problem updating glib

[hassanLinux]

hi

i am trying to install xmms player in my FC4 from the source file. now while i run the configure file it reports me that i do not have the required glib version and ask me to update the glib upto version 1.2.2 or better. so i went to the www.gtk.org and obtain the source for glib. then tried to install the glib from the source... the steps i performed to install glib is

#tar -xvf glib-2.8.1.tar.gz
#cd glib-2.8.1
#./configure
#make
#make install

now then its installed nicely. then i tried again with xmms configure file but yet it reports the same....that i dont have the glib version required to install the software.

am i missing somethin?

for you information when i execute the command

rpm -q glib

it still shows me the previous version of glib not the one i installed later.

[lakerdonald]

First off, try configuring glib like so:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Second, RPM isn't going to find the glib that you compiled from source.

[hassanLinux]

thanks...actually i thought so...rpm isn't going to find the glib that i have compiled from the source. and secondly i had a feeling that i couldnt install the glib according to the path i should have.

i dont understand what should be the prefix as you writting below:

./configure --prefix=/usr

i thought you meant the correct path...but i'm unsure what should be the correct path i should install it to...

if you know then please tell me

[lakerdonald]

Most packages install things to /usr/local by default, yet libraries and dependencies are often looked for in /usr, so try replacing the configure step of the glib compilation with:

./configure --prefix=/usr

[valan]

You are installing the wrong glib. What it doesn't tell you is that xmms uses gtk 1 not gtk 2, so you need the latest in the 1 series. I believe its 1.10.

[pylonx]

Thank you lakerdonald!

./configure --prefix=/usr

Worked for my problem like a Charm.