gtk 2.4.0

[lowell]

Folks:
        I'd like to try Inkscape (oss version if Illustrator) on my 
RedHat 9 machine, but the rpm bails out with "Need gtk 2"; I wonder how 
many things will break if I try to install gtk2 ( I also wonder how many 
things will have to go on before the tool kit will install. Does anybody 
have experience with this particular upgrade; I'm sure many have been 
through rpm hell of one sort or another...