On Aug 13, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Martin Costabel wrote: > Alexander Hansen wrote: > >>> checking for X... no >>> configure: error: X development libraries not found > > Ths usual remedy to that is to place "--x-includes=/usr/X11R6/ > include -x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib" into the configure flags. > [] >> The problem here is that some packages try to use the presence of >> xmkmf as their method to detect X11, and this was _removed_ in both >> the official X11 as of 10.5.2 as well as the macosxforge.org >> unoffficial updates. I don't know for sure whether installing >> Fink's xmkmf package will work around this issue, but give that a >> try. > > Installing Fink's xmkmf package does not solve any configure > problems. The xmkmf package hides the xmkmf executable away from the > usual PATH, so that without further fiddling with the package that > needs xmkmf, nothing happens. > > The fact that configure does not find X11 when xmkmf is not present > is always the proof of a bug in the configure script (untested and > therefore buggy fallback code), usually inherited from a bug in one > of the autotools, but sometimes also due to an original bug in the > configure script. Until all these bugs are weeded out, the best > remedy is to use the mentioned configure flags, so that the whole > X11 search code is short-circuited. Configure then runs faster, too. > > -- > Martin > > >
Thanks! I'll know to try that in the future for quick-fixes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
