i am having problems starting applications that use gtk.....programs like gkrellum, gqraio, etherape, gnome, abiword, and gaim....when i try to run them i get this error....

root@derfaust:~# gaim
gaim: relocation error: /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_type_class_add_private
root@derfaust:~#

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i run slackware 9.1 and have reinstalled the gtk packages from slackware-currrent(gtk-engines-2.2.0-i486-5.tgz).....

saws some info about pango and tried to build it......i got this error....

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gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -DPANGO_ENABLE_BACKEND -DPANGO_ENABLE_ENGINE -DSYSCONFDIR=\"/usr/local/etc\" -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\" -DMODULE_VERSION=\"1.2.0\" -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I.. -g -O2 -Wall -c module-defs-xft.c -fPIC -DPIC -o module-defs-xft.lo
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -Wall -o libpangoxft-1.0.la -rpath /usr/local/lib -version-info 200:1:200 pangoxft-font.lo pangoxft-fontmap.lo module-defs-xft.lo opentype/libpango-ot.la libpango-1.0.la -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXft -lfreetype -lXrender -lfontconfig
libtool: link: cannot find the library `opentype/libpango-ot.la'
make[3]: *** [libpangoxft-1.0.la] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/pango-1.2.1/pango'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/pango-1.2.1/pango'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/pango-1.2.1'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

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i searched through the forums and found a few things but nothing worked.....

hrmmmm????..............

well odd....
when i install the gtk+2-2.2.4-i486-1.tgz from the slackware 9.1 disc and 'poof' some things work....ok...

i start gqradio....it starts but it complains about pango not being defined....so on the same idea i install the pango package for the slack 9.1 CD....and 'poof'....things dont work...

so i install the gtk+2-2.2.4-i486-1.tgz package and 'poof' it works again...

just for giggles i reboot just make sure it 'worked'...

but upon reboot the same error is happening...

anybody know what the deal is.???

thanks----

FYI....i ended up install swaret....and then used it to uninstall(swaret --uninstall gtk) all of the GTK stuff that it was yaking about.... then a swaret --install GTK....

it reinstalled everyting correctly.....

i am a happy camper....
i hope this helps somebody out there....