Ok, wasn't sure exactly where to post it so i chose Mandrake cause i'm running 9.2. So, sorry in advance for posting in the wrong area.

Anywho...

I'm actually trying to install ut2k3 on my box but i keep getting gtk version too old warnings.

I download and install gtk 2.3 but i get the same warning message. I am doing this wrong?

I even tried the whole ./configure --prefix=/usr

still get the same message

do i need to uninstall old version first? I looked up gtk in rpmdrake and found nothing that meant anything to me.

If some one could post a step by step on how to install gtk-2.3 it would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance..

afraid to say you're barking up the wrong tree. gtk2 is NOT NOT NOT gtk... it has a "2" on the end ;-) they mean gtk 1.2 which you should have installed... there really isn't going to be a newer version, i'd guess it's actually a different cause... maybe gtk 1.2 isn't actually installed at all? if you can provide some more details...

Ok, thanks for the input. Is there some command I can run to find out what version, if any, I have installed?

Ok,
Due to your great advice(which i am very thankful for) I have installed glib-1.2.8. I am now trying to install gtk+-1.2.9 and when i run ./configure it builds for a while and then says:
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'glib-config --version' returned 1.2.8 but GLIB(1.2.10) was found! If glib was correct, then it is best to remove the old version.
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How do i do this?

Thanks in advance.

if you run "rpm -qa | grep glib" you'll presumably see this:

glib-1.2.10
glib-devel-1.2.8

(and other stuff)

upgrade glib-devel to match the glib version.

Ok, I ran that command and I get this:

glibc-2.3.2-14mdk
libglib2.0_0-2.2.3-1mdk
glib-1.2.8-1
glibc-devel-2.3.2-14mdk
glib-gettextize-2.2.3-1mdk
glibc-i18ndata-2.3.2.14mdk
glibc_lsb-2.3.1-1mdk
libglib1.2-1.2.10-11mdk
libglib2.0_0-devel-2.2.3-1mdk

now when I try to configure gtk1.2.9 it has added this message onto the end of the error.

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You may also be able to fix the error by modifying you LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable or by editing /etc/ld.so.conf . Make sure you run ldconfig if that is required on you system.
If glib-config was wrong, set the environment variable GLIB_CONFIG to point to the correct copy of glib-config, and remove the file config.cache before re-running configure.
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I viewed my /etc/ld.so.conf and the contents was:
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/usr/X11R6/lib
/usr/lib/qt3/lib
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What do you suggest I do? I don't know how to change an environment variable and I'm not sure what would go into that ld.so.conf file either.
Thanks.

you have glib-1.2.8 but libglib-1.2.10... (mandrake does some strange things with their packages... blah and libblah...) so upgrade glib to 1.2.10 by rpm, and don't install gtk from source.... use rpm's there too.

I am having the same problem with installing ut2003, gtk errors.
I have had a look and gtk+ 2 is installed, should i go back to 1.2?

I get this when I type that command in the above post.

glibc-devel-2.3.2-14mdk
glib-gettextize-2.2.3-1mdk
libglib1.2-1.2.10-11mdk
glibc-2.3.2-14mdk
libglib2.0_0-2.2.3-1mdk
libglib2.0_0-devel-2.2.3-1mdk

The gtk downloads are not working on the site

you don't "go back" to gtk, it is *different*, not just "older"