Re: Can't find vroot.h
On Wednesday 12 December 2001 16:32, Stephen Gran wrote:
> Hello all,
> I am trying to compile a couple of screensavers, and they call for a
> file called vroot.h, apparently in /usr/X11R6/include/X11/. I looked
> at packages.debian.org for which package it comes in (I would have
> thought xlibs-dev) but oddly, there is no such file. Googling it I
> find that it "is the standard X root window <blah blah blah>" - Is it
> just called something else under Debian, in which case I can just
> change the name of the file that the source is looking for? Or is it
> just totally absent in our distro - seems unlikely, as many apps use
> the root window under X, and they all seem to know how to get to it.
> Perhaps I'm just missing something, but I'm hoping for help.
> Not a high priority, you understand, as it is _just_ a screensaver,
> but I am trying out the compiling from source thing with small, simple
> things so that I can get a feel for writing, and these little trip-ups
> can be a little frustrating.
> TIA and sorry for the ramble,
> Steve
In testing and unstable, there's a file called kscreensaver_vroot.h in
kdelibs-dev.
HTH
Bob
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