How to Upgrade to glib 2.8

have glib 2.0

[chopin2256]

I need to upgrade to glib 2.8. However I don't know how to do this? I downloaded glib2.8.tar.gz, but I cannot uninstall glib2.0 because of dependancies. What do I do to do a simple upgrade? I heard about yum package manager, however I don't know the commands.

I tried this:

./configure
make
make install

It installed it fine, I think, however upon installing, glib2.8 is not being recognized because glib2.0 is still installed. What now?

[marcs]

If you have yum install (and run an rpm based system) then use :

yum update glib

That should update glib to the most current version (available via yum) and resolve any dependencies.

[chopin2256]

It says, no packages available for update, no actions to take. Do I need a glib2.8.rpm in order for this to work? What directory should I put the rpm in?

Where does it install glib? usr/share?

How can I check if the update happened?