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Old 12-20-2008, 06:15 AM   #1
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Need to add correct paths for './configure' to find X libraries.


This is about installing the K3B CD/DVD Burning application into a Debian-type desktop (Mepis 8 Lenny).

We are driven into trying to compile from source because the version that arrives from using Synaptic has a bug that always reports a 'Track 1 write error' at the very end of a burn. This bug is not present on K3B in other distros in the PC (Its a multiboot).

So after unpacking the source, and running './configure', it starts checking, ending up with..
Quote:
checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X libraries. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!
Now these paths to libraries, for the use applications, are not at all the same kind of path as in
Code:
$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games
I searched about,until I found..
Quote:
/usr/share/doc/libx11-6
/usr/share/doc/libx11-data
/usr/share/doc/libx86-1
.. but I have no idea what to do about it.
Right about now, I just feel very ignorant. Maybe someone can help..
 
Old 12-20-2008, 10:34 AM   #2
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Libs checked for by "configure" will be searched for first
in /usr/lib/ and the suffix is usually .so which is in
the development package. ( libname = libx11.so )

# 'apt-get install libx11-dev' will do ( or use Synaptic )

You will also need 'libxext-dev' 'zlib1g-dev' 'libpng12-dev'
'libjpeg62-dev' 'libqt3-mt-dev' (11 packages) 'kdelibs4-dev'
(35 packages)
Numbers mentioned are interdependecies installed, when
installing libqt3-mt-dev and kdelibs4-dev.

Optional, if cd / DVD-ripping, encoding etc. is a requirement :
'libdvdread' 'libhal-dev' 'libhal-storage-dev'
'libavcodec-dev' 'libavformat-dev'
'libflac++-dev' 'libmpcdec-dev' 'libtag1-dev'
'libmusicbrainz4-dev'
...... and 2 packages, not in the usual repo ?
'liblame0' 'liblame-dev'
http://debian-multimedia.org/dists/s...e/liblame0.php

'./configure' was run using Debian Lenny.
....

Last edited by knudfl; 12-20-2008 at 10:54 AM.
 
Old 12-20-2008, 12:05 PM   #3
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Many Thanks. That was quite a list!
I have found them all and it is all compiling now.

I am not sure why the libx files were in a different directory - maybe thats where Mepis puts them. I just did copy-paste of the apt-get install commands you posted, and it worked.
 
Old 12-20-2008, 12:47 PM   #4
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No, there are no libs in /usr/share/doc/libx*/

Those are directories, containing text files,
(some gzipped), is documentation.

And Mepis isn't that different from other Linux's.
....
Good luck with k3b !
....
 
Old 12-21-2008, 04:48 AM   #5
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For knudfl.

K3B compiled correctly.
It also continued to exhibit the problem that motivated trying out the compiled version in the first place

Your compilation advice was absolutely excellent!

I then used
Code:
$ isoinfo  -d -i /dev/cdrom
to find out the block size (2048) and the <volume_size> of the burned CDROM. Then ..
Code:
$dd if=/dev/cdrom bs=2048 count=356532 conv=notrunc,noerror | md5sum
to find out the MD5 sum.
The MD5 check is correct, even though the K3B burn verification ends with that depressing Wah..Whah sound effect signalling failure.

Life is too short to go after why K3B does this in some locales and not others. I will settle for making my own checksum when I feel it important to.
 
Old 12-21-2008, 06:15 AM   #6
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knudfl Nice solution.
 
Old 03-24-2009, 10:34 PM   #7
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This solution worked :happy: Thanks a lot!
 
Old 10-12-2009, 04:31 AM   #8
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[QUOTE=GTrax;3382795]For knudfl.

I then used
Code:
$ isoinfo  -d -i /dev/cdrom
to find out the block size (2048) and the <volume_size> of the burned CDROM. Then ..
Code:
$dd if=/dev/cdrom bs=2048 count=356532 conv=notrunc,noerror | md5sum
I know this is quoting my own (old > 6 months) post, but I keep seeing it searched, and I feel it is important to expand it with just one other little hint for those maybe disappointed if they tried it blindly.

Be very sure that the path to the cdrom is right, and that the CDROM is mounted. It may have auto-mounted when you closed the drive tray .. maybe.
It may have a device name something like /dev/scd1 (Ubuntu) instead of /dev/cdrom. The way to know is to open a terminal, and type the "mount" command, and look for the CDROM-related paths.

Note that the "isoinfo" command does not work on a path that is the mounted directory (e.g. /media/cdrom0 or similar). The path must point to a device, and so must begin with "/dev" (e.g. /dev/scd1 ).
 
  


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