hi
i am entirely a new baby to linux.
i want to install gtk.
i installed almost all libraries like
pkgconfig0.20.0 jpeg-v6b,zlib 1.2.2,tiff-3.5.7 ,
png-1.2.7 ,freetype-2.1.4,expat-1.95.0,
fontconfig-2.2.0,glib-2.6.4,pango-1.8.1,atk-1.0.1 .
now when i tried to compile gtk-2.0.2 with gdktarget=x11 i got the following error message.


checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
checking for XRenderFindFormat in -lXrender... yes
checking for XftFontOpen in -lXft... yes
checking for X11/Xft/XftFreetype.h... no
configure: error: pangoxft Pango backend found, but Xft not found

i had installed xft,xrender also.
/usr/local/include/X11/Xft/ has only Xft.h and XftCompat.h

what should i do to compile gtk successfully
please help
thank you in advance

welcome to LQ! Please update your distribution in your profile since i can't tell what distro you're using right now?

like muha said it's hard to answer without knowing your distro ( since xorg comes with a version of xft that should be enough if it's set up right), but if you installed xft in /usr/local do:

and gtk should be able to pick up the xft you installed.

"Please update your distribution in your profile since i can't tell what distro you're using right now?"
sorry i am really new to this..
what do u mean by this distribution

what kind of linux do you use = distribution or distro.
Mine is suse 10.0.
__J has Distribution: Slackware, ROCK

<---- is has mine over here

You can update yours in the top of the page: Quick Links -> edit profile
cya!

i am using fedora core 3.my kernel version is 2.6.10

sorry, can't help you with fedora
Have you solved it?

Could more than one glib installation on the same system cause this problem?