Hi ...
Considering the advice got on my previous post regarding gaim and proxy etc, i tried to install the latest version of gaim...
When i tried to compile......i got the following error message

checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0... no
*** Could not run GLIB test program, checking why...
*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the
*** exact error that occured. This usually means GLIB is incorrectly installed.
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 **************

So i downloaded the source of Glib and installed it.....

After that i compiled gaim 0.67 again, ending up with the same error message agian....

I want to know if there is a specific directory or a specific way of compiling Glib and Gaim....

Thanks for your time and efforts

King Nothing

After compiling glib, type this command in a terminal :
Hope that helps...

No it didnt work, still the same error while compiling Gaim...

I have the files of Glib in a directory called /home/user/rpm/glib-2.0.0

Thats where i run * ./configure * and *make* and *make install*

is this anyway affecting it??

Anyways thanks a lot

Hoping to get a reply soon

King Nothing

Hi,

I did as said, but this is what i got...

checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0...
*** 'pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0' returned 2.0.0, but GLIB (2.0.6)
*** 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/.

what is the path for the var LD_CONFIG_PATH??

and how do i remove the old version og glib if required(2.0.0)

Please Help!!!


Regs


King NOthing

A better solution to make GAIM work is to install the glib-devel package from your distro cd, and then set PKG_CONFIG_PATH to /usr/lib/pkgconfig

Anyway, if you want to compile glib from source, you need to remove the old rpm.
So, type this command in a terminal :
HTH
hfawzy

But i compiled it from the *source*, i didnt install it with *rpm*

if i try to remove it by * rpm -e *, it says glib-2.0.0 not installed

can u tell me how to uninstall it , if i have compiled frm the source....

Will just deleting the directory help??

remember to put in etc/ld.so.conf
the path where you installed Glib
and run source ~/.profile

Ok, i went to RPM remove package system. glib-2.2.1 doesnt even come up, so now im even more confused. GlibC comes up, is that the same thing?... I dont think it is so i didnt remove that one LoL, but anyways any more advice? How would i make it so this stuff stops making it think glib-2.2.1 one exist, and thus making this POS work