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I don't know how to recompile a program, but I know how to compile a program and I suppose that's what this means
Uninstall gthumb and compile - you need the source for that
You must also install build-essential - you find it in the software portal and you must install libiptcdata and libiptcdata-dev first as suggested in the link in your post
You find gthumb here
http://gthumb.sourceforge.net/
Unfortunately I found that the link to a good guide to compiling a program is dead (I must edit the wiki accordingly)
I found a short description you could use
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-how ... ogram.html
This is of course after you've installed as described above
Only you should be root - that is use sudo - for all commands not just make install as indicated