Re: Setting Up xvista

[Chris Albertson <chrisalbertson90278@yahoo.com>]

It's looking for something called "libX11.so"  What's likely
missing is an -L option on the line that points to the
directory where libX11 lives.  I seriously doubt that Mandrake 9.0
is missing libX11, as not much would work if it were missing.

What happens is that they move stuff and Michael's Makefile,
has assumptions hard coded into it.  (Assumptions based on RedHat 7.x
if I had to guess.)

On my Solaris 8 system libX11 is in /usr/X/lib on some Linux
systems it is /usr/X11 or /usr/X11R4.  Older Sun systems put
it is /usr/openwin/lib of all the dumb things. 

Just fix up the Makefile so that you have an option like
 "-L/usr/X11/lib" every place there is a "-lX11"


The better fix, and I'll do this for Micheal if he wants, is to
use the GNU autotools "automake, autoconf" to build a ./cofigure
file.  Then his install instructions would have you run ./configure
which would scan your system and build a Makefile.  This is how
most open source software is done today.  Years ago READMEs used
to say "hack the Makefile as required then run make"  Now they
read "run configure then make".



--- Tom Droege <tdroege2@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Possibly I can't get in touch with Michael R. since my virus.
> 
> I am trying to get the new pipeline up and running.  I hang on the
> xvista 
> "make".  It compiles the first six functions and hangs on "box" with
> a 
> "cannot find -lX11" error message.
> 
> Has anyone seen this problem?  I have searched all the libraries for 
> anything that seems to be related.  I have given it the old college 
> try!  This includes going back one version of Mandrake to 8.1 from 
> 9.0.  There is something funny about 9.0.  I suspect that they rushed
> it 
> out as they were having money problems.
> 
> Tom Droege
> 
> 
> 


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