What I'm actually trying to do is install Kopete 0.9.3 on SUSE 9.1 (updated).
Using the "configure/make/make install" scheme I can't even get through the configure part because get this error:Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!

Looking for the xorg package I realize I don't have it in my installation CD. From what I have been able to figure out, SUSE 9.1 uses xfree86. What am I supposed to do now? Is there an Xorg version for SUSE 9.1?

Totally new with LINUX system. Thanks

It's not xorg but x11 the package you must look for.

Regards

First, thanks for answering.

Looking for x11 in my installation cd, I find only 3 things:

yast2-x11
ghostscript-x11
emacs-x11

The first two were already installed. I still don't know what the third does, but I installed anyway.
I tried ./configure again and get the same error.

Looking around I saw that x11 is a dependency for xfree86 and the latter is installed. Hence, some x11 package must be installed, right?

Any other suggestion or am I not taking the first one correctly?

Thanks again...

From Suse
it seems that the package you must install is "xorg-x11-devel"
Use yast to do this for you.

Regards

OK. So before I read your reply I tried installing xfree86-devel.
I THINK I got past the X issue since I got this on my terminal:

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.
Possibly configure picks up an outdated version
installed by XFree86. Remove it from your system.

Check your installation and look into config.log


But now I have that new error!!
Next thing, tried installing "libzvt-devel" and "libzvt" but keep on getting the same error.

I've been laughing my brains out...nice to learn new things.

Any new suggestion? If not, I'll disinstall and try the "xorg-x11-devel" solution, although I think I'm gonna have some trouble with that too (the newbie thing).

Thanks

Found out how to install rpm file with YAST. As easy as right-clicking, I believe.
I'll wait though to see if there is something to be said about the new error.

THANKS

Check with yast (just do a search) to see if you have installed all the necessary packages. If not install them. Then as root run:to find where libz is installed.
Then run "./configure --help" to find out the option you have to pass at the configure script for the location of libz (usually something like --with-libz=) and finally run ./configure with that option followed by the path to libz.

Good luck

Can't run those commands. I get:

bash: updatedb: command not found

Yes, I'm root.

Tried also "./configure". Similar to what you post is only this:

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 [automatic]
--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.
--without-arts build without aRts default=no
--with-libgadu-includes=DIR where the libgadu includes are.
--with-libgadu-libs=DIR where the libgadu libraries are.
--with-ssl-dir=DIR where the root of OpenSSL is installed
--without-ssl disable SSL checks
--with-libidn=DIR Support IDN (needs GNU Libidn)

What now?

THANKS AGAIN

Not sure about SuSE, but on other distros, the libz stuff is in a package called zlib. You'd need zlib-devel to get the includes etc.

That means that you don't have this package installed.
For the rest do as btmiller said.

Novell does have xorg posted in the Suse 9.1 supplemental path on their FTP server but it is not completely integrated with SaX2 yet. It runs fine (great, actually!) if you run a single-head machine but if you run a dual-head box, you will run into problems.

Download 9.3 and upgrade (yes, it's legal), or buy 9.3 and upgrade. Seriously. It's well worth it. Suse 9.3 is faster, provides greater hardware support, AND includes a LOT more packages, including asterisk (software-based pbx!)

OK guys. Thanks alot!!!

After installing zlib-devel and some qt packages I was finally able to configure, compile and install.

Appreciate the help!!!