From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Oct 6 19:38:53 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36AE4E3FF05 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2017 19:38:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay14.qsc.de (mailrelay14.qsc.de [212.99.163.154]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A30D76D0F3 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2017 19:38:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay14.qsc.de; Fri, 06 Oct 2017 21:38:44 +0200 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-63-92.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.63.92]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75D553CBF9; Fri, 6 Oct 2017 21:38:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id v96JcgB2002057; Fri, 6 Oct 2017 21:38:42 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 21:38:42 +0200 From: Polytropon To: James Geering Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot .configure WindowMaker 0.95.8 - Xmu lib issues Message-Id: <20171006213842.e0b5f82e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <1507310201.4831.52.camel@btinternet.com> References: <1507310201.4831.52.camel@btinternet.com> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay14.qsc.de with BB64F68342E X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1673 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2017 19:38:53 -0000 On Fri, 06 Oct 2017 13:16:41 -0400, James Geering wrote: > Out of interested I wanted to try the more recent WindowMaker 0.95.8 > and > downloaded the source from http://windowmaker.org/. I followed the > how-to > of extract and configure steps but am having problems with .configure > step. This is not the standard way of installing software from source on FreeBSD. If possible, use the ports collection. You can use svn to get the lasted version (or portsnap, if the snapshot version is sufficient). > The script stops with the information:- > > "checking for Xmu library... configure: error: library Xmu not found" > > however, Xmu library seems to be installed as reported by cd'ing to > /usr/local/ports/x11-toolkits/libXmu/ and issuing "make install clean". > The command reports the library is already installed. Also I find the > *.h > at /usr/local/include/X11/Xmu. However I cannot find a .lib file - > should > I be able to, and if so why does ports think it is installed. The library files are /usr/local/lib/libXmu.so (symlinked to the correct version) and /usr/local/lib/libXmu.a. > Clearly, I am misunderstanding what the error message is telling me. Maybe the configure script is Linux-centric and cannot properly deal with the locations where FreeBSD locates the libraries? Keep in mind this kind of software is being developed primarily with Linux in mind, so don't expect portability. ;-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...