From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 7 8:49:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mobil.cz (diana.mobil.cz [195.39.16.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98B5E37B419 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 08:49:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from ester.mobil.cz (ester.mobil.cz [194.213.62.23]) by mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id fA7GnfR11588 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 17:49:41 +0100 Received: from roman.mobil.cz ([10.2.0.89]) by ester.mobil.cz (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.7) with ESMTP id 2001110717460501:1963 ; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 17:46:05 +0100 Received: (from roman@localhost) by roman.mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fA7Gsow27433 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 17:54:50 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from neuhauser@mobil.cz) X-Authentication-Warning: roman.mobil.cz: roman set sender to neuhauser@mobil.cz using -f Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 17:54:50 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiling non-port sources Message-ID: <20011107175450.A3281@roman.mobil.cz> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20011107163558.EXIP22989.fepB.post.tele.dk@there> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20011107163558.EXIP22989.fepB.post.tele.dk@there> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 11/07/2001 05:46:05 PM, Serialize by Router on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 11/07/2001 05:46:10 PM, Serialize complete at 11/07/2001 05:46:10 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: Bjarne Wichmann Petersen > 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