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Date:      Fri, 5 Apr 1996 12:38:15 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>
To:        dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Cc:        Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: trying to compile lyx word processor
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960405123629.17420A-100000@harlie.bfd.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960405104928.9158B-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>

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On Fri, 5 Apr 1996, Doug White wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Apr 1996, Carey Nairn wrote:
> 
> > I keep getting a warling when I run the configure script:
> > 
> > configure: warning: Can't find libforms. Please check that the xforms library
> > is correctly installed on your system.

lyx is looking for libforms.a, but the bxforms port installs the xforms 
library as libxforms.a, so lyx can't find it.

You can get rid of libforms.a (curses based thingie?) and rename 
libxforms.a, or you can rewrite lyx to look for libxforms.a




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