From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 10 7:25: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bbnmg1.cns.hp.com (bbnmg1.net.external.hp.com [192.6.76.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B52314DDA for ; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 07:24:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michael_heitmeier@bbn.exch.hp.com) Received: from isoit544.bbn.hp.com (isoit544.bbn.hp.com [15.139.134.127]) by bbnmg1.cns.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.8.5tis) with ESMTP id QAA02842 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:24:44 +0100 (MET) Received: from embbnx05.bbn.hp.com (embbnx05.bbn.hp.com [15.139.132.2]) by isoit544.bbn.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 SMKit6.0.6 OpenMail) with ESMTP id QAA06640 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:23:44 +0100 (MET) Received: by embbnx05.bbn.hp.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:28:45 +0100 Message-ID: <234F92BA3C7BD311BD31009027541A953A53B9@wagner.bbn.hp.com> From: "HEITMEIER, MICHAEL (HP-Germany,ex1)" To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: gtk complication Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:24:12 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'am trying to install gtk 1.2.6 and have run into trouble because the configure script does not recognise X, which I have installed from the FreeBSD 3.3.5 binaries off the Xfree.org web site. Kind folks from the gtk mailing list have suggested that the X development headers and/or libraries are missing. This is still stuff I struggle with so my first question is: do I need to install the X source from ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/3.3.5/source in order to get these libraries? How would I go about compiling/installing the source (since due to size they come in 3 chunks), would it work (if yes why do they distribute pre-compiled binaries?) and what do I do with the existing X installation? Uninstall/remove first? I'm a little hesitant as you can tell since I'm feeling there is a lot of potential to break things... Thanks for any advice! Michael To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message