glib-1.2.3 location

["Garcia, Paul" <paul garcia experian com>]

Please forgive if this is way off track...

rookie Linux user trying to install Gimp.  has to install gtk first.  then
has to install glib-1.2.3 before gtk-1.2.3 can complete the install.

during the make install for gtk i come across an error such as:

'link:  '../../glib-1.2.3/gmodule.la' is not a valid libtool archive.'


could someone please give me an idea where i might start looking for a
solution to this?  i am quite new to all this and am unsure of what '../../'
actually represents.

any info would definately be appreciated.

thanks,

paul garcia


ah, and the following is required...  any opinions expressed herein are
definately mine alone and not necessarily those of Experian.  there, i feel
better.