> > Hi > > > > I am trying to build GNUstep on SUSE 9.2 (virgin install with all devl > > packages installed) but it seems to me that GNUstep doesn't like SUSE, at > > least not 9.2. > > > > If I try to use the gnustep-startup package, it complains about missing > > JPEG, > > TIFF and PNG libraries, which is nonsense because those libraries are > > installed and they do show up both in Yast utility or with rpm -i. I guess > > the GNUstep check is broken. > > Are you *sure* it's nonsense? > > The reason I ask is that it's quite a common error to assume that > development packages of libraries are installed, when in fact only the > runtime libraries are installed. To build software (such as gnustep) you > need the development packages which include headers etc.
Yes :-) ... maybe we could improve on the scripts though ... we should probably have the configure script output a message clearly mentioning having installed the development headers as well the library binaries ... that way maybe new users would be less confused ? Thanks _______________________________________________ Help-gnustep mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnustep
