On 04/01/10 19:21, Andrew Stallard wrote: > I can download anything just fine. When I attempt to compile that I > encounter problems. For example, I just tried to install gnomebaker, and > when I attempted to configure it, I got this error: > > checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0... no > *** Could not run GLIB test program, checking why... > *** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log f > or the > *** exact error that occured. This usually means GLIB is incorrectly inst > alled. > <snip> > > > Now, I tried updating glib (whatever that is) with yum. I typed 'yum upda > te > glib' on the command line and the response was there were no updates > available. Now, I'm not sure what to do. > Anyway when you're compiling something you need to install the -devel packages for whatever it complains is missing. So run 'yum search glib' or 'yum search glib-devel' and you'll see that the package to install is glib-devel.
(BTW If you want to burn CDs then 'yum install k3b; k3b' will get you going without the hassle of compiling stuff.) Tim
