glib problems

njjk · 04-21-2005, 03:57 PM

Hello,
I'm trying to install both xchat and gaim. I don't want to grab them as myDSL extensions or from apt-get because I want the latest versions of each; I'm trying to compile them from source.

I have the myDSL GTK2 extension, but it apparently didn't include glib, because xchat and gaim complained that it was missing. So I installed glib 2.6.3 with no problems I could tell.

However, when running './configure' for xchat and gaim I get this message:

Code:

checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.3...
*** 'pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0' returned 2.6.4, but GLIB (2.4.7)
*** 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 environment variable, or by editing
*** /etc/ld.so.conf. Make sure you have run ldconfig if that is
*** required on your system.

It seems like there's already an installation of glib 2.4.7 on here, but when I make uninstall 2.6.3 and run ldconfig, 2.4.7 isn't found by xchat or gaim. I've searched around for people who've had the same problem, but with my minimal knowledge I've had no success.

Thank you anyone who answers, this has been bugging me for a while.

freakyg · 04-22-2005, 11:35 AM

the only thing I can think of is to look at your........
/etc/ld.so.conf file.........
is /usr in your $PATH??
the glib libraries should all be in /usr

njjk · 04-22-2005, 03:18 PM

'/usr' wasn't in my ld.so.conf file or my $PATH, so I added it and ran 'sudo ldconfig', but I still get the same results when I try to ./configure.