Error building gtk 2.8.17 - SOLVED

["Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)" <David Logan hp com>]

>Hi Folks,
 
>Could somebody please point out where I've gone wrong, I've downloaded
gtk-2.8.17 and compiled/built the latest versions >of cairo, pango, atk
and glib. Move to the gtk source directory and ./configure and make and
everything is fine. 

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>Any assistance gratefully received.

>Regards
 
>David Logan 
>South Australia

Hi All,

Thanks Archana Shah and Yeti for the pointers. I ran this as root rather
than sudo and it worked. I still don't know really why this is so but
gtk 2.8.17 is up and running.

Thanks again