Re: Difficulty compiling GNUstep under Slackware 7.

[zak]

Doesn't ldconfig show libXext.so as being present?

> > "ldconifig -v | grep Xext" prints:
> >         libXext.so.6 => libXext.so.6.4

I installed XFree86 4.0.1 from the source, that's one of the libraries it
includes.

On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Sungjin Chun wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I think you should have libXext.so and is in the dev package for
> X11.( I do not know the exact package name. )
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <zak@mode3.com>
> To: <discuss-gnustep@gnu.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 11:51 PM
> Subject: Difficulty compiling GNUstep under Slackware 7.
> 
> 
> >
> > Dear GNU step folks,
> >
> > I would very much appreciate it if someone could assist me with a problem.
> >
> > When I attempt to compile GNUStep 0.6.6 I get the following error.
> >
> > <start error>
> > /usr/i386-slackware-linux/bin/ld: cannot open -lXext: No such file or
> > directory
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > make[4]: *** [shared_obj/ix86/linux-gnu/gnu-gnu-gnu-xgps/gpbs] Error 1
> > make[3]: *** [gpbs.build] Error 2
> > make[2]: *** [gpbs.all.tool.variables] Error 2
> > make[1]: *** [internal-all] Error 2
> > make: *** [subproj-all] Error 2
> > <end error>
> >
> > I have attempted setting CC="egcs" as suggested in the RedHat HOWTO but
> > that makes no difference.
> >
> > "ldconifig -v | grep Xext" prints:
> >         libXext.so.6 => libXext.so.6.4
> >
> > I'm Running Slackware 7, kernel version 2.2.13.
> >
> > Please let me know if there is any other information that would assist
> > you.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Zak L Brown
> >
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