Re: ./configure error on Mandrake 10.1

[Andrew Gaylard]

Comminot Pascal (EDU) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to compile ddd (ddd-3.3.10) on Mandrake 10.1.
> When I'm running ./configure, I receive the following error message:
>
>  
> ... 
> checking for X... no 
> checking whether libXext is in the standard X library path... no 
> checking whether libXp is in the standard X library path... no 
> checking whether libXmu is in the standard X library path... no 
> checking for Motif... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers (none) 
> checking for Xpm... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers (none) 
> checking for Athena... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers (none) 
> checking whether compiling X headers requires -fpermissive... no 
> checking for XOpenDisplay in -lX11... no 
>  
> configure: error: 
> The X11 library '-lX11' could not be found. 
> Please use the configure options '--x-includes=DIR' 
> and '--x-libraries=DIR' to specify the X location. 
> See the files 'config.log' and 'ddd/config.log' 
> for further diagnostics. 
>  
> Where can I find the requested information (I'm a newbie)?
>
> Thanks in advance 
>
> Pascal 

This means that libX11.so or libX11.a could not be found.
Therefore, either

(a) it is not installed (which I doubt), or
(b) the configure script cannot find it.

The files 'config.log' and 'ddd/config.log' should explain
which problem it is.

Andrew.

PS: if you're still battling to get it to build, you should be
able to find a binary distribution somewhere.  (I don't know
Mandrake myself...)