I decided to change to xmule. After installing the libraries listed below, I was able to make and "make install" and successfully installed xmule.
-libgtk+1.2.10-38mdk.i586.rpm
-libgtk+1.2-devel-1.2.10-38mdk.i586.rpm
-libwx_base2.4_0-2.4.1-2mdk.i586.rpm
-libwx_base2.4_0-static-devel-2.4.1-2mdk.i586.rpm
-libwxgtk2.4-2.4.2-1mdk.i586.rpm
-libwxgtk2.4-devel-2.4.2-1mdk.i586.rpm
-libwxgtkgl2.4-2.4.2-1mdk.i586.rpm
-wxGTK-2.4.2-1mdk.i586.rpm
(got this info from
http://www.xmule.org/index.php?showtopic=1427)