Re: rpm problem

[Yves De Muyter <yves vlaanderen net>]

don't use --force for rpm, it's a bad thing to do

-Yves

On 3 Jul 2000, Tbone C wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm a newbie in the Linux world and I have a *big* problem for me:
> 
> I've just installed RedHat 6.2 and after surfing few moments I've downloaded
> some applications (Gimp,...) requiring GTK+ 1.2.8
> OK, I download it and I will install it.
> After few moments, I try "rpm -i --force gtk+-1.2.8-1.i386.rpm" and that's
> right.
> 
> I must now install Gimp, I type "./configure" and I've this on my console:
> "
> ...
> checking for GTK - version >= 1.2.8... 
> *** An old version of GTK+ (1.2.6) was found.
> *** You need a version of GTK+ newer than 1.2.8. The latest version of
> *** GTK+ is always available from ftp://ftp.gtk.org.
> ***
> *** If you have already installed a sufficiently new version, this error
> *** probably means that the wrong copy of the gtk-config shell script is
> *** being found. The easiest way to fix this is to remove the old version
> *** of GTK+, but you can also set the GTK_CONFIG environment to point to the
> *** correct copy of gtk-config. (In this case, you will have to
> *** modify your LD_LIBRARY_PATH enviroment variable, or edit /etc/ld.so.conf
> *** so that the correct libraries are found at run-time))
> no
> configure: error: Test for GTK failed. See the file 'INSTALL' for help."
> 
> I've edited /etc/ld.so.conf where I add this line: "/usr/bin" where gtk-config
> is. but without results.
> 
> How can I point to the correct copy of gtk-config ??? 
> 
> 
> Thanks to help me.
> 
> Theo.
> 
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