Re: [Ekiga-list] ekiga-list Digest, Vol 38, Issue 28

[yannick <sevmek free fr>]

Roger a écrit :
> I'm getting quite fed up with trying to compile ekiga on F11.
> 
> 
> I could download the old version again but why bother when an update is
> available.
> 
> It's asking for many files that I have no other need for, files that
> clutter my file system only for the sake of configuring ekiga.
> I have searched, researched and installed for days  and it's never
> satisfied.
> 
> Found libebook finally as part of a-devel package that I don't need,
> found a few other packages and now it's requesting:
> 
> checking for XV... configure: error: Package requirements (xv) were not
> met:
> 
> No package 'xv' found
> 
> Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
> installed software in a non-standard prefix.
> 
> Alternatively, you may set the environment variables XV_CFLAGS
> and XV_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
> See the pkg-config man page for more details.
> 
> How many more extraneous files are needed to get ekiga working.
> 
> Displeased
> Roger
> _

Hi,

Obviously you're quite new in compiling software yourself.
It is normal for a software to require the devel version of the packages
it will use when compiling. After the compilation success it is safe to
remove all those packages (e.g. libebook-devel) and keeping the runtime
version (e.g. libebook). It is just the way it works...

Best regards,
Yannick