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ok i have mucked up glib. i recentley thought id update beacuse i was getting errors related to it so i compiled it from source and now when i try to compile something that needs glib i get this error

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checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0...

*** 'pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0' returned 2.8.5, but GLIB (2.9.1)

*** 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

no

configure: error:

*** GLib 2.0 is required to build Gaim; please make sure you have the GLib

*** development headers installed. The latest version of GLib is

*** always available at http://www.gtk.org/.

that was from gaim but i get it with other apps as well
im not really sure what to do now can use some advise thanks

try reinstalling glib, check your path and install glib-devel for the last error. glib can really be a pain somtimes if something isn't right.

hi thanks ive followed your advice but now im getting a new error i found out that i did have two versions of glib installed by running "find /usr -iname glib-2.0.pc" i got two files
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/glib-2.0.pc
/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/glib-2.0.pc
i tired to solve this by addeing /usr/local/lib to the /etc/ld.so.conf
this has worked but im now getting new errors when i try and compile gaim i now get

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checking for GTK+ - version >= 2.0.0... no

*** Could not run GTK+ test program, checking why...

*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the

*** exact error that occurred. This usually means GTK+ is incorrectly installed.

configure: error:

*** GTK+ 2.0 is required to build Gaim; please make sure you have the GTK+

*** development headers installed. The latest version of GTK+ is

*** always available at http://www.gtk.org/.

i have tried to slove this by reinstalling GTK+ from a deb but it doesnt seem to change anything and when i try to compile GTK+ i get this error

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checking for BASE_DEPENDENCIES... configure: error: Package requirements (glib-2.0 >= 2.7.1    atk >= 1.0.1    pango >= 1.9.0    cairo >= 0.9.2) were not met.

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you

installed software in a non-standard prefix.



Alternatively you may set the BASE_DEPENDENCIES_CFLAGS and BASE_DEPENDENCIES_LIBS environment variables

to avoid the need to call pkg-config.  See the pkg-config man page for

more details.

any ideas on what to do ?