diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 28122f65f..25f0bc8c4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7232,12 +7232,12 @@ if test "$tabling" = "yes"
 fi
 if test ! "$yap_cv_cplint" = "no"
   then
-	GLIBS=`glib-config --libs glib`
-	GFLAGS=`glib-config --cflags glib`
+	GLIBS=`pkg-config --libs glib-2.0`
+	GFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0`
 	CPLINT_LIBS=${CPLINT_LIBS}$GLIBS
 	CPLINT_CFLAGS=" $GFLAGS "
-	CPLINT_LDFLAGS=" `echo $GLIBS | awk '{print $1}'` -L/usr/local/lib/"
-		LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS}" `echo $GLIBS | awk '{print $1}'` -L/usr/local/lib/"
+	CPLINT_LDFLAGS=" `echo $GLIBS | awk '{print $1}'` -L$pefic/lib/"
+		LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS}" `echo $GLIBS | awk '{print $1}'` -L$prefix/lib/"
 	if test ! "$yap_cv_cplint" = "yes"
 	then
 		LDFLAGS+=" -L${yap_cv_cplint}/lib"
@@ -7272,7 +7272,7 @@ return g_hash_table_new ();
   return 0;
 }
 _ACEOF
-for ac_lib in '' glib; do
+for ac_lib in '' glib-2.0; do
   if test -z "$ac_lib"; then
     ac_res="none required"
   else
@@ -7324,10 +7324,10 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_search_g_hash_table_new" >&6; }
 ac_res=$ac_cv_search_g_hash_table_new
 if test "$ac_res" != no; then
   test "$ac_res" = "none required" || LIBS="$ac_res $LIBS"
-  CPLINT_LIBS="-lglib "
+  CPLINT_LIBS="-lglib-2.0 "
 else
-  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: This package needs glib." >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: This package needs glib." >&2;}
+  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: This package needs glib >=2.0." >&5
+echo "$as_me: error: This package needs glib >=2.0." >&2;}
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
 fi
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d88e701f8..02b7db75d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -962,19 +962,19 @@ if test "$tabling" = "yes"
 fi
 if test ! "$yap_cv_cplint" = "no"
   then	
-	GLIBS=`glib-config --libs glib` 
-	GFLAGS=`glib-config --cflags glib`
+	GLIBS=`pkg-config --libs glib-2.0` 
+	GFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0`
 	CPLINT_LIBS=${CPLINT_LIBS}$GLIBS
 	CPLINT_CFLAGS=" $GFLAGS "
-	CPLINT_LDFLAGS=" `echo $GLIBS | awk '{print $1}'` -L/usr/local/lib/"
-		LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS}" `echo $GLIBS | awk '{print $1}'` -L/usr/local/lib/"
+	CPLINT_LDFLAGS=" `echo $GLIBS | awk '{print $1}'` -L$pefic/lib/"
+		LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS}" `echo $GLIBS | awk '{print $1}'` -L$prefix/lib/"
 	if test ! "$yap_cv_cplint" = "yes"
 	then
 		LDFLAGS+=" -L${yap_cv_cplint}/lib"
 		CPLINT_LDFLAGS+=" -L${yap_cv_cplint}/lib"
 		CPLINT_CFLAGS+=" -I${yap_cv_cplint}/include"
 	fi
-	AC_SEARCH_LIBS([g_hash_table_new], [glib], [CPLINT_LIBS="-lglib "], [AC_MSG_ERROR([This package needs glib.], [1])], [])
+	AC_SEARCH_LIBS([g_hash_table_new], [glib-2.0], [CPLINT_LIBS="-lglib-2.0 "], [AC_MSG_ERROR([This package needs glib >=2.0.], [1])], [])
 	AC_SEARCH_LIBS([array_do_alloc], [glu], [CPLINT_LIBS="-lglu "$CPLINT_LIBS], [AC_MSG_ERROR([This package needs glu.], [1])], [])
 	AC_SEARCH_LIBS([Cudd_Init], [cu], [CPLINT_LIBS="-lcu "$CPLINT_LIBS], [AC_MSG_ERROR([This package needs glu.], [1])], [-lglu -lm])
 	ENABLE_CPLINT=""
diff --git a/cplint/doc/manual.tex b/cplint/doc/manual.tex
index e9c7479b7..739f35451 100644
--- a/cplint/doc/manual.tex
+++ b/cplint/doc/manual.tex
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ The modules for answering queries using the definition of the semantics of LPADs
 \section{Installation}
 \texttt{cplint} is distributed in source code in the CVS version of Yap. It includes Prolog and C files. Download it by following the instruction in \href{http://www.ncc.up.pt/~vsc/Yap/downloads.html}{http://www.ncc.up.pt/$\sim$vsc/Yap/downloads.html}.
 
-\texttt{cplint} requires glu (a subpackage of vis) and glib.
+\texttt{cplint} requires glu (a subpackage of vis) and glib-2.0.
 You can download glu from \href{http://vlsi.colorado.edu/~vis/getting_VIS_2.1.html}{http://vlsi.colorado.edu/$\sim$vis/getting\_VIS\_2.1.html}
-You can download glib from \href{http://www.gtk.org/}{http://www.gtk.org/}. This is a standard GNU package 
+You can download glib-2.0 (version $\geq 2.0$) from \href{http://www.gtk.org/}{http://www.gtk.org/}. This is a standard GNU package 
 so it is easy to install it using the package management software of your Linux or Cygwin 
 distribution.