Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] Error on compiling glib

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From: "Christopher Lyon" <cslyon@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:50:07 -0700
These are the glib RPM's that I have installed on RH9.0


glib-1.2.10-10
glibc-kernheaders-2.4-8.10
glibc-common-2.3.2-11.9
glibc-2.3.2-11.9
glib2-2.2.1-1
glibc-devel-2.3.2-11.9


If I run this command
./configure --disable-ethereal --enable-gtk2

I get the same thing.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Harris [mailto:guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:04 AM
> To: Christopher Lyon
> Cc: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] Error on compiling glib
> 
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 10:40:40AM -0700, Christopher Lyon wrote:
> > Can't I do this without glib?
> 
> No.  The dissectors, and the core core of Ethereal *and* Tethereal,
make
> significant use of GLib's features.  Ethereal *AND* Tethereal require
> GLib.
> 
> However, you don't need to have the X Window System installed in order
> to install GLib; you only need it for GTK+.