Hi I am new to linux and I have been trying to install an mp3 player to my suse 10.0 distro. On trying to install xmms-1.2.10 the console informs me that:

*** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found
*** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to gtk-config.
configure: error: *** GTK+ >= 1.2.2 not installed - please install first ***

None of which I really understand so I downloaded gtk+-2.10.6 and tried to install that but when I type "./configure" I get:

checking for BASE_DEPENDENCIES... configure: error: Package requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.12.0 atk >= 1.9.0 pango >= 1.12.0 cairo >= 1.2.0) were not met:
Requested 'glib-2.0 >= 2.12.0' but version of GLib is 2.8.1

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables BASE_DEPENDENCIES_CFLAGS
and BASE_DEPENDENCIES_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

The bold line above confused me as I believe that 2.8.1 is between 2.0 and 2.12.0 however I thought I would then download a newer version of glib, 2.12.0 was the latest I could find.

This configured fine and then I typed make and all seems to go well but when I type "make install" I get this:

/usr/bin/install -c glib-gettextize /usr/local/bin/glib-gettextize
/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/bin/glib-gettextize': Permission denied
make[3]: *** [install-binSCRIPTS] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/mark/glib-2.12.0'
make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mark/glib-2.12.0'
make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mark/glib-2.12.0'
make: *** [install] Error 2

I have had something similar when trying to install another program and I am unsure what to do, please can someone help me with this thanx.

Mark

Do you have permission to install glib-gettextize in /usr/local/bin? With a typical GNU/Linux setup, you'll need to be root to install the package. You can configure and compile as an unprivileged user.

BTW there is glib and there is glib-2.0, sorta like second generation glib. GTK+ was looking for version 2.12.0 or later of glib-2.0, not glib in the range 2.0 - 2.12.0. So 2.8.1 doesn't satisfy the dependency.

I have found the glibgettextsize file but I am unsure or unable to install it, I should have have full permissions as I am the only user I would have thought.
Thanks

Nope. You have to be the root user to install software. Before you execute make install, change to the root userEnter the root password when you're prompted.