From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 21 20:18:22 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B748F16A4CE for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:18:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rimon.safe-mail.net (rimon.safe-mail.net [212.199.206.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FF7543D41 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:18:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trypticon@SAFe-mail.net) Received: from trypticon@SAFe-mail.net by rimon.safe-mail.net with SAFe-mail (Exim 4.30) id 1CKjO3-0007fb-ES for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:18:15 -0400 Received: from pc ([162.83.233.138]) by SAFe-mail.net with https Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:18:15 -0400 From: trypticon@SAFe-mail.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-SMType: Regular X-SMRef: N1--bA2gteR Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SMSignature: WeiRITh89xmZBcZMhfnQ7ImTDqI1b720GPdD7Kb7KQ/m0hbgCD46s/bEnA7Gs58ChDxFpNWf9T7Q/n8Y nTdy5s8SQU007ROq3IJ38yGrp4c/jXQhzGT2Qo2XUPLidP2sGxLVUCjHWTGsWfzBSYTedNnupJjGRftk bieGEjTHr1g= Subject: Re: problem installing firefox X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:18:22 -0000 libXcursor isn't there. should i re-install Xfree86-Libraries? -------- Original Message -------- From: Lowell Gilbert Apparently from: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: trypticon@SAFe-mail.net Subject: Re: problem installing firefox Date: 07 Oct 2004 10:31:14 -0400 > trypticon@SAFe-mail.net writes: > > > trypticon@SAFe-mail.net writes: > > > > > I'm having trouble installing firefox on freebsd-4.10. When i try to install it it gives me this error: > > > > > > /usr/libexec/elf/ld: cannot find -lXcursor > > > gmake[2]: *** [libgtkxtbin.so] Error 1 > > > gmake[2]: Leaving Directory '/usr/ports/www/firefox/work/mozilla > > > /widget/src/gtkxtbin' > > > gmake[1]: *** [tier_9] Error 2 > > > gmake[1]: Leaving Directory`/usr/ports/www/firefox/work/mozilla' > > > gmake: *** [default] Error 2 > > > *** Error code 2 > > > > > > any help would be appreciated. > > > > > >Had you done a build before this? > > >It looks like the problem is in the build part, not the install. > > > > > >Are your ports up-to-date? > > >There have been some major changes in the port since the release of > > >FreeBSD 4.10. > > > > This is my first time installing firefox. I updated my ports yesterday and i tried again, but i still get the error. > > It builds fine for me. > > It's looking for libXcursor.so, which is normally installed by the > XFree86-libraries port into /usr/X11R6/lib (I assume it should be > installed by the equivalent xorg port if you're using that, but > XFree86 is the default on 4.10). Check if you have that. > > -- > Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area > http://be-well.ilk.org:8088/~lowell/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"