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JahPickney

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[SOLVED] configure: error: Software Xlib dependencies not found

Hi y'all,

I just recently installed Waldorf and I'm trying to build E17, mostly as a learning exercise. Right now I'm trying to install EFL 1.8, but I'm getting this:

checking whether to enable Software Xlib rendering backend... yes
checking how to find X... use pkg-config
checking for EFL_X11... yes
checking X11/X.h usability... yes
checking X11/X.h presence... yes
checking for X11/X.h... yes
configure: error: Software Xlib dependencies not found

I'm confused because, as far as I know, X isn't missing anything. I looked to see if there was some kind of Xlib package to install, but found none. So far, none of my searches have yielded anything helpful.

Last edited by JahPickney (2013-12-02 20:17:58)

iMBeCil

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From: Edrychwch o'ch cwmpas

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Re: [SOLVED] configure: error: Software Xlib dependencies not found

At the moment, I am not in position to test the compilation (perhaps tomorrow), but there are lot of dependencies (or see README in tar.gz) ... are you sure you have all of them?

For example, in my #!, I do not have 'libfribidi-dev', and I would have to install it ...

Also, your 'configure' output is strangely non-informative ... usually, 'configure' says precisely what package/library/whatever is missing.

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JahPickney

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Re: [SOLVED] configure: error: Software Xlib dependencies not found

Yes, I went through the list of dependencies before I did anything else. I checked them all again now just to be sure. I was also surprised by the lack of specifics given by 'configure'. This is the first time I've seen an error like this.

iMBeCil

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From: Edrychwch o'ch cwmpas

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Re: [SOLVED] configure: error: Software Xlib dependencies not found

Well, usually, there is also 'config.log' file in dir where you started 'configure' ... perhaps it contains more details?

I'm afraid, that is all I can say about it at this point ... and I'm going to bed, it is time to sleep

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JahPickney

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Re: [SOLVED] configure: error: Software Xlib dependencies not found

Okay, the configure.log file wasn't really any help. However, your reference to libfribidi-dev got me thinking. I did some searching with apt-cache and it looked like I may have installed some of the wrong packages. I installed what looked like they might be the right ones and 'configure' was able to move forward. I got a similar error for "OpenGL Xlib dependencies", but I just did some more apt-cache searches and eventually achieved success. Now I just have to figure out the compiler errors 

Thank you, iMBeCil, for your time and willingness to help me think through this problem.

Last edited by JahPickney (2013-12-02 20:19:24)

iMBeCil

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From: Edrychwch o'ch cwmpas

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Re: [SOLVED] configure: error: Software Xlib dependencies not found

You are welcome JahPickney. I'm glad to help, even in this 'indirect' way.

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porkpiehat

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Re: [SOLVED] configure: error: Software Xlib dependencies not found

Sometimes (but not always) "sudo apt-get build-dep <packagename>" can help with this sort of thing.

% sudo apt-get build-dep e17 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  build-essential cdbs comerr-dev krb5-multidev libasound2-dev ... 

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