hi all,

i'm trying to install fluxbox to give it a try (right now i use gnome 2.2) and i extracted the source in /usr/src and ran

./configure --enable-gnome

and everything seemed ok. (btw if anyone know exactly what enable gnome does i'd be interested to know - it just sounded like something that might be better to configure and not use than t'other way round). anyway, when i ran make, i got a bunch of errors before it gave up:

bash-2.05b# make
cd . \
&& CONFIG_FILES= CONFIG_HEADERS=config.h \
/bin/sh ./config.status
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing default-1 commands
make all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14'
Making all in data
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14/data'
Making all in styles
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14/data/styles'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14/data/styles'
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14/data'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.


this was repeated in many different paths, then later came these errors:


In file included from XftFontImp.hh:28,
from Font.cc:34:
/usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:35:31: freetype/freetype.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:36:35: fontconfig/fontconfig.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:43,
from XftFontImp.hh:28,
from Font.cc:34:
/usr/include/X11/Xft/XftCompat.h:33: syntax error before `;' token
/usr/include/X11/Xft/XftCompat.h:34: syntax error before `;' token
/usr/include/X11/Xft/XftCompat.h:35: syntax error before `;' token
/usr/include/X11/Xft/XftCompat.h:89: syntax error before `;' token

these repeated for many different h:numbers, along with a bunch of parse errors, then it said this:

make[3]: *** [Font.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14/src/FbTk'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/fluxbox-0.1.14'
make: *** [all] Error 2
bash-2.05b#

and quit. i have no idea what any of that means, or the vaguest idea of what to do about it. if anyone has any idea i'd really appreciate their help!

Install freetype. It depends upon that. See the README and INSTALL files.

Err... yes. That, and also: have you tried just adding it using Slack's "pkgtool"? There's also a very interesting thread on fluxbox itself right... here...

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hlight=fluxbox

... in which you can read (among a lot more interesting things) about my fab adventures with Enlightenment and FreeType and Imlib. I really suggest getting fluxbox from the Slack CD using "pkgtool". Then at least you'll have a working version of fluxbox, and then you can worry about styles and FreeType etc. some other time.

-zsejk

thanks zsejk, that thread answered all the questions i haven't had yet but will surely come up! i have to thank you for that great post too, you summed up perfectly so many frustrating moments. i suppose the feeling that you get once you get past all that is what makes it all worthwhile - something like being on top everest and forgetting all the trouble it took to get there