On 02/23/2015 06:26 PM, Paul Rogers wrote:
> 
>> You need to export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib before make install.
>> Libraries in /usr/local/lib won't be picked up until you run
>> "ldconfig" which isn't run by the make install process as it seems.
> 
> I haven't been doing that.  My "How Linux Works, 2nd Edition" book
> recommends against it.  Running ldconfig before make install is useless,
> after is too late.
> 
> I can leave it in /usr this time, but I don't consider GTK, or even X,
> part of a "base" Linux system.  I don't run runlevel 5 & xdm.  Aren't we
> supposed to "expect" the upstream Makefile to handle this sort of
> problem?  Should it be reported upstream?
> 

It's more of a libtool problem than GTK+ one. GTK+2 is in maintenance mode, so
I doubt it will be fixed and they'll most likely advise you to do the same I
told you to.

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