Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2017 15:18:51 -0400 From: James Geering <j.geering@btinternet.com> To: Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot .configure WindowMaker 0.95.8 - Xmu lib issues Message-ID: <1507317531.4831.74.camel@btinternet.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1710062004010.2053@yokozuna> References: <1507310201.4831.52.camel@btinternet.com> <alpine.BSF.2.21.1710062004010.2053@yokozuna>
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-----Original Message-----From: Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@xs4all.nl> Reply-to: Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@xs4all.nl> To: James Geering <j.geering@btinternet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot .configure WindowMaker 0.95.8 - Xmu lib issues Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 20:09:29 +0200 (CEST) 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 James Geering wrote: Oh I see; yes of course because following this concept one knows the software from a third party has been 'ported' to the freeBSD platform using the various libraries that are synchronised to that port version -- right?? I still have the side-question though, which is why do I not have the libXmu.so.* library in my file-system. When I install it using ports: % pkg install libXmu it installs but the libXmu is nowhere to be found? I really feel like I'm missing a conceptual understanding here? Thank you, James
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