Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 17:54:50 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiling non-port sources Message-ID: <20011107175450.A3281@roman.mobil.cz> In-Reply-To: <20011107163558.EXIP22989.fepB.post.tele.dk@there> References: <20011107163558.EXIP22989.fepB.post.tele.dk@there>
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> From: Bjarne Wichmann Petersen <mekanix@privat.dk> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Compiling non-port sources > Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 17:36:05 +0100 > > Sometimes I want to install a piece of software not available in ports but I > usually do not get far. My "quest" usually ends right at running the > configure-script, because it's not able to locate the various libs (png, > jpeg, qt, gtk etc. etc.). Sometimes I'm able to parse a > --with-missinglib=/where/it/is. But all in all They don't compile/configure > out of the box. > > Is there some tips on how to get non-bsd-aware sources to behave? > > Presently I'm trying to compile scribus (http://web2.altmuehlnet.de/fschmid/) > which fails to locate png, jpeg and qt. I got it to locate jpeg, but png is > still in the dark. Qt is a puzzle it accepts > --with-qt-includes=/usr/X11R6/includes/qt2 but it still fails to load the > libraries. I've tried --with-qt-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib/ and other, but with > no luck. > > Any help tips would be apreciated. Are you aware of ./configure --help ? It lists switches the software's configure accepts. -- FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 5:53PM up 15 days, 4:36, 24 users, load averages: 0.98, 0.46, 0.19 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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