Re: installing X libraries?? -- need your help!
> Hello!
>
> I'm new in Linux. I installed Debian Linux "Etch" for Intel x86-CPU.
> Everything is ok. Then I tried to install a kdm theme called "QtCurve-
> KDE3-0.48.5" and I have to compile it. So I installed the gcc and g++
> packages and the kernel sources. This was decribed by an article I
> googled. Then I started the 3 steps for installtion with ./
> configure but it brakes with the following message:
>
> tom@debian:~/test$ ./configure
(...)
> checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X libraries. Please
> check your installation and add the correct paths!
> tom@debian:~/test$
>
> What should I do, now? Must I install a few packages?
>
Yes, you're probably lacking some x*-dev package, but I don't remember which
one exactly. Maybe x-dev or xlibs-dev? You'll find useful informations in the
file config.log like which test program failed and what was the error
message.
--
Cédric Lucantis
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