libexif.so.8 not a shared object file
 

When i tried to install gtkam on slakcware i got this messange:
libexif.so is not a shared object file (Type: 768)
same for libexif.so.8.0.0 and libexif.so.8
i installed libexif from an rpm could that be part of why?

This might be because those .so files were installed from an RPM from the wrong architecutre? They might not be recognized if you installed a sparc RPM on an x86 system for example. What was the RPM file that you instaled named, and what is your system?

I can't provide much to you here, but for future reference, convert rpms and install them like so:

Actually, try uninstalling that rpm, and going here;
http://slackware.com/pb/download.php...-0.6.11-i486-1