Re: Installing from RPM as GTK+

[Paul Davis <pbd Op Net>]

>I'm trying to upgrade GTK+ (2.0) from an RPM. I already have it installed as 
>1.2, and I want to upgrade it. When I download the RPM from the gtk.org site, 
>it installs it as gtk2. This means that the program I am trying to upgrade 
>(gtkspell) gives me this complaint:
>
>checking for gtk+-2.0... Package gtk+-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config 
>search path.
>Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-2.0.pc'
>to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
>No package 'gtk+-2.0' found
>
>configure: error: Library requirements (gtk+-2.0) not met; consider adjusting 
>the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a 
>nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them.
>
>Any suggestions? Can I upgrade using source code and still have RPM know that 
>gtk+ is now gtk+ version 2.0.1?

ask the author/packager to produce a new RPM. its checking for the
wrong existing package, probably based on an older version of GTK+
2.0.

--p