hi... i installed mandrake last night and i cant seem to get any of the tar.gz i download to install properly... i always run into the same old errors... gtk not installed,, glib not installed,, GLIB_CONFIG path variable and PKG_CONFIG_PATH variable errors and stuff like that. this OS is very complicated... how will linux ever beat windows if the installation programs take hours to figure out?? i am logged in as root and i cant seem to get anything done... whenever i go to install (./configure) it always gets the cant find glib2.0 error, but its in my /usr/local/lib and its also in my /usr/lib. i get successful installations of all the wierd library thingys but when i try to put GTK in i get that PKG_CONFIG_PATH variable error. can anybody help me? i just feel like i cant get off the ground here cause the only things i have been able to install was the mozilla rpm installation.

Aha Ive had this problem before, When you installed mandrake did you install all the devlopment packs (tools) ?

You can install these stright from the desktop, goto "system settings / add remove programs" scroll down and add "Devlopment tools"

Then try and compile the tar.gz files again, it shoulld work

Let us know how you get on,

well, there are no "system settings" on my desktop or in my little K start button... but i went to packages and installed all the "development tools" that i could, but i am still recieving this error:
checking for glib-config... no
checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.2... no
*** The glib-config script installed by GLIB could not be found
*** If GLIB was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GLIB_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to glib-config.
configure: error: *** GLIB >= 1.2.2 not installed - please install first ***
[root@localhost xmms-1.2.8]#

please help i cant do a damn thing with linux but come here!!! i dont want to go running back to M$ with my tail between my legs. i am using KDE desktop... and there are development tools in Applications, i get this dang glib and gtk and pkgconfig errors like nobodys business... please help!!!