Can't find X includes?
I'm trying to install kooka, a scanner program that's supposed to be for KDE. I'm running Mandrake 8.0 using KDE interface.
When I type ./configure from the command line, the program runs lots of checks for many lines. At the end, it says "checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!" I've never been able to install anything in my Mandrake, I downloaded LICQ, a flash plugin, and some games, but none of them ever worked. I'm used to Windows wizards, so can someone tell me how to fix my Mandrake so I can install stuff. I'd really like to use my scanner some time. Thanks A. p.s. I notice a lot of answers on here are something like "you need ----", if that is the answer could you please tell me how to do or get ----. thanks. |
Most likely you'll need X Dev Headers... etc. etc... However, if you noticed, I don't use Mandrake... perhaps you'll get more detailed help at the Mandrake forums... Check my sig.
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you might just need to put the right path to your X headers in the command, e.g., ./configure --x-includes=/usr/path/to/includes. try /usr/X11/include or /usr/X11R6/include, etc. until you find the one that works.
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Thanks so much for the help. I have checked my directories using the cd and ls commands, and I appear to have the /usr/X11R6/include directory (i.e. it exists) but when I go to the kooka directory and type in the command you gave (i.e. ./configure --x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include) it still gives the same error - "checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X libraries. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!"
How do I find out where my X libraries are so i can point to them? |
try /usr/X11R6/lib
i don't know the flag option to use though. try doing: ./configure --help that should bring about all the options for that configure script. my guess is that you're looking for something like --x-include except instead of include in that option, look for something like lib, library, or something with the --x- prefixed before it. |
OK I tried ./configure --x-includes=/usr/X11R6/lib with the same result.
Here is the result of the help file: Is the command I should use in there? ------------------------------------------------------------ [root@linux kooka-0.40]# ./configure --help `configure' configures this package to adapt to many kinds of systems. Usage: ./configure [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]... To assign environment variables (e.g., CC, CFLAGS...), specify them as VAR=VALUE. See below for descriptions of some of the useful variables. Defaults for the options are specified in brackets. Configuration: -h, --help display this help and exit --help=short display options specific to this package --help=recursive display the short help of all the included packages -V, --version display version information and exit -q, --quiet, --silent do not print `checking...' messages --cache-file=FILE cache test results in FILE [disabled] -C, --config-cache alias for `--cache-file=config.cache' -n, --no-create do not create output files --srcdir=DIR find the sources in DIR [configure dir or `..'] Installation directories: --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX [/usr/local/kde] --exec-prefix=EPREFIX install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX [PREFIX] By default, `make install' will install all the files in `/usr/local/kde/bin', `/usr/local/kde/lib' etc. You can specify an installation prefix other than `/usr/local/kde' using `--prefix', for instance `--prefix=$HOME'. For better control, use the options below. Fine tuning of the installation directories: --bindir=DIR user executables [EPREFIX/bin] --sbindir=DIR system admin executables [EPREFIX/sbin] --libexecdir=DIR program executables [EPREFIX/libexec] --datadir=DIR read-only architecture-independent data [PREFIX/share] --sysconfdir=DIR read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc] --sharedstatedir=DIR modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com] --localstatedir=DIR modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var] --libdir=DIR object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib] --includedir=DIR C header files [PREFIX/include] --oldincludedir=DIR C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include] --infodir=DIR info documentation [PREFIX/info] --mandir=DIR man documentation [PREFIX/man] Program names: --program-prefix=PREFIX prepend PREFIX to installed program names --program-suffix=SUFFIX append SUFFIX to installed program names --program-transform-name=PROGRAM run sed PROGRAM on installed program names System types: --build=BUILD configure for building on BUILD [guessed] --host=HOST cross-compile to build programs to run on HOST [BUILD] --target=TARGET configure for building compilers for TARGET [HOST] Optional Features: --disable-FEATURE do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no) --enable-FEATURE[=ARG] include FEATURE [ARG=yes] --disable-fast-perl disable fast Makefile generation (needs perl) --enable-debug=ARG enables debug symbols (yes|no|full) default=no --disable-debug disables debug output and debug symbols default=no --enable-strict compiles with strict compiler options (may not work!) --disable-warnings disables compilation with -Wall and similiar --enable-profile creates profiling infos default=no --disable-dependency-tracking Speeds up one-time builds --enable-dependency-tracking Do not reject slow dependency extractors --enable-pch enables precompiled header support (currently only KCC) default=no --enable-final build size optimized apps (experimental - needs lots of memory) --disable-closure don't delay template instantiation --enable-shared[=PKGS] build shared libraries [default=yes] --enable-static[=PKGS] build static libraries [default=no] --enable-libsuffix /lib directory suffix (64,32,none) --enable-fast-install[=PKGS] optimize for fast installation [default=yes] --disable-libtool-lock avoid locking (might break parallel builds) --enable-objprelink prelink apps using objprelink (obsolete) --enable-embedded link to Qt-embedded, don't use X --enable-qtopia link to Qt-embedded, link to the Qtopia Environment --disable-mt link to non-threaded Qt (deprecated) --enable-kernel-threads Enable the use of the LinuxThreads port on FreeBSD/i386 only. --disable-threading disables threading even if libpthread found --disable-rpath do not use the rpath feature of ld --disable-path-check don't try to find out, where to install Optional Packages: --with-PACKAGE[=ARG] use PACKAGE [ARG=yes] --without-PACKAGE do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no) --with-gnu-ld assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no] --with-pic try to use only PIC/non-PIC objects [default=use both] --with-tags=TAGS include additional configurations [CXX,GCJ] --with-extra-includes=DIR adds non standard include paths --with-extra-libs=DIR adds non standard library paths --with-qt-dir=DIR where the root of Qt is installed --with-qt-includes=DIR where the Qt includes are. --with-qt-libraries=DIR where the Qt library is installed. --with-kadmos-dir sets the path to the kadmos engine Some influential environment variables: CC C compiler command CFLAGS C compiler flags LDFLAGS linker flags, e.g. -L<lib dir> if you have libraries in a nonstandard directory <lib dir> CPPFLAGS C/C++ preprocessor flags, e.g. -I<include dir> if you have headers in a nonstandard directory <include dir> CPP C preprocessor CXX C++ compiler command CXXFLAGS C++ compiler flags CXXCPP C++ preprocessor Use these variables to override the choices made by `configure' or to help it to find libraries and programs with nonstandard names/locations. [root@linux kooka-0.40]# ---------------------------------------------------------- Thanks |
try something like:
./configure --x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include --with-extra-libs=/usr/X11R6/lib |
or add the libxfree86-devel package
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Ok I tried megaspaz's suggestion, with a new result: now the error is that the X libraries are missing. :(
I'm sorry salparadise, but you're answer is way above my head. OK here is the dump from when I run the ./configure command. Maybe this will help? ---------------------- [root@linux kooka-0.40]# ./configure --x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include --with-ext ra-libs=/usr/X11R6/lib checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking for -p flag to install... yes checking whether build environment is sane... yes /home/xuser/Downloaded: /home/xuser/Downloaded: No such file or directory configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes checking for style of include used by make... GNU checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3 checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for g++... g++ checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes checking dependency style of g++... gcc3 checking whether g++ supports -Wmissing-format-attribute... no checking whether g++ supports -Wundef... yes checking whether g++ supports -Wno-long-long... yes checking whether g++ supports -Wnon-virtual-dtor... yes checking whether g++ supports -fno-exceptions... yes checking whether g++ supports -fno-check-new... yes checking whether g++ supports -fno-common... yes checking whether g++ supports -fexceptions... yes checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E not using lib directory suffix checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B checking for a sed that does not truncate output... checking whether ln -s works... yes checking how to recognise dependant libraries... pass_all checking for ANSI C header files... yes checking for sys/types.h... yes checking for sys/stat.h... yes checking for stdlib.h... yes checking for string.h... yes checking for memory.h... yes checking for strings.h... yes checking for inttypes.h... yes checking for stdint.h... yes checking for unistd.h... yes checking dlfcn.h usability... yes checking dlfcn.h presence... yes checking for dlfcn.h... yes checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768 checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok checking for objdir... .libs checking for ranlib... ranlib checking for strip... strip checking if gcc static flag works... no checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes checking whether to build shared libraries... yes checking whether to build static libraries... no configure: creating libtool appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so appending configuration tag "GCJ" to libtool checking if gcj supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... (cached) no checking for gcj option to produce PIC... -fPIC checking if gcj PIC flag -fPIC works... no checking if gcj supports -c -o file.o... no checking whether the gcj linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext checking for strlcat... no checking if strlcat needs custom prototype... yes - in libkdefakes checking for strlcpy... no checking if strlcpy needs custom prototype... yes - in libkdefakes checking for main in -lutil... yes checking for main in -lcompat... no checking for crypt in -lcrypt... yes checking for socklen_t... socklen_t checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet... no checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet_stub... no checking for inet_ntoa... yes checking for connect... yes checking for remove... yes checking for shmat... yes checking crt_externs.h usability... no checking crt_externs.h presence... no checking for crt_externs.h... no checking for _NSGetEnviron... no checking for sys/types.h... (cached) yes checking for stdint.h... (cached) yes checking for poll in -lpoll... no checking CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h usability... no checking CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h presence... no checking for CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h... no checking if res_init needs -lresolv... yes checking if res_init is available... yes checking for killpg in -lucb... no checking for int... yes checking size of int... 4 checking for long... yes checking size of long... 4 checking for char *... yes checking size of char *... 4 checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes checking for shl_unload in -ldld... no checking for size_t... yes checking size of size_t... 4 checking for unsigned long... yes checking size of unsigned long... 4 checking sizeof size_t == sizeof unsigned long... yes checking for vsnprintf... yes checking for snprintf... yes checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X libraries. Please check your installation and add the correct paths! [root@linux kooka-0.40]# -------------------------- Thanks again. |
update:
I ran ./configure with the following options. --x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include --x-lib=/usr/X11R6/lib now the error at the end says: configure: error: We need a working libXext to proceed. Since configure can't find it itself, we stop here assuming that make wouldn't find them either. damn, damn, DAMN...... :( will this never work? |
New Update
Based on this thread I have installed xdevel package. This has successfully solved my includes and libraries problem.
I have a new error now :D The end of my ./configure, starting from where we left off last time, is: ------------------- checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes checking for libXext... yes checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes checking for extra includes... no checking for extra libs... no checking for libz... configure: error: not found. Check your installation and look into config.log [root@linux kooka-0.40]# --------------------- As you can see, it successfully find the libraries and headers this time. But now it failes on libz. What is libz and where can I get it? Also my question is, if I can get this one install to work, will I now be able to install other programs (like my ICQ and such.) I don't want to do this every time! Thanks. |
http://rpmfind.rediris.es/rpm2html/m...8mdk.i586.html
http://rpmfind.rediris.es/rpm2html/m...8mdk.i586.html the first one will provide the zlib libraries (includes libz.so). the second one is the development zlib stuff. these are what i found. not much on the net that i found for mandrake 8.0. but it doesn't have stiff requirements as you should have those three libs required by zlib already installed. |
Thanks for all of your help megaspaz.
I couldn't get the .src.rpm files to work, but I found this: http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/mandra...5mdk.i586.html It says it provides: zlib, zlib1 libz, libz1, libz.so.1 My RPM installer said it installed it successfully. But I still get the same error. :( |
OK I did get the libz to work, by installing zlib1-dev package that I found on rpmfind.net.
Thanks for your help. Seems i am missing a lot of packages that is my problem. :) |
yeah. that's why when i first installed red hat, i just installed everything and then learned what to get rid of. i figured it would be easier to uninstall packages through kpackage than trying to figure out how to install needed packages. but truth be told, i think either way it ends up taking the same amount of time. LOL.
anyway keep us updated on your progress. |
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