From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 6 01:56:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA19466 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 6 Apr 1996 01:56:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA19450 for ; Sat, 6 Apr 1996 01:56:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id TAA03628; Sat, 6 Apr 1996 19:51:45 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604061021.TAA03628@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: trying to compile lyx word processor To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 19:51:45 +0930 (CST) Cc: cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Doug White" at Apr 5, 96 10:50:31 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Doug White stands accused of saying: > > > > configure: warning: Can't find libforms. Please check that the xforms library > > is correctly installed on your system. > > > > I have the xforms package installed but still can't seem to find the > > libforms library.. > > I'll echo this. I've also had problems with other forms-based programs > that can't find the library. Someone mentioned that they are close on > lyx, could they let us know when it gets online? The problem is that there are _two_ 'libforms'; the tty-based library which 'sysinstall' is in unhappy symbiosis, and 'xforms'. To avoid conflicts, 'xforms' is installed as 'libxforms'. You should be able to prod the offending configure scripts to DTRT. > Doug White | University of Oregon -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[