libX11 not found

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mike_c · Post by **mike_c** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:54 am

Hi

I'm trying to build a package that needs libX11, and I get this message when i ./configure

configure: error: ***libX11 not found. Check '

i did a find for libX11.so and it appears to be at /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so

how do i tell gcc to always look in that directory for .so files?

Mike

ep98 · Post by **ep98** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 7:08 am

u cant install X11 application without Xorg-x11 or the old and unmaintained xfree86, check your paths in /etc/ld.so.conf if u have allready installed X11, and insert the line, where are your X11 libraries

monicajae · Post by **monicajae** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:01 am

So, wait, what the hell is the solution???????

ReiserFS · Post by **ReiserFS** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:58 am

Emerge is nothing than a install from stratch. So what you should do is to download the package. and install it by hand. after ./configure you can tune and tweak the makefile, let it know the position of X11 lib. I personally recommend the "software installation howto", though old, but useful.

Just because some packages written before 2004 has the default X11 lib directory name of Xfree86, now it changed!

iTux · Post by **iTux** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 12:28 am

mike_c wrote:Hi

I'm trying to build a package that needs libX11, and I get this message when i ./configure
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configure: error: ***libX11 not found. Check '
i did a find for libX11.so and it appears to be at /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so

how do i tell gcc to always look in that directory for .so files?

Mike

Try:
./configure (your options) LDFLAGS="-L/usr/X11R6/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/X11R6/include"

gcc options
-L - add path to lib path searched
-I - similar but for header files

iTux

monicajae · Post by **monicajae** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 12:51 am

can't I put those lines in the make.conf file?

I"m not "./configging" I'm emerging...

Roguelazer · Post by **Roguelazer** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:04 am

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# emerge xorg-x11
# env-update
# emerge [whatever package you were trying to emerge before]

monicajae · Post by **monicajae** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:46 am

Roguelazer wrote:

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# emerge xorg-x11
# env-update
# emerge [whatever package you were trying to emerge before]

Oh did I mention? I had to re-install xfree because xorg-x11 wouldn't work for me. there's another post related to my problem: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php? ... highlight=

So, any other suggestions? i just want to get it to emerge already.

MJ

monicajae · Post by **monicajae** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 5:26 am

i can't believe i'm the only person who has or has had this problem. is it possible to install xorg-x11 then xfree on top of it?

Here's more to it:

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checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include
checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet... no
checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet_stub... no
checking for gethostbyname... yes
checking for connect... yes
checking for remove... yes
checking for shmat... yes
checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... no
checking for XOpenDisplay in -lX11... no
configure: error: *** libX11 not found. Check 'config.log' for more details.

stahlsau · Post by **stahlsau** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:04 pm

yo,
there are more of us...search the forums for "Could not find XOpenDisplay in -lX11".
No idea how to solve it til now and no time now, too. I'll look into it tomorrow.

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