Guest Lagwagon Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 First I'd like to apoligize for my lack of knowledge, I'm sure the solution to this question is simple. I just installed and have been playing with Linux for 2 days. I didn't want to contribute to flooding a board, but I couldn't seem to find the solution myself. Ok here goes. I'm trying to install Moodin, when I ./configure I got this message after a while: checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths! So I tried to find a fix for that, and tried this: ./configure --x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib And now I get by the "checking for X" thing but I get this error: checking for libXext... no configure: error: We need a working libXext to proceed. Since configure can't find it itself, we stop here assuming that make wouldn't find them either. So I went looking for a work around, but haven't found it after an exhausting search. Any suggestions or help would be terrific, Thanks Matt PS: If you have any suggestions, like a book to read or whatever to help me learn Linux, it would be appreciated. I don't know anybody who has ever used it. Yes I'm a n00b [moved from Software by spinynorman - welcome aboard :)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 I only find the rpm's listed for SuSE. Sometimes packages are distro specific, with a different package for different distros. What is "Moodin"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lagwagon Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 I only find the rpm's listed for SuSE. Sometimes packages are distro specific, with a different package for different distros. What is "Moodin"? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This is Moodin I get the exact same thing when I'm trying to ./configure Apollon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 On my Mandrake 10.2 installation I have a file /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 Do you have this? This file can be installed by installing the package libxorg-x11-6.8.2-7.1.102mdk. I would recommend using: Mandrake Contol Center Software Management Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 The command is: ./configure --prefix=/usr (with the prefix you tell make where KDE is installed. In Mandriva it's in /usr) , then type: make then login as root and type: make install The error means you have to install the libxorg-devel packages. Search the board for devel for more information. Apollon and gift are in PLF. Add the repositories (read the faqs for urpmi on this board) and install with urpmi apollon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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