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When I try to compile fluxbox version 0.1.14 it says:
Tuukka:/home/duukkis/paketit/fluxbox-0.1.14# ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
/home/duukkis/paketit/fluxbox-0.1.14/missing: Unknown `--run' option
Try `/home/duukkis/paketit/fluxbox-0.1.14/missing --help' for more information
configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... none
checking dependency style of gcc... none
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... none
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependant libraries... pass_all
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... ok
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
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configure: error: Fluxbox requires the X Window System libraries and headers.
Tuukka:/home/duukkis/paketit/fluxbox-0.1.14#
I have xlibs= X Window System libraries installed but I don't know the name of that header package. What's the name of it?
well when it doesn't find the includes and libraries you can specify it with the configure script with the following syntax:: ./configure --x-includes=DIR --x-libraries=DIR
where you will replace DIR with the appropriate path.
duukkis@Tuukka:~/paketit/fluxbox-0.1.14$ make
bash: make: command not found
duukkis@Tuukka:~/paketit/fluxbox-0.1.14$ make install
bash: make: command not found
duukkis@Tuukka:~/paketit/fluxbox-0.1.14$
umm looks like you havnt got make installed, although i find that very suprising, whats the output of 'which make' if its not there then you'll need to install it i think the debian package manager is apt-get but a debian person can tell you more
Like kev82 says, look at the output of `which make', and if you don't have make then run `apt-get install make'.
In fact you don't need to do any of this. Just run `apt-get install fluxbox'. That will install version 0.1.14. That's really the easiest way to do it.
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