Re: Xlib / imake

["Martin Waller" <polytope_@hotmail.com>]

> Hi all,
>      I'm working my way through the O'Reilly Xlib book for something to do 
> at
> work
> and I've hit a problem.
>      If I try and build the first "basicwin.c" file using
>
>      $gcc -g -owin basicwin.c -lXlib

Try adding -L/usr/X11R6/lib to the command line before -l and using -lX11 
instead of -lXlib.



> I get
>
>      ld: cannot open -lX11: No such file or directory
>
> and if I try and build O'Reilly's example file usin imake I get a

Take a look at autoconf/automake instead of Imake:

ftp://ftp.ugcs.caltech.edu/pub/elef/autotools/toolsmanual.html

Quite a good example to get simple progs working here.

HTH

Martin

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