[Elecraft] K3 utility on Xubuntu 11.10 .. help needed

[Sam Morgan]

I need some help from a linux guru to get the K3 Utility working.
I am running Xubuntu 11.10 64bit.
I downloaded and expanded the k3utility_1_4_1_8.tgz from
http://www.elecraft.com/K3/software/k3utility_1_4_1_8.tgz

when I tried to run the k3util using the command:
./k3util from my /home/<user> directory
I see the error saying it can't find libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0

searching what package contains this missing file using this page: 
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=oneiric&arch=amd64&mode=filename&searchon=contents&keywords=libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0

the results say:
You have searched for filenames that contain libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 in suite 
oneiric, all sections, and architecture(s) amd64. Found 5 results.
File 	
/usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.2400.6
can be found in Package 	libgtk2.0-0-dbg

File
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 	
can be found in Package 	libgtk2.0-0

File
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.2400.6 	
can be found in Package 	libgtk2.0-0

File
/usr/lib32/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 	
can be found in Package 	ia32-libs

File
/usr/lib32/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0.2400.6 	
can be found in Package 	ia32-libs

I'm in windows7 right now so,
I can't immediately try installing any of those packages
earlier today, I already tried installing the libgtk2.0-0 package
got a message that it was already installed on the machine
but afterwards I was still unable to locate the needed
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 file anywhere on the machine

since my linux skills are quite rusty, my question is:
when I do get the missing ibgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 file installed
I think, I will also need to create a sys link in the directory where the
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 gets installed to the directory where the
k3util expects to find it, some thing like
ln -s /usr/something/something /usr/something/something_else

as you can see I definatly need some degree of elmering with this
so please contact me off list and I will post a summation reply
when I get this ironed out and working

TIA
-- 

GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan