Re: [gtk-list] Cannot configure gtk+-1.2.6

[Alan Olsen <alan clueserver org>]

At 05:52 PM 10/21/99 -0700, you wrote:
>   I've upgraded a couple of times now, so this stumps me. I'm running Red
>Hat 6.1. Downloaded glib-1.2.6.tar.gz and gtk+-1.2.6.tar.gz just a short
>time ago.
>
>   Configured, built and installed glib-1.2.6 without problem. It was placed
>in /usr/local/lib/glib. Ran /sbin/ldconfig without complaint. Then, I tried
>to run ./configure on the gtk+1.2.6 directory. Received this result:
>
>checking for glib-config... /usr/bin/glib-config
>checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.4... no
>*** Could not run GLIB test program, checking why...
>*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for
>the
>*** exact error that occured. This usually means GLIB was incorrectly
>installed
>*** or that you have moved GLIB since it was installed. In the latter case,
>you
>*** may want to edit the glib-config script: /usr/bin/glib-config
>configure: error:
>*** GLIB 1.2.4 or better is required. The latest version of GLIB
>*** is always available from ftp://ftp.gtk.org/.
>
>   I don't understand. I'd appreciate someone explaining the error to me, and
>telling me what to do to resolve the error so I can get the latest gtk+
>installed.

Make sure /usr/local/lib is in /etc/ld.so.conf.  (It is not by default in 
Redhat.)

This one screwed me up as well.  (Until I just symlinked /usr/local to 
/usr, but that screws up other things...)

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