Re: gtk installation problems configure: error: X development libraries not found

[arthy geraldin <arthy_l yahoo co in>]

Hi,

My system is Suse Linux 9.0.I need the X libraries for this OS.


----- Original Message ----
From: David NeÄas (Yeti) <yeti physics muni cz>
To: gtk-app-devel-list gnome org
Sent: Friday, 16 February 2007 1:19:48
Subject: Re: gtk installation problems configure: error: X development libraries not found


On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 10:46:32AM +0530, arthy geraldin wrote:
> I'm new to gtk and this is the first time I'm installing it.I've installed all the dependencies for gtk.

Is it absolutely necessary to install Gtk+ from source code?
Doesn't Gtk+ packages exist for your system?

> When I'm trying to give a ./configure inside the gtk+-2.10.0 directory I get the following error.
>  
> checking return type of signal handlers... (cached) void
> checking for x86 platform... yes
> checking compiler support for MMX... yes
> checking for X... no
> configure: error: X development libraries not found
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^

> > From the link http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-building.html I found that  libraries from 
> > the X window system are needed to build  GTK+. 
>
> But where to download these libraries from.

Probably from the very same place as the rest of your system,
particularly as the already installed X components.

> However my system has already /usr/X11R6/lib/ directories

Having these directories is not enough, you need also
something inside: the development bits of X libraries
(header files, ...).

> Could anyone please tell me how to get rid of these errors or where to download these X window system 
> libraries from.

It would be way easier if you wrote which OS you need them
for.

Yeti


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