Hey Kids.
I've run into some problems doing this before, so here I am, running Mandrake 9.0 and trying to upgrade some packages. After running this same distribution for several months, and screwing it royally with many "newbie" mistakes I'm sure, I decided to clear it out and start over. My original intent was to install the newest version of my favorite AIM clone, Gaim. Unfortunately, I apparently need some packages, most notably glibc and gtk+ upgrades.
See:
http://members.tripod.com/quemple/screenshot.htm for the screenshot.
On my "to install" list now lies (in alphabetical order :P):
binutils 2.9.1
gcc 3.2.3
gettext 0.11.5
make 3.80 (gnu)
atk 1.2.0
glib 2.2.1
glibc 2.3.2
gtk+ 2.2.1
jpegsrc.vb6
libpng 1.2.5
pango 1.2.1
pkgconfig 0.14.0
tiff 3.5.7
These are all tarballs (ie .tar.gz).
Any suggestions to this (please assume) total newbie? Am I doing this the hard way? Any special precautions and/or commands to run. I am reading/hearing about LD_CONFIG_PATH and ldconfig a lot, but am still not really sure what they are/how to manipulate them.
Any miscellaneous advice/things to read is appreciated.
-Ryan Tomlinson-
massacre0@yahoo.com