Installing glib-1.2.9

[Wobbly]

I am trying to install XMMS. When I ran the XMMS ./configure I got a message saying that I didn't have glib-1.2.2 or higher and I needed it. So I went and got glib-1.2.9, gunziped and untared. When reading the Readme and installation files of both Glib and XMMS, I find that glib has no specific directions on where to do the ./configure and "make install". For example, do I put the glib-1.2.9.tar into the /usr/local/bin before I tar xvf and install or can I do it from my /home/username/ directory? Or should it be in the same directory as the program that needs it - xmms?

The XMMS Readme files does not either specify where glib needs to be. It says that during the make install that the binary for XMMS will be placed into /usr/local/bin and the plugins in /usr/local/lib/xmms

I tried installing glib 1.2.9 in my /home/username directory but I still got the same error message from xmms ./configure . I have no idea. Help the newbie! Help the newbie!

I'm running SuSE Linux 7.0 on an AMD Athlon :D

[scanez]

Just do both from your home directory. They know where to install themselves, i.e. /usr/bin, /usr/share, /usr/local/bin/, etc...

Edit: I mean install them FROM your home directory, not to. Just run ./configure, make, make install without changing anything and they will go where they need to go.

[ 31 January 2002: Message edited by: scanez ]

[Daedra]

I find it very odd that glib would not be included with the dist. I would try this command to see if it is already installed

whereis glib-config

and see if any thingh pop's up before you try to install it