Re: [Sheflug] Still can't configure

[José Luis Gómez Dans <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 11:01:55AM +0100, Keith wrote:
> I am still having no success with installing any applications from source. I
> have tried several applications.
> 
> When I ./configure, it always stops in the middle with the error message:
 
> Checking for X... configure : error: Can't find X includes. Please check
> installation and add the correct paths.
> 
> I have several "include" folders, such as   /usr/X11R6/include/X11/, 
> /usr/X11/include/X11,  and others. I have tried to locate xlib.h as was
> suggested, but it isn't installed neither is it on the SuSE disks. The nearest
> I can find is axlib.h, which is in   /usr/include/netax25/axlib.h.


	OK, axlib is not the one... That one is for packet radio, if
memory serves. However, if you use rpm directly, you can query installed
packages for files, and hence look for xlib.h. In debian, the packages
that installs this file is some xlib-dev package.

	But before you try specifying any of the paths to search for
that header file, make sure the file is installed! 

> Please could someone tell me what I am doing wrong, and tell me, in *very*
> simple (newbie's) language, what I do to get over this error message?

	In plain words: you need to install a package with the header
file. I haven't got Suse, but someone might be able to tell you what
package you need. Take my debian suggestion as a hint :)

	Best luck,
		Jose
-- 
José L Gómez Dans			PhD student
					Radar & Communications Group
					Department of Electronic Engineering
					University of Sheffield UK
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