Re: Error in installing an application whose Glib is the main issue.

[jcupitt gmail com]

Hi Weiller,

On 4 March 2014 01:40, Weiller Ronfini <weillerronfini yahoo com br> wrote:
> The error that is giving is:
>
> checking for GLIB - version >= 2.39.5...
> *** 'pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0' returned 2.39.90, but GLIB (2.38.2)
> *** was found! If pkg-config was correct, then it is best
> *** to remove the old version of GLib. You may also be able to fix the error
> *** by modifying your LD_LIBRARY_PATH enviroment variable, or by editing
> *** /etc/ld.so.conf. Make sure you have run ldconfig if that is
> *** required on your system.
> *** If pkg-config was wrong, set the environment variable PKG_CONFIG_PATH
> *** to point to the correct configuration files

The advice in the error is probably correct. Have you set
LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to your new glib?

Don't touch the system glib. As you say, you can kill your system if
you mess with that. All those files are managed for you by apt and you
mustn't modify them or the directories they are in.

John