Re: gtk+ 2.24 installation problems

[jcupitt gmail com]

Hi Roger,

On Saturday, 3 March 2012, Roger Davis <rbd soest hawaii edu> wrote:
> I then downloaded those sources and first built glib 2.27.93 with a
> simple './configure --prefix=/usr; make; make install;'. That went fine,

Oh dear, I think you may have broken your system. You've overwritten files
which were being run by your package manager with your own copies. This
will break updates and may well cause other programs you haveinstalled to
start crashing mysteriously. I think you probably need to wipe your
computer and reinstall.

If you want a newer copy of a system library you need to install it and
everything it needs to a separate prefix. I usually build to a directory in
my home area and use environment variables to point the programs that need
the new stuff to this area rather than the system one.

John