Unable to install gtk2.8

[Ahmed Farrag <AFARRAG eg ibm com>]

Hi,

I have RHEL 4 installed on my machine,
and I want to update the installed gtk to version 2.8.1 . However each
time I try to start the configure script, I got a configuration error stating
that I have to install glib, atk, cairo and pango libraries with newer
versions than the ones currently installed (see the attached txt file).
 I have installed glib2.8, atk1.8, cairo 1.0.4 and pango 1.9.1 but
it seems that the configure script of gtk can't find them. it finds only
the older versions of these libraries. I have found that the version number
of glib, atk, cairo and pango lib is hard coded in the configure script
, and I think this might be the problem. Would you please advise if there
is any workarounds I can make to install gtk.



Thanks in advance

Best Regards
Ahmed Farrag
Associate Software Engineer
iSeries/Rational NLS Team
Globalization -  Cairo Technology Development Center (CTDC) - IBM
EGYPT Branch
Pyramids Heights Office Park, Building C10
Cairo - Alexandria Desert Road, KM 22.
Giza,  Egypt
P.O. Box  166 El-Ahram, Giza ,Egypt
Tel: Direct : (+202) 536 1422
Ext: 1422
e-mail:   afarrag eg ibm com
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[root localhost gtk+-2.8.1]# ./configure --prefix=/usr
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin//install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for native Win32... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin//ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin//ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin//ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin//nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for g77... g77
checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... yes
checking whether g77 accepts -g... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768
checking command to parse /usr/bin//nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking if gcc static flag  works... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin//ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin//ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin//ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin//ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin//ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking for g77 option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if g77 PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if g77 supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the g77 linker (/usr/bin//ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... 64
checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files... no
checking for nm... /usr/bin//nm -B
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for some Win32 platform... no
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for strerror in -lcposix... no
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin//install -c
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin//pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for BASE_DEPENDENCIES_CFLAGS...
checking for BASE_DEPENDENCIES_LIBS...
configure: error: Package requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.7.1    atk >= 1.0.1    pango >= 1.9.0    cairo >= 0.9.2) were not met.
Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively you may set the BASE_DEPENDENCIES_CFLAGS and BASE_DEPENDENCIES_LIBS environment variables
to avoid the need to call pkg-config.  See the pkg-config man page for
more details.
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