From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Oct 6 19:25:36 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 A720AE3F8EA for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2017 19:25:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from j.geering@btinternet.com) Received: from rgout0802.bt.lon5.cpcloud.co.uk (rgout0802.bt.lon5.cpcloud.co.uk [65.20.0.149]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46DC86C7CB for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2017 19:25:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from j.geering@btinternet.com) X-OWM-Source-IP: 207.242.201.20 (US) X-OWM-Env-Sender: j.geering@btinternet.com Received: from minerva (207.242.201.20) by rgout08.bt.lon5.cpcloud.co.uk (9.0.019.13-1) (authenticated as j.geering@btinternet.com) id 58BFF0801624A504; Fri, 6 Oct 2017 20:18:56 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=btinternet.com; s=btcpcloud; t=1507317936; bh=lSp8maLVj4lokCwlPVsEEHIuDVF8qe29wXQ8ab/qvxw=; h=Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version; b=h/8usKHjEGKw7OwhnP+v7Mt1HCFfHe/2JOTGvYr76OWUtbx1OUg0axfsiEwQ8SN2CvQDBZ3TwhGmYzANv+M4QUr6J7e5l0Qe+H7rLQTukdjpVyADjVQI6CH3nngCpk2oqw/PT78rgQ0UhGnKEKNSjVe4BCQHQ3qoAKegmU/vcmU= Message-ID: <1507317531.4831.74.camel@btinternet.com> Subject: Re: Cannot .configure WindowMaker 0.95.8 - Xmu lib issues From: James Geering To: Marco Beishuizen Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2017 15:18:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: References: <1507310201.4831.52.camel@btinternet.com> X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.11 (3.12.11-22.el7) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 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 19:25:36 -0000 -----Original Message-----From: Marco Beishuizen Reply-to: Marco Beishuizen To: James Geering 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