Re: configure: error: We need a working libXext to proceed

From: Christian Schmidbauer (purzel30_at_web.de)
Date: 04/27/05 

Date: 27 Apr 2005 00:34:50 -0700

ptb@lab.it.uc3m.es (Peter T. Breuer) wrote in message news:<re2nj2-i3j.ln1@news.it.uc3m.es>...
> Christian Schmidbauer <purzel30@web.de> wrote:
> > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apps/digikam
> > [...]
> > checking for libXext... no
>
> Better install it then.
>
> > configure: error: We need a working libXext to proceed. Since
>
> > This output appears while every configure process that uses
> > X-components.
> > The library libXext.so links to a library called libXext.so.6.4 and is
> > in the following directory: /usr/X11R6/lib
>
> Looks good. So you need to check what the configure test is running.
> It should be looking for a particular function in the library. Maybe
> the library is corrupt. Check what is in it.
>
> > Corresponding to some answers I installed XFree86-devel, but it helps
>
> Well, you would have been able to compile NOTHING without it! So what
> you say in this sentence is just plain silly. It's like saying "I
> bought a house but I am still having to sleep in the street". You would
> have been sleeping in the street if you HADN'T bought the house.
>
> Perhaps you misspoke. Perhaps you meant "reinstalled", not "installed"?
>
> > nothing.
>
> > Has anybody additional ideas to solve my problem? I'm really
>
> You don't need an "idea". You need to investigate what is wrong and fix
> it. What is the configure test that fails? (comment it out and set the
> answer in the script to "yes" if need be).
>
> Peter

Hello Peter,

why do you take the effort to write such an insignificant article?
Nobody here is interested in precocious jabbering, because it doesn't
help anybody to solve his problems. Please give serious answers!

Christian

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