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subatomic

Member

From: Berlin

Registered: 2005-06-26

Posts: 180

build errors : X cannot find itself [solved]

since going to xorg7 I can't compile anything

here's an excerpt from an attempted build of fluxbox

checking for X... no
configure: error: Fluxbox requires the X Window System libraries and 
headers.
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
==> ERROR: Build Failed.  Aborting...

and one from adesklets

checking for readline in -lreadline... yes
checking for add_history in -lhistory... yes
checking for free_history_entry in -lhistory... yes
checking for history max command lenght... yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking for fontconfig... yes
checking for fork... yes
checking for X... no
checking for imlib2-config... /usr/bin/imlib2-config
checking for imlib2 - version >= 1.1.2... yes
checking for imlib2... checking for imlib2 - version >= 1.2.0... yes
checking for imlib2 program linking with ad-hoc flags... yes
checking for uint typedef in standard library... yes

I'm already running fluxbox and X
I've also reinstalled probably everything and generated a new xorg.conf

does anyone know what's wrong here?

Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: build errors : X cannot find itself [solved]

Do you have the xorg libs/ headers installed? The headers are in the *proto packages.

subatomic

Member

From: Berlin

Registered: 2005-06-26

Posts: 180

Re: build errors : X cannot find itself [solved]

I reinstalled xproto and libx11 as well as a few others that I thought might help after going through the forums, all of which were already installed.

subatomic

Member

From: Berlin

Registered: 2005-06-26

Posts: 180

Re: build errors : X cannot find itself [solved]

--x-includes=/usr/include/X11

how can I add this to my env path so X can find the librairies?

Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: build errors : X cannot find itself [solved]

--x-includes=/usr/include/X11

how can I add this to my env path so X can find the librairies?

Does it  work when you add --x-includes=/usr/include/X11
to the ./configure line? If it doesn't, you are missing some packages. I can post a list of the proto and xlibs I have on my system.  Here adesklets compiles without any modification to the PKGBUILD.

BTW, do you have pkgconfig installed? If not, install it and try makepkg'ing again.

subatomic

Member

From: Berlin

Registered: 2005-06-26

Posts: 180

Re: build errors : X cannot find itself [solved]

yes, it works well with the line although I still have a problem with adesklets not finding x, all other apps install OK, and pkgconfig is installed.

can't I export the /usr/include/X11 path to my profile or environment or something?

JGC

Developer

Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: build errors : X cannot find itself [solved]

I guess some of your includefiles got removed when you upgraded from 6.8. I had to reinstall quite some proto and lib packages on my own system to get things working again.

subatomic

Member

From: Berlin

Registered: 2005-06-26

Posts: 180

Re: build errors : X cannot find itself [solved]

fixed.

./configure --x-includes=/usr/include/X11 --x-libraries=/usr/lib