I am trying to install this program called xchat and when i type ./configure

i get this error...


*** 'pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0' returned 2.6.0, 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 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

I did install glib 2.6.0 after i installed pkg-config so i know that is why the error is happening but how do i fix it? I dont understand the explanation above.


Ive been working for hours trying to fix this and i am a ExtrEEEM Noob to linux

can someone lend a hand and help me out.

Thanks

first thing is what distro are you using?

second is how did you install glib (i.e. did you just do ./configure, make, & make install)?
by default, ./configure without any options sets /usr/local as the root of install. So any libs will go to /usr/local/lib, executables will go to /usr/local/bin etc...

Most distros install glib-2.x in /usr/ so if this is your case and you did not remove the original one before doing make install in 2.6 you will end up with two glib-2.x's on your system.
you cannot install two of the same major versions on the same machine in different directories
such as glib-2.4.7 in /usr/lib and glib-2.6.0 in /usr/local/lib this is what pkg-config is complaining about

however, just FYI,
you can install say glib-2.6.0 and glib-1.2.10 on the same machine without any problems. (this is usually done on most distros)

Hi,
Before this if u try to configure xchat it will give the requirements that u need with glib etc,
I got the same error when i tried to install gtk+2.6.
For this i observed that i got a older version of pango
There was my fault. So u also did the same error th

you can delete the old version of glib, probably in /usr/lib/ or reconfigure and install the newer glib using, configure --prefix=/usr.

I am using xandros 3 delux

Will try your comments
Thanks

I was having the same problem as the OP, when I was attempting to install the latest version of GIMP (2.2.3) on Mandrake 10.1. Your suggestion above fixed the problem for me. Thanks.

I often post that suggestion because i've seen that problem myself, and sometimes somebody posts back that what i said to try wouldn't make any difference. Thanks back.