:
*** GLIB 1.2.8 or better is required. The latest version of GLIB
*** is always available from ftp://ftp.gtk.org/.

The system is RedHat 9.0 with all patches applied, and running KDE.

Any and all help appreciated!

P.S. My first post from Linux!

**CopperTop** · 07-10-2003

Issue the following:

Code:

rpm -qa glib*

and see if your glib-1.2.9 took effect...

**Anonymous** · 07-10-2003

Thanks Copper, I get...

$ rpm -qa glib*
glib-1.2.10-10
glibc-devel-2.3.2-27.9
glib2-2.2.1-1
glibc-kernheaders-2.4-8.10
glibc-2.3.2-27.9
glibc-common-2.3.2-27.9

So it seems 1.2.9 didn't take effect, but then I did install it from a .tar.gz so would rpm still find it?

....but if glib 1.2.10 was already installed, why did the gtk install complain at the beginning? and how do I uninstall what the glib 1.2.9 tar.gz has done, and perhaps start a fresh. :\ If that's where I should go next?

**e_Infinite** · 07-10-2003

Erm, that's me. ^^ How odd.

**CopperTop** · 07-10-2003

You must have forgot to sign in there...

Anyway, re-reaqding your original post, it says that it did find 1.2.10 and then makes some suggestions to remedy the problem. Since your glib-config is incorect (states 1.2.9 but find 1.2.10), then I would try the last part:

Code:

*** If glib-config was wrong, set the environment variable GLIB_CONFIG 
*** to point to the correct copy of glib-config, and remove the file config.cache 
*** before re-running configure

Let us know what happens and g/l!

**e_Infinite** · 07-10-2003

Okay, sorry, but where would I find / set environment variables?

**CopperTop** · 07-10-2003

Something like this:

Code:

GLIB_CONFIG=/usr/bin/glib-config; export GLIB_CONFIG

N.B. The semi colon means you're running two commands on one line.

**e_Infinite** · 07-10-2003

Thanks, I did that but it made no difference.

I did echo '$GLIB_CONFIG' to prove it worked, then re-ran the gtk ./configure but it still died with the same error message.

I seem to have 1.2.10 installed (by rpm) and 1.2.9 installed (from tar.gz) thus the conflict.

I tried 'rpm -e glib', but I can't remove the 1.2.10 version due to dependencies it says. So I should try and remove 1.2.9? but I have no idea what files, and where, ./configure, make, make install, put them.

Edit/PS: Although I seem to have 2 versions installed, I only have one glib-config.

$ whereis glib-config
glib-config: /usr/local/bin/glib-config

..and that's the location I put in the GLIB_CONFIG variable.

**CopperTop** · 07-10-2003

Did you try removing the config.cache file before reconfiguring?

And I think you'll have a hard time trying to remove glib because of it's heavy dependencies. Let's try first to get your glib version correctly recognized...

**e_Infinite** · 07-10-2003

Okay.

Yeah I did a search for config.cache and never found it.

[Edit] I've managed to uninstall 1.2.9, and am back at square one. I have to go out, but will tackle it again when I get back.

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