Re: gtk+-0.99.8 config problems

[Owen Taylor <owt1 cornell edu>]

John Kodis <kodis@jagunet.com> writes:

> The installation of the gtk+-0.99.8 and gimp-0.99.21 combo has proven
> very problematic for me.  I've made it past the "missing gtk.m4"
> hurdle, but now I'm stuck.  On an i386 RH5.0 Linux box, the Gtk
> installation proceeds without error using the usual "./configure;
> make; su; make install" sequence, but the subsequent gimp .configure
> fails with:
> 
> checking for gtk-config... gtk-config
> checking for GTK - version >= 0.99.7... no
> configure: error: Cannot include/link gtk/gdk/glib--check CFLAGS/LDFLAGS
> 
> The failing conftest.c program compiles and links successfully, but
> when run fails with:
> 
> gimp-0.99.21% ./conftest 
> ./conftest: error in loading shared libraries
>: undefined symbol: gtk_minor_version

This shows that you are trying to link against an old version
of GTK. Remove the GTK rpm with libraries installed in /usr/lib
and things should work fine.

Regards,
                                        Owen