Problems compiling an old version of gtk

[mike <mike redtux1 uklinux net>]

I am trying to compile glib/gtk 2.2 on my up to date system

So I have installed glib-2.3in /usr/local and set my PKG_CONFIG_PATH to
look here first only I get this failure message from gtk configure

checking for GLIB - version >= 2.1.4...
*** 'pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0' returned 2.2.3, but GLIB (2.4.0)
*** 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 2.1.4 or better is required. The latest version of
*** GLIB is always available from ftp://ftp.gtk.org/.