can someone help im lost

beermonster63uk · 09-08-2023, 08:45 AM

I have been trying to install this from https://github.com/Zombant/LinuxXP#readme on ubuntu but i keep getting this error compilation terminated.
In file included from main.cpp:3:
window_manager.hpp:5:10: fatal error: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or directory
5 | #include <X11/Xlib.h>
i have done an apt search for the file Xlib.h and installed it but im still getting the error when i run make build

TB0ne · 09-08-2023, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beermonster63uk

I have been trying to install this from https://github.com/Zombant/LinuxXP#readme on ubuntu but i keep getting this error

Code:

compilation terminated.
In file included from main.cpp:3:
window_manager.hpp:5:10: fatal error: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or directory
    5 | #include <X11/Xlib.h>

i have done an apt search for the file Xlib.h and installed it but im still getting the error when i run make build

You don't tell us what version of Ubuntu, or tell us what you installed, but that file is obviously missing; the error is VERY clear. Have you verified the file it mentions actually exists??

beermonster63uk · 09-08-2023, 09:08 AM

im using ubuntu 22.04.3 and here is what i installed root@david-VirtualBox:/home/david/LinuxXP# apt install xhk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
xhk is already the newest version (1.2-2).
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 25 not to upgrade.
root@david-VirtualBox:/home/david/LinuxXP#

TB0ne · 09-08-2023, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beermonster63uk

im using ubuntu 22.04.3 and here is what i installed

Code:

root@david-VirtualBox:/home/david/LinuxXP# apt install xhk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
xhk is already the newest version (1.2-2).
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 25 not to upgrade.
root@david-VirtualBox:/home/david/LinuxXP#

Use CODE tags when posting output like this, please. And as asked, did you verify that the file mentioned is actually installed/present?? Did you look at what was in that xhk package??

Doing a brief search for that file says you need the X11 development libraries. Are those installed???

Code:

sudo apt install libx11-dev

beermonster63uk · 09-08-2023, 09:21 AM

I ran the command you said now im getting a differant error code:compilation terminated.
In file included from image.cpp:1:
image.hpp:7:10: fatal error: Imlib2.h: No such file or directory
7 | #include <Imlib2.h>
code: I just searched for it with apt found nothing

TB0ne · 09-08-2023, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beermonster63uk

I ran the command you said now im getting a differant error code:

Code:

compilation terminated.
In file included from image.cpp:1:
image.hpp:7:10: fatal error: Imlib2.h: No such file or directory
    7 | #include <Imlib2.h>

code: I just searched for it with apt found nothing

AGAIN: post such things in CODE tags. And AGAIN, you have a very clear message, explicitly telling you what file you need. And just putting "ubuntu 22.04 imlib2.h" into Google pulls up a LOT, telling you (among other things):

Code:

sudo apt install libimlib2-dev

Again; you are missing the development header libraries needed to do what you want. Please don't ask us to look up each missing file for you.

beermonster63uk · 09-08-2023, 09:41 AM

thanks for your help and thanks to mighty google

beermonster63uk · 09-08-2023, 10:24 AM

I think im getting there but its such a learning curve from windows next step install it on bare hardware not virtual box

Emerson · 09-08-2023, 10:40 AM

Just get your hands dirty and it will all come to you, including satisfaction.

You may start with 'man hier', one thing what amazed me when I got my first Linux was the organization of file tree and the simplicity of configuration with text files. Once you know where to look for administration tasks it becomes easy for you.

jayjwa · 09-08-2023, 11:46 AM

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X11 window manager written in C++ with the Xlib C libraries, made to resemble an OS with a similar name.

Please no. Embrace Linux as it is and you'll be better off in the long run, instead of trying to make it Windows.

Also, Imlib doesn't seem to want to load start_button.bmp,even when it's in the current directory:

Code:

jayjwa@atr2 ~/LinuxXP (master)> ./build_and_run.sh 
g++ -o window_manager.o window_manager.cpp frame.cpp bar.cpp image.cpp main.cpp -lX11 -lImlib2

xinit: XFree86_VT property unexpectedly has 0 items instead of 1
./xinitrc: line 3: picom: command not found
./xinitrc: line 1: nitrogen: command not found
Cannot load image: start_button.bmpxinit: connection to X server lost

waiting for X server to shut down

You'll also need 'picom' and 'nitrogen'.

beermonster63uk · 09-08-2023, 04:09 PM

After all that its crap all i got was a clock and a black background looks nothing like xp

Emerson · 09-08-2023, 05:22 PM

Looks like TWM, you need to run something like feh for background image and idesk to have icons on desktop. Add some file manager as Thunar, it can run in daemon mode and use gvfs to mount volumes.

jayjwa · 09-09-2023, 01:22 AM

Oops. Looks like my Imlib was old. Thanks for reminding me to update it. Now it works. At least something good came of all this.