Comment 1 for bug 602146

It seems that you do not have the right version of java-gnome to compile GNOME Split.
What version of GNOME Split are you trying to compile? What version of java-gnome do you have on your system.

Try this command "dpkg -l libjava-gnome*".
If you are trying to compile the 0.8 version or a checkout from the bazaar repository you have to use java-gnome 4.0.16.
So the cmmand I gave you should return something like this.

ii libjava-gnome- 4.0.16-0ubuntu The java-gnome language bindings project
ii libjava-gnome- 4.0.16-0ubuntu The java-gnome language bindings project

If you don't know how to get java-gnome 4.0.16 you can consider using the PPA (https://launchpad.net/~gnome-split-team/+archive/ppa) if you're using Ubuntu. If you are using Debian or a derivative of Debian you can try to compile java-gnome yourself (http://java-gnome.sourceforge.net/4.0/README.html).