Re: ddd configure stopped

[Andrew Gaylard]

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> Hi,
>
> When I run ./configure for ddd, it stopped becuase it could not find Motif library libXm. 
>
> The version of DDD is 3.3.8 and Linux kernel is 2.4.21-0.13md. In configure 
> file it seemly try to find libXm.a but I could only find libXm.so in 
> /usr/X11R6/lib. libXm.so use lesstif-0.93.36-2mdk. Also I use --with package to 
> include libXm.so and it does not work.
>
> The configure file is so long that I can not read it line by line. Could 
> somebody tell me how to fix this problem? Thank you very much!
>
> Sincerely,
> --Jie
>
> PS: The error echo is below:
> configure: error: The Motif library '-lXm' could not be found.
>                   Please use the configure options '--with-motif-includes=DIR'
>                   and '--with-motif-libraries=DIR' to specify the Xm location.
>                   See the files 'config.log' and 'ddd/config.log'
>                   for further diagnostics.

It's not enough to have only libXm.so.  You also need the headers.

I suggest going to www.lesstif.org, and installing the latest lesstif
in its entirety.

Andrew.