getting started with gnome

[Mike Liddekee <jeneral usa net>]

i'm try to get gnome .12 to compile on my machine here and i've run into a bit
of a snag.  when i run make, it compiles for a while and it gets to a point and
stops with the following error:

../../../libgnome/.libs/libgnome.so undefined reference to "bindtextdomain"
make[3]: *** [gemvt] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/root/gnome/gnome-0.12/programs/gemvt'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/root/gnome/gnome-0.12/programs'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/root/gnome/gnome-0.12'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

this would seem to occur soon after make reports  Making all in gemvt


This is the first time i've compiled gnome on this particular machine.  I
believe i've gotten all the extras installed.  I've probably been up way too
long and am missing something totally simple.  


Regards,
Mike Liddekee