glib

[tyche]

On Monday 24 May 2004 12:49 pm, Rick Stevens wrote:
> tyche wrote:
> > am trying to compile kde 3.2.2 from source, and it is having a little
> > problem finding the compiled version of glib-2.4.1. it got put in
> > /usr/bin, with the lib in /usr/lib and usr/lib/exec.
>
> Are you certain?  Most tarballs have the default installation root set
> to /usr/local.  This is the "./configure --prefix=/usr/local".  To force
> them into the normal spots, "./configure --prefix=/usr" should do it.

yep, am sure, that is where i told configure to put em.

>
> > am running pretty much stock rh8.0, but am going to try to upgrade this
> > from sources.
> >
> > anyone know how to get ./configure to find the new glibc files?
>
> If glib truly got put where you say it was, those are the standard
> locations.  You may have to rebuild the ld.so cache for it to see the
> new libraries.  Try "ldconfig -v" and verify that the new libraries were
> found in the output of that command.  Then try your configure again.
> Use "./configure --help" to get a listing of the various options.

will do the ldconfig -v when i get to the machine later today.

thanks rick

tyche