I recently found cmatrix (
http://www.asty.org/cmatrix/) and would like to be able to use it on my Fluxbox's desktop. During the ./configure command, several errors were displayed (*** section):
[root@localhost cmatrix-1.2a]# ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking for main in -lncurses... (cached) yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking for fcntl.h... (cached) yes
checking for sys/ioctl.h... (cached) yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for termios.h... (cached) yes
checking for termio.h... (cached) yes
checking return type of signal handlers... (cached) void
checking for putenv... (cached) yes
checking for curses.h... (cached) yes
checking for ncurses.h... (cached) yes
checking for tgetent in -lncurses... (cached) yes
Using ncurses as the termcap library
checking for use_default_colors in -lncurses... (cached) yes
checking for resizeterm in -lncurses... (cached) yes
checking for wresize in -lncurses... (cached) yes
checking for consolechars... (cached) no
checking for setfont... (cached) /bin/setfont
checking for /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts... (cached) no
checking for /usr/share/consolefonts... (cached) no
configure: warning:
*** You do not appear to have a consolefonts directory in a standard location
*** (/usr/lib/kbd or /usr/share), even though you appear to have the
*** consolechars and/or setfont command. The matrix font for the console
*** will not be installed. This means you will not be able to use the
*** matrix console font (and the -l command line switch) unless the font
*** is located in your current directory when you run CMatrix.
checking for mkfontdir... (cached) /usr/bin/mkfontdir
checking for /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc... (cached) no
checking for /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc... (cached) no
configure: warning:
*** You do not appear to have an X window fonts directory in the standard
*** locations (/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc or /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc). The
*** mtx.pcf font will not be installed. This means you will probably not
*** be able to use the mtx fonts in your x terminals, and hence be unable
*** to use the -x command line switch. Sorry about that...
creating ./config.status
creating Makefile
creating cmatrix.spec
creating config.h
config.h is unchanged
How can I resolve these issues so that I can get the most out of cmatrix? The readme (
http://www.asty.org/cmatrix/dist/README) says something about the ncurses 4.2 & glibc6 files. What are they and what do I need to do to install them? I've been using linux for about 2 years and the exact commands would be nice. Thanks
