gEDA-user: Once again problem :building gEDA vs. Suse Linux

[Manfred Eggersdorf <manfred.eggersdorf@xxxxxx>]

Hello user group,
sorry for posting this problem again, but I still do not understand some 
things...
Today I found the time to "play" with the gEDA builder once again.
And I got still the same problem: Building gEDA using the iso.file 
version and Suse 9.0 fails.

Now I know that it could depend on the Suse-Version and for that reason 
I've got some questions:

1. How could I get know which version I use? (Suse Professional or some 
of the other versions)
2. If i try to use the newer librarys than the original 
suse-cd-librarys, i got following problem:
I extract the newer library in the same folder like the old version 
(like: /lib) but the builder use the old version.
For example there is gtk 1.0... gtk 1.2... and gtk 2.4... in one folder 
(each als subfolder named like the version) and the builder use the 
older one, instead the new.
What can I do???

3. All at once I'm thinking about to upgrade the complete linux- system 
- but I think I have to understand the library and the Suse-version 
problem first.
Now it is Suse 9.2 available - as non free "professional version" and as 
downloadable "ftp-version".
Where is the difference? Could I use the ftp-version?

Please help me, bevore I get gray hairs...
Manfred