Re: gnome-libs-1.0.5 and gtk+1.2.1

[James Green <gnome cyberstorm demon co uk>]

In message <36FD1E43.126BAA6@ndh.net>, hhv <h.vossieck@ndh.net> writes
>James Green wrote:
>> 
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> Firstly, to update you on the previous problem I was having, namely that
>> gnome refused to start up, I've now done it by copying the
>> default.session file from /usr/local/whatever into ~/.gnome/session
>> 
>> Now the next bit. I d/led gnome-libs-1.0.5 and gtk/glib-1.2.1. I
>> compiled glib, then gtk+ and both installed fine. I did an ldconfig -v
>> and gtk-config --version reports 1.2.1. Fine.
>> 
>> Unfortunately configure in gnome-libs-1.0.5 says that gtk-config --
>> version reports 1.2.1 but gtk+1.2.0 was also found. It says should
>> remove the old gtk-1.2.0. How do I do this? I can't find any reference
>> to gtk-1.2.0 in /usr/local/* which is where it is installed to by
>> default.
>
>What about 'locate gtk-config'?

Tells me to look in /usr/bin/

ls /usr/bin *gtk* gives nothing.

There must be a way of uninstalling software on Linux - or are tarballs
expected to overwrite previous versions? Perhaps GTK+ is different?
Help!

-- 
James Green