trying to install glib

["Paul Juster" <p_juster hotmail com>]

I have downloaded version 1.1.16 of glib
I have tried to do a ./configure make & make install
but when i try and install gtk i get the following message after a 
./configure
could not run Glib test program, checking why...
The test program failed to to compile or link.  see config.log for the 
exact error that occured. This usually means glibwas incorrectly 
installed or that is has been moved since it was intstall. In the latter 
case, you may want to edit the glib-config script /usr/bin/glib-config
configure error.

I know that glib has not been installed as the directory is version 8 
under /usr/src
here is change.log that the error message is pointing me too.....

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

configure:648: checking for a BSD compatible install
configure:701: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:758: checking whether make sets ${MAKE}
configure:797: checking for working aclocal
configure:810: checking for working autoconf
configure:823: checking for working automake
configure:836: checking for working autoheader
configure:849: checking for working makeinfo
configure:921: checking host system type
configure:942: checking build system type
configure:962: checking for ranlib
configure:992: checking for gcc
configure:1105: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works
configure:1121: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  1>&5
configure:1147: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a 
cross-compiler
configure:1152: checking whether we are using GNU C
configure:1161: gcc -E conftest.c
configure:1180: checking whether gcc accepts -g
configure:1223: checking for ld used by GCC
configure:1316: checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld
GNU ld version 2.9.1 (with BFD 2.9.1.0.15)
configure:1332: checking for BSD-compatible nm
configure:1368: checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output
configure:1431: gcc -c -g -O2  conftest.c 1>&5
configure:1434: /usr/bin/nm -B conftest.o | sed -n -e 's/^.* 
[ABCDGISTUW]
\([_A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*\)$/\1 \1/p' > conftest.nm
configure:1492: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c conftestm.o 1>&5
configure:1528: checking for _ prefix in compiled symbols
configure:1537: gcc -c -g -O2  conftest.c 1>&5
configure:1540: /usr/bin/nm -B conftest.o | sed -n -e 's/^.* 
[ABCDGISTUW]
\([_A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*\)$/\1 \1/p' > conftest.nm
configure:1571: checking whether ln -s works
ltconfig:552: checking for object suffix
ltconfig:553: gcc -c -g -O2  conftest.c 1>&5
ltconfig:674: checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works
ltconfig:675: gcc -c -g -O2 -fPIC -DPIC  conftest.c 1>&5
ltconfig:709: checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o
ltconfig:710: gcc -c -g -O2 -c -o conftest2.o  conftest.c 1>&5
ltconfig:737: checking if gcc supports -c -o file.lo
ltconfig:738: gcc -c -g -O2 -c -o conftest.lo  conftest.c 1>&5
ltconfig:789: checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions
ltconfig:790: gcc -c -g -O2 -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -c conftest.c  
conftest.c 1>&5
cc1: Invalid option `-fno-exceptions'
cc1: Invalid option `-fno-exceptions'
ltconfig:833: checking if gcc static flag -static works
ltconfig:834: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   -static conftest.c  1>&5
GNU ld version 2.9.1 (with BFD 2.9.1.0.15)
ltconfig:1425: checking if global_symbol_pipe works
ltconfig:1426: gcc -c -g -O2  conftest.c 1>&5
ltconfig:1429: eval "/usr/bin/nm -B conftest.o | sed -n -e 's/^.* 
[ABCDGISTUW]
\([_A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*\)$/\1 \1/p' > conftest.nm"
ltconfig:1487: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -fno-builtin   conftest.c 
conftestm.o 1>&5
configure:1836: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions 
of Makefiles
configure:1866: checking host system type
configure:1965: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:2007: checking for gcc
configure:2120: checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g -O2 ) works
configure:2136: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:2162: checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g -O2 ) is a 
cross-compiler
configure:2167: checking whether we are using GNU C
configure:2195: checking whether gcc accepts -g
configure:2227: checking for POSIXized ISC
configure:2251: checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C
configure:2304: gcc  -c -g -O2  conftest.c 1>&5
configure:2339: checking for a BSD compatible install
configure:2392: checking whether make sets ${MAKE}
configure:2446: checking for mawk
configure:2446: checking for gawk
configure:2480: checking for perl5
configure:2480: checking for perl
configure:2514: checking for indent
configure:2552: checking how to run the C preprocessor
configure:2573: gcc -E  conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:2632: checking for ANSI C header files
configure:2645: gcc -E  conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:2712: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:2736: checking for working const
configure:2790: gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall  conftest.c 1>&5
configure: In function `main':
configure:2764: warning: unused variable `s'
configure:2784: warning: unused variable `foo'
