Re: libXt.a, libX11.a

[Mark Wagnon <mwagnon1@home.com>]

"Eric G . Miller" wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to compile GRASS, but it wants these X libraries:
> libXt.a & libX11.a.  Unfortunately, they don't exist.  I do
> have libXt.so.6 and libX11.so.  Question: Would rewriting 
> the config script so it uses the Elf shared libraries as
> opposed to the "ar" type libraries work?  If not, where can
> I get the "ar" type libraries?

Hi Eric,

Whenever I seem to be missing libraries or any file for that matter, I
always go to the Debian package search page. It's at the bottom of
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages and there are two ways to search.
I always use the "Search the Contents[...]" method by just plugging in
the missing filename. 

For the libXt.a file, I got this result:

usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.a                     x11/xlib6g-static
usr/i486-linuxlibc1/lib/libXt.a           oldlibs/xlib6-static

and for libX11.a I got:

usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.a                    x11/xlib6g-static
usr/i486-linuxlibc1/lib/libX11.a          oldlibs/xlib6-static

so you have two choices, but you probably want the current glibc
version.

hth
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