i thought i had exhausted google, but with yet another stab at it, in vim.fandom.com i found reference to two packages i didn't have: libxpm-dev and libxt-dev
i added both and boom, i again have a gui -- i don't know if i needed both of them, but now it builds fine i apologize for the noise -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/CALfSX1zU33g7jyJBwMd1XMy_aif5D5yQnYpvhzEW%2B-D9tRRNOQ%40mail.gmail.com.