configure:2752: warning: unused variable `zero'
configure:2746: warning: unused variable `x'
configure:2763: warning: `t' might be used uninitialized in this 
function
configure:2781: warning: `b' might be used uninitialized in this 
function
configure:2811: checking for inline
configure:2825: gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall  conftest.c 1>&5
configure: In function `main':
configure:2821: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
configure: At top level:
configure:2821: warning: return-type defaults to `int'
configure:2851: checking for off_t
configure:2884: checking for size_t
configure:2919: checking for working alloca.h
configure:2931: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure: In function `main':
configure:2927: warning: unused variable `p'
configure:2952: checking for alloca
configure:2985: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure: In function `main':
configure:2981: warning: unused variable `p'
configure:3154: checking for unistd.h
configure:3164: gcc -E  conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:3193: checking for getpagesize
configure:3221: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3246: checking for working mmap
configure:3394: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure: In function `main':
configure:3335: warning: implicit declaration of function `getpagesize'
configure:3344: warning: implicit declaration of function `rand'
configure:3345: warning: implicit declaration of function `umask'
configure:3349: warning: implicit declaration of function `write'
configure:3351: warning: implicit declaration of function `close'
configure:3382: warning: implicit declaration of function `read'
configure:3388: warning: implicit declaration of function `unlink'
configure:3422: checking for argz.h
configure:3432: gcc -E  conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:3422: checking for limits.h
configure:3432: gcc -E  conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:3422: checking for locale.h
configure:3432: gcc -E  conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:3422: checking for nl_types.h
configure:3432: gcc -E  conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:3422: checking for malloc.h
configure:3432: gcc -E  conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:3422: checking for string.h
configure:3432: gcc -E  conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:3422: checking for unistd.h
configure:3422: checking for sys/param.h
configure:3432: gcc -E  conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:3462: checking for getcwd
configure:3490: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3462: checking for munmap
configure:3490: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3462: checking for putenv
configure:3490: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3462: checking for setenv
configure:3490: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3462: checking for setlocale
configure:3490: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3462: checking for strchr
configure:3490: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3462: checking for strcasecmp
configure:3490: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3462: checking for strdup
configure:3490: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3462: checking for __argz_count
configure:3490: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3462: checking for __argz_stringify
configure:3490: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3462: checking for __argz_next
configure:3490: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3519: checking for stpcpy
configure:3547: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3581: checking for LC_MESSAGES
configure:3593: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3614: checking whether NLS is requested
configure:3646: checking for libintl.h
configure:3656: gcc -E  conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:3673: checking for gettext in libc
configure:3685: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3799: checking for msgfmt
configure:3833: checking for dcgettext
configure:3861: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3888: checking for gmsgfmt
configure:3924: checking for xgettext
configure:3964: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:4240: checking for catalogs to be installed
configure:4343: checking for gettext
configure:4371: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  1>&5
configure:4444: checking for extra flags to get ANSI library prototypes
configure:4457: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall   conftest.c  -lm 1>&5
configure:4498: checking for extra flags for POSIX compliance
configure:4507: gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall  conftest.c 1>&5
configure: In function `main':
configure:4503: warning: unused variable `dir'
configure:4600: checking for glib-config
configure:4635: checking for GLIB - version >= 1.1.15

what does this tell me ! and how can i start getting things to work !!
I'm running redhat 5.2, kernel 2.0.36 witha gnome desktop,
sorry for such a large file as i'm trying to miss nothing out.
I'm new to thinks and starting to get annoyed with my self as I cannot 
seen what i'm doing wrong.
Please help !!
I'm just trying to install gedit and other such programs !!!!!

Thanks again 
Spike
:o((


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