Undefined reference in libpangoft2 - c++

Question

Recently I've installed GTK+ 3.22 and its dependencies:
GLib 2.50
Pango 1.40
Gdk-Pixbuf 2.36
Atk 2.22
GObject-Introspection 1.50
The installation was successful because I tried using some new features of GTK+ 3.22 in one of my Python projects and it worked. (Before the installation, if I tried using a new feature, Python would raise an exception)
I am also working on a game which is written in C++ and I'm using Cocos2d-x to create it. Before installing the above libraries, everything worked fine. After the new packages were installed, I built my game in CodeBlocks and the following error message was shown:
In file: /usr/local/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 undefined reference to 'pango_matrix_get_font_scale_factors'
After some research, I've found out from here that in Pango 1.37 the pango_matrix_get_font_scale_factors function was added which is exactly the function that my project cannot find. As mentioned above, I've installed Pango 1.40 as a requirement for GTK +3.22.
I've also tried installing libpangoft2-1.0-0 with apt-get install and the output was: libpangoft2-1.0-0 is already the newest version.
Out of curiosity I've also looked in /usr/local/lib to see if I can find the libpangoft2-1.0-0 library.
In /usr/local/lib I've ran the following command: ls -la | grep pango which gave me the following output:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 1095 Oct 30 14:08 libpango-1.0.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 24 Oct 30 14:08 libpango-1.0.so -> libpango-1.0.so.0.4000.3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 24 Oct 30 14:08 libpango-1.0.so.0 -> libpango-1.0.so.0.4000.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 1073136 Oct 30 14:08 libpango-1.0.so.0.4000.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 1263 Oct 30 14:08 libpangocairo-1.0.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 29 Oct 30 14:08 libpangocairo-1.0.so -> libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.4000.3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 29 Oct 30 14:08 libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 -> libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.4000.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 216216 Oct 30 14:08 libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.4000.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 1209 Oct 30 14:08 libpangoft2-1.0.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 27 Oct 30 14:08 libpangoft2-1.0.so -> libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.4000.3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 27 Oct 30 14:08 libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 -> libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.4000.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 397496 Oct 30 14:08 libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.4000.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 1265 Oct 30 14:08 libpangoxft-1.0.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 27 Oct 30 14:08 libpangoxft-1.0.so -> libpangoxft-1.0.so.0.4000.3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 27 Oct 30 14:08 libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 -> libpangoxft-1.0.so.0.4000.3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 157240 Oct 30 14:08 libpangoxft-1.0.so.0.4000.3
I tried reinstalling Pango 1.40, but the undefined reference error still persists.
I would also like to mention:
I am using Debian 8
Since installing GTK+ 3.22 my Nautilus looks like this, notice how I do not have icons (only some kind of replacement) next to the Close button and next to my HDDs (note that the black rectangles were added by me)
I am using i3 as a window manager
My question is, how can I solve the In file: /usr/local/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 undefined reference to 'pango_matrix_get_font_scale_factors' error?
Update
If I uninstall Pango 1.40 I do not get the error anymore, but GTK+ 3.22 will not work.
Update2
Maybe Pango 1.40.3 is not installed correctly. I described an interesting problem I am having here.