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i installed glib2.42 from source but that's creating a problem for me. So i tried to downgrade it running make uninstall and installed glib2.28 afterwards. But now when i try to build a software using glib a dependency, it shows this error:

*** 'pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0' returned 2.28.8, but GLIB (2.42.1)
*** 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
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configure: error: Cannot find GLIB: Is pkg-config in your path?

How can i resolve this and keep gib2.28?

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Try what the answer here suggests, use these commands:

echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib
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  • Sorry. It didn't help. I guess its creating a problem downgrading. If only i knew how to do that properly. – awhitesong Mar 06 '15 at 17:44
  • `sudo apt-get purge glib` then `sudo apt install glib` to get the distribution's version if you want that. That's assuming removing glib entirely won't completely break your system... – Ads20000 Mar 06 '15 at 18:42
  • Will apt-get purge glib remove all the traces of glib built from source also? – awhitesong Mar 07 '15 at 16:57