build deps:

libgtk2.0-dev
xorg-dev
build-essential

tar xvf gtk2edit-2.0.4.tar.gz
cd gtk2edit-2.0.4
sed -i 's:g_value_set_char:g_value_set_schar:g' inisettings.c
sed -i 's:BSD_SOURCE:DEFAULT_SOURCE:g' gtk2edit-2.0.4/Makefile.am 
sed -i 's:BSD_SOURCE:DEFAULT_SOURCE:g' gtk2edit-2.0.4/Makefile.in 

./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
make install DESTDIR=/preferred/dir/rootfs