Max Bian wrote: > > --- Jan Van Belle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I hope someone can help me with this one. Every (read: > > EVERY) time I want to compile Xforms (the official release > > 1.0) on a system, it complains in the fdesign directory that > > it cannot find the Xpm library. This while I am sure that it > > is on it's place, since I installed Xfree86 4.2.0 or 4.3.0 . > > It is just a matter of adding "-L/path/to/lib -lXpm". You should > probably keep in mind that building package is not just > "./configure;make;make install", or "xmkmf -a; make; make install". > > > The only time I had no problems was when I installed the > > Xserver in a non-default directory (/opt/X11R6 instead of > > /usr/X11R6) and modified that in the top-Imakefile. > > If that's the case, a sybmol link would be enough to solve that. > > Also, fdesign is for programmers. If you just need the library, you can > skip it.
That was the trick. It's no real solution but it helps !! Kind regards, Jan
