Re: Regarding rpm installation of gtk

["Michael Ekstrand" <mekstran debye scl ameslab gov>]

On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 08:11:59AM -0500, Michael Ekstrand wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 09:46:35AM +0530, Sashi Kiran Akella wrote:
> > Hi,
> >        I've installed a RPM related to gtk which is 2.6.1-2. After if I 
> > query as rpm -q gtk+- it is giving the installed rpm as gtk+-2.6.1-2, 
> > but again error is coming when I'm trying to install one application 
> > like this :
> > 
> > checking for PACKAGE... Requested 'gtk+-2.0 >= 2.4.0' but version of 
> > GTK+ is 2.3.5
> > configure: error: Package requirements (gtk+-2.0 >= 2.4.0 libglade-2.0 
> > glib-2.0 gthread-2.0) were not met:
> 
> Knowing which distro you're using would be helpful.
> 
> However, most distributions (including RHEL/CentOS and Fedora) provide
> separate packages containing the runtimes and development files for a
> given library.  So look for a gtk+-devel package --- that should contain
> the pkgconfig package definition file that the error messages indicate
> you're missing.

You can probably largely disregard my response... I didn't read
carefully enough to see your problem.  I thought it was telling you that
it couldn't find the GTK+ package.

*crawls in a cave and makes note to read better in the future*

- Michael