This happens on some programs not all. I run configure and it says it finds the libs during the check, but when I make it complains Whatever.h: No such file or directory.

I check and the header file is in /usr/local/include just like the MakeFile defines. (example: -I/usr/local/include/edje-1)

This is annoying.

what application is it?

emotion

I just checked my system. I have no "Whatever.h", either.
Probably your software will not run on slackware.

May be "pkgconfig" will override the other settings,
and only search for files in /usr/include/

Usual approach to compile edje etc. when the other files are in /usr/local/ ,
... something like ...
export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig/ && ./configure
( Or './configure PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig/' )

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LOL... Whatever.h is not the file name. I said whatever because it's whatever header file its looking for.

You are so wise that you know which part of an error message is unimportant and can be altered.

But why do you ask a question when you are so wise?

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Welcome to dependency hell!

For starters, you need to research what dependencies are REQUIRED for "emotion" to build, install, and work with before you attempt to compile it.

Emotion depends on the following packages at MINIMUM:

edje
eeze
gstreamer-0.10

All these packages also have required dependencies which you will need to research, build, and install onto your system prior to attempting installation.

Some of these packages can be found on the community supported website called http://www.slackbuilds.org which has source packages and build scripts you can use to add packages to the system.

This page is from ArchLinux, but it will show you which dependency packages are needed for Slackware for Emotion to build and install against.

http://www.archlinux.org/packages/co...4/emotion-svn/

BTW... I'm not getting onto you about this, but next time you need to research a topic called "Dependency Resolution in Slackware Linux" before posting about missing files and such. Slackware does NOT offer automatic dependency resolution. The user/administrator of the system has to resolve dependencies manually.

If you want automatic dependency resolution, you should look into another Linux distribution like Debian or Fedora.

Obviously the header file cannot be found during the compilation.
It might be that it is present in your system i.e.
the 'dependency' is met, but the path given to compiler is wrong.
In such a scenario you will need to tell the compiler where the
header file actually is.

There are many knowledgeable people around who may help you.
Guanx's point was that, unless you provide the name of
the header file they cannot do much. If you try to be more
verbose, your chances of getting an appropriate answer will
increase significantly.

Are you using the SVN build of edje or a stable-version package?

Perhaps the name of the file is mentioned in the error message because it is important to know.

You know, given that human engineers wrote the code to emit the error message.