[SOLVED] Problem with X (xstdcmap not there)

Nanthiel · 2010-03-20 14:15:50

Hello everyone,

now this is a silly problem, I don't really know why, but the application "xstdcmap" is not there. The X man page says it should be there. I need it because I can't use an example C program from uni, which runs the program to determine some colours.

Thanks!
Nanthiel

Last edited by Nanthiel (2010-03-20 19:50:01)

demian · 2010-03-20 17:38:07

Have you tried installing it?
Go to http://www.freshports.org/x11/xstdcmap/ and download it from one of the mirrors.

Nanthiel · 2010-03-20 18:10:50

I'm not sure how to compile it, running "make install clean" or just "make" or any combination of it will not work. Should I try to use ./configure ./compile etc.? (Those demand root privileges)

Sorry for being such a newb.

loafer · 2010-03-20 19:18:00

If you intend installing it you would be much better off making a PKGBUILD (it's not difficult). That way you can install (and uninstall it) it using pacman.

And yes, you do need to ./configure then make, or make install

Mr.Elendig · 2010-03-20 19:22:26

man PKGBUILD
less /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD.proto

Nanthiel · 2010-03-20 19:49:04

Thanks everyone, it works now.
I just used ./configure and make install. I'll learn how to make my own PKGBUILDs at some later point, have lots of other work at the moment.

But I still wonder --- why is the xstdcmap program not included in Arch's X?

Arch Linux

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