[Ipe-discuss] Building ipe-6.0pre22-1 on rh9

[Ulrik Stervbo]

On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 12:53, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 12:47:56PM +0200, Ulrik Stervbo wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 12:16, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> > > On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 11:01:46AM +0200, Otfried Cheong wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >  > Tried to compile from source (didn't work) - heres the last bits
> > > >  > 
> > > >  > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext
> > > >  > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > > >  > make[2]: *** [../../../build/ipelets/libimage.so.1.0.0] Error 1
> > > > 
> > > > This looks like a serious misconfiguration.  How can you not have
> > > > libXext?
> > > 
> > > Do you have the file /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so ?  It comes from
> > > package XFree86-devel.
> > 
> > Only libX11.so.6 and libX11.so.6.2. I don't have XFree86-devel
> > installed, I tried, up gave up since XFree86-libs (or was it
> > XFree86-libs-data?) made me dissy from dependencies, and since I don't
> > have that much of a clue as to what I'm doing I thought I'd better leave
> > it alone.
> 
> You need XFree86-devel installed.

I found and installed XFree86-devel-4.3.0-2.90.55 and ipe now compiles
without any problems (or errors rather) - thanks!!

Now it's compiled - how to install (sorry, it's probably FAQ)?

Ulrik