From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Oct 6 18:09:42 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 6C1FDE3D731 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2017 18:09:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mbeis@xs4all.nl) Received: from lb3-smtp-cloud9.xs4all.net (lb3-smtp-cloud9.xs4all.net [194.109.24.30]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.xs4all.net", Issuer "RapidSSL SHA256 CA - G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0ADBA68B06 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2017 18:09:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mbeis@xs4all.nl) Received: from yokozuna.lan ([83.160.85.125]) by smtp-cloud9.xs4all.net with ESMTP id 0X3zeLKdVnIXb0X40eUT2C; Fri, 06 Oct 2017 20:09:32 +0200 Received: from yokozuna (yokozuna [IPv6:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]) by yokozuna.lan (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id v96I9TEr004130 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 6 Oct 2017 20:09:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mbeis@xs4all.nl) Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 20:09:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Marco Beishuizen Sender: marco@yokozuna.lan Reply-To: Marco Beishuizen To: James Geering cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot .configure WindowMaker 0.95.8 - Xmu lib issues In-Reply-To: <1507310201.4831.52.camel@btinternet.com> Message-ID: References: <1507310201.4831.52.camel@btinternet.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (BSF 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfEtZzcYpA9VIgpi5sPb6sJk6RkvvxM07kpmYwdvhQBHOUn2xKyUex5jQnKIQQ26TQj/hQiaNseKBW5aanPReSPJEnN6PbQcLU3Nz8KxgQvAPqtaKGThX HzdBDPrwvhoaepLA1IkxmejhZ8I5ZM69XL9eW5bGmZsUkXw9ygomt2q5Yao5yO0BEoJDGb6AkFLjTjkxOeFoJPoUNSmlNnXXpc0= 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 18:09:42 -0000 On Fri, 6 Oct 2017, the wise James Geering wrote: > Hi All, I have just moved from RedHat and have progressed with the > learning curve of moving to FreeBSD. I'm running 11.1-release #0 r321309 > amd64. I have installed Xorg and am running WindowMaker 0.95.7 > successfully. Both installed using "pkg install <***>" > > 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. 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. > > Clearly, I am misunderstanding what the error message is telling me. > Thus, I would be grateful if someone could give me hint of what is going > on, I have Googled extensively but cannot work through this issue - so > am posting here. You should only build and install software by ports or pkg in FreeBSD. So the port needs an update. I've filed a bugreport in june for the upgrade of x11-wm/windowmaker to 0.95.8 but unfortunately this hasn't been committed yet. Windowmaker 0.95.8 runs fine here though. Regards, Marco -- Ask not for whom the Bell tolls, and you will pay only the station-to-station rate. -- Howard Kandel